{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Loose Talk","title":"Budget Padding","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c5ce192b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":13926,"description":"AOT2, Osagie and Steve Dede unpack the ripple effects of militant violence in the Southeast, with $4.75B lost and mass displacement over \"Sit-at-Home Mondays.\" The EFCC makes headlines both for defending its crackdown on spraying naira and launching a quirky quiz with airtime rewards. We break down Nigeria's 2025 budget, Tinubu’s $21.5B loan request, and the Ministry of Communications’ N150M streetlight project. The AI/Blockchain wave hits Ekiti, while Ahmed Musa skips Super Eagles camp for love. WAEC delays, smoking bans, Zubby Michael’s antics, Falz’s new album, five years of Omah Lay’s Get Layd and other news that made the rounds this week. \nOUTLINE\n00:00 - Introduction\n25:30 - Southeast has lost $4.75B, with thousands displaced by militant violence and government responses to Sit at Home Mondays\nhttps://sbmintelligence.substack.com/p/four-years-of-disruption-unmasking\n52:29 - EFCC chairman defends fight over spraying of Naira notes,\nhttps://www.facebook.com/reel/712645207817094\n01:08:50 - Breaking Down The 2025 Budget\nhttps://www.instagram.com/p/DJ3iCbJsCt5/\nNigeria's Tinubu seeks $21.5 billion foreign borrowing to boost growth.\nHere’s what PBAT Media team says\nhttps://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerian-president-asks-parliament-approve-215-bln-external-borrowing-2025-05-27/\nRead Context here and here.\nMins. of Comms is using N150M to build modern digital solar street lighting in Ogun West Senatorial District\nhttps://x.com/oluwaseun_ajede/status/1924854489162412160\n01:50:15 - The AI/Blockchain Agenda in Nigeria\nhttps://x.com/bosuntijani/status/1924867222079525349\n01:53:50 - Bill to establish Artificial Intelligence Academy in Omuo Ekiti past First Reading.\nhttps://x.com/ekititrends/status/1927719525203525684\n02:23:00 - Ahmed Musa excused himself from the Super Eagles camp to attend his wedding ceremony.\n02:24:40 - The EFCC, on Twitter, is now offering a prize of N5,000 airtime to people who can guess their EFCC Quiz correctly....","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tvUXLIassIDMsNsNDO48TETrZGd3e92Q2jixchlYPjM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM4NDcxLzE2NzU1/MzUxNTgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}