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EFCC saved us from inheriting empty treasury – Kwara governor
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday said he would have inherited an empty treasury if the account of the state government had not been frozen on the eve of his inauguration.
Federal government explains two months payment delay of N-Power beneficiaries
According to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, the delay is because the handing and taking over process is yet to be concluded.
Itse Sagay: NSIP was thorough, professional under VP Osinbajo
Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) says the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) was very thorough and professional under the leadership of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
Kaduna governor appoints eight more aides
Kaduna State’s Governor Nasiru El-Rufai has appointed eight more aides including Ahmed Maiyaki, the spokesman of former Gov. Mukhtar Ramalan-Yero,
NSIP dismisses four facilitators over alleged fraud
National Social Investment programme has dismissed four facilitators of conditional cash transfer over allegation of fraud in Jigawa state.
ICPC arrests two SIP officials over ‘N68 million fraud’
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has arrested two officials over alleged N68 million fraud in the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programme (SIP).
Presidency: 80% of social investment funds from recovered Sani Abacha loot
Maryam Uwais, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on social investment, says 80 percent of funds for social investments come from the recovered Abacha loot.
Nigeria must look beyond oil – Kwara governor
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has called for urgent measures to diversify the Nigerian economy and reduce the country’s reliance on crude oil.
Federal government engages ICPC, others to check corruption in social investment programmes
The Federal Government will on Wednesday officially engage the services of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) and other bodies towards fighting corruption in its Social Investment Programmes (SIP).
Itse Sagay: Federal government recovers billions from corrupt individuals
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itsey Sagay, says the Federal Government has recovered billions from corrupt Nigerians in the past four and half years.
PDP: APC’s insult on former President Jonathan misdirected, unwarranted
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the invective directed at former President Goodluck Jonathan by the All Progressives Congress (APC) was misdirected and unwarranted.
Former Benue SIP boss arraigned for ‘misappropriating N195.6 million’
Terhide Utaan, the former Focal Person of the Social Investment Programme (SIP) in Benue State, has been arraigned for allegedly misappropriating N195,689,980.00
Despite Nigeria’s economic growth, extreme poverty still pervades – minister
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, on Friday lamented that despite the economic growth witnessed in Nigeria, extreme poverty still pervades across the length and breadth of the country.
Presidency: VP Osinbajo’s economic team dissolved for good reasons
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says the economic management team hitherto led by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was dissolved “for good reasons” and also for “better management.”
Afenifere: VP Osinbajo’s office has been rendered useless, impotent
Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, says from the look of things, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s office has been rendered useless, impotent and irrelevant.
Kwara traders, artisans to get N1 billion soft loans – governor
The Kwara State government plans to disburse about N1billion as soft loans to over 1, 000 traders, marketers and artisans under a new social investment program to be launched in the state.
Minister: 2020 budget to be submitted to National Assembly this month
The federal government is working towards submitting the 2020 appropriation bill to the National Assembly by the end of this month, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said.
Presidency: Traditional rulers, government officials are sabotaging TraderMoni scheme
The Presidency has alleged that some traditional rulers and government officials were sabotaging the Social Investment Programme by collecting bribes from the poor beneficiaries of the N10,000 TraderMoni scheme.
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Police: Two security guards killed in Benue
Benue Police Command on Wednesday said unknown persons killed two security guards along Old River Benue Bridge in Makurdi, the State Capital.
Borrowing $22.7 billion will create more hardship for Nigerians – analyst
A Financial analyst and the chairman board of trustees of Chartered institute of Development and Social Studies, Mr Shae Bebeyi, has called on the federal government to shelve the idea of borrowing the proposed $22.7 billion saying it will at the long run create more hardships for Nigerians.
Experts: Why SMEs struggle to survive
Business experts and microfinance directors have identified lack of integrity and corporate governance as part of reasons why many small and medium businesses (SMEs) struggle to survive in the present economic situation.
House of Reps probes social insurance trust fund over ‘N2.3 billion fraud’
The House of Representatives has set up an inquiry into allegations that the management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) pilfered N2.3billion of workers’ funds. The motion to probe the agency was sponsored by Rep. Francis Ejiroghene Waive.
Nigeria tops world rankings with 13.2 million out-of-school children
A Non Governmental Organisation known as Mercy Corps Nigeria (MCN) has revealed through research that no less than 13.2 million Nigerian children are out of school in the country.
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Alternative music singer and songwriter Johnny Drille pulled a heavyweight performance at his sold-out concert in Abuja on Sunday night.
Anthony Joshua to make $262 million in Deontay Wilder fight
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Nationwide blackout as grid collapses during workers’ strike
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President Buhari calls for multilateral approach to combat terrorism
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