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15m households to get FG’s N25k cash transfer
By Deborah Nnamdi The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Nentawe Yilwatda says the Federal Government is targeting 15m households and 75m people in its conditional cash transfer scheme. Yilwatda disclosed this on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s The Morning Brief. According to him, each household will…
Read More »Wike orders free treatment for Abuja stampede victims
By Deborah Nnamdi Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has mandated government hospitals to provide free treatment to the people that sustained injuries during a stampede at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, Abuja. This was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on…
Read More »Tinubu mourns Oyo stampede victims, demands thorough investigation
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed profound sadness over the tragic incident at the Children’s Funfair in Ibadan, Oyo State, which resulted in the loss of innocent lives and left many injured. Tinubu, who spoke through a statement by the special adviser to the president on information and strategy, extended…
Read More »Dangote hails Tinubu on crude for naira swap deal
President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the positive impact of the naira for crude swap deal on the Nigerian economy, which has led to a reduction in prices of petroleum products in the country. To provide succor to Nigerians, Dangote recently reduced…
Read More »Regulation transfer: Lagos takes over electricity market
Lagos State government has officially taken control of its electricity market following the transfer of regulatory oversight from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to the Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC). The formal announcement was made during a landmark event held at NERC’s headquarters in Abuja, attended by the…
Read More »Scores die in Abuja Catholic Church palliative event
No fewer than 10 persons, including children, have lost their lives on Saturday morning in a stampede at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, Abuja. The incident, which occurred just days after 32 persons, mostly children, died at a yuletide carnival in Ibadan, was triggered by the distribution of palliative…
Read More »Yahaya Bello meets bail condition, released from Kuje Prison
Former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has been released from the Kuje Custodial Centre. Bello was freed on Friday evening after meeting the bail conditions set by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court in Maitama, Abuja. His release was confirmed by the spokesperson for the FCT Command of the…
Read More »FG achieved 80% success against kidnapping in two years– NSA
By Deborah Nnamdi The National Security Adviser, NSA, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has said that the federal government, under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, achieved 80 percent success against kidnapping in two years. He spoke in Abuja at the official inauguration of the Multi-Agency Kidnap Fusion Cell, MAAKFC, on Thursday. Ribadu’s remark…
Read More »Lawmakers contribute over N704m from salaries for indigent Nigerians
By Deborah Nnamdi Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday, December 19, contributed a total of N704.9 million from their salaries to support vulnerable Nigerians across the nation. This initiative was announced by the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, during a plenary session. “If you recall, about five…
Read More »N110bn Fraud: Yahaya Bello begs for N500m bail variation
The immediate past governor of Kogi Yahaya Bello has begged a judge of the Federal High Court in Maitama Abuja to remove the possession of landed property in Maitama as one of the conditions for his bail. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is prosecuting Bello alongside Oricha and…
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