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Federal Government Under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has included vulnerable ex-service men ,Widows and dependants of fallen heroes in the National Social Register to benefit from the Conditional Cash Transfer and other Social Intervention programmes. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu disclosed this during an official visit to the Ministry of Defence Headquarters, Tuesday in ... Read More »

The federal government on Monday, October 9, said that it would reintroduce the TraderMoni scheme next month. In the past administration, Tradermoni was one of the programmes under the Government Enterprise Empowerment Programme (GEEP). The interest-free loan scheme for traders which started in 2018, has been on hold for some time. With the reintroduction of the scheme, each beneficiary is ... Read More »

toThe Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said Nigerians will have their passport delivered to their homes, offices, and other locations of their choice from February 2024. Speaking on Monday at the opening ceremony of the International Week of the University Of Lagos, titled, ‘Breaking the Borders of Partnership,’ Tunji-Ojo said that by January next year, Nigerians would be ... Read More »

A Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square on Monday, October 9, sentenced an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Drambi Vandi, to death by hanging for killing a Lagos-based lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, on December 25, 2022. Justice Ibironke Harrison convicted Vandi, on a one-count charge of murder brought against him by the Lagos state government. The judge sentenced ... Read More »

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has debunked claims that it is planning to increase its pump prices for Premium Motor Spirit, commonly referred to as petrol. The company’s management, in a statement shared Friday on X, said, ” we do not have the intention to increase our PMS pump prices as widely speculated”. According to NNPC Limited, its retail ... Read More »

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation will from next month start payment of twenty five thousand Naira grants to the benefiting members of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners captured in the expanded National Social Register of the Conditional Cash Transfer,(CCT) Scheme. Minister For Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, announced this Wednesday when she met ... Read More »

…..Register must be a true reflection of those with the greatest need, Says Edu  …..Ministry will works with States, LGAs, and Traditional Rulers, community heads For Accurate Data – Betta Nigeria’s Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, has flagged off the verification of the National Social Register (NSR) in Oko Agbon, Adogbo, Migbewhe, Makoko, Sogunro and Apollo ... Read More »

President Bola Tinubu has approved N35,000 as a provisional wage award for all treasury-paid federal government workers for a period of six months. Malam Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said that this followed consultations between the federal government and the leadership of the labour unions at the ... Read More »

..Says Climate Change also Responsible for Humanitarian crises and Poverty in Nigeria The United Arab Emirates has expressed its readiness to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda by contributing to every effort that will lead to a reduction of humanitarian crises as well as eradicate poverty in Nigeria by 2030. UAE’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Salem Saeed Al- Shamsi ... Read More »

On Tuesday, September 26, the Polish delegation led by the Chief Coordinator of the Ogun-Guangdong Free Trade Zone, Dr. Abbey Onas paid a courtesy visit to the Nigerian Customs Service at its corporate headquarters in Abuja. Dr. Onas narrated his visit to Poland and how it was tangential to the invitation of the investors into Nigeria. He appreciated the role ... Read More »