The Federal Government declared on Thursday that 1,940,004 vulnerable Nigerians are currently receiving N5,000 cash gifts each every month. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, stated this at a One-Day Stakeholders’ Retreat On National Social Investment (Establishment) Bill organized by the Senate Committee On Social Duties. Farouq was represented on the occasion by …

Former Nigerian President Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will headline other African greats who are set to be honored at the maiden edition of The African Heritage Concert and Awards slated to hold in Kigali, Rwanda, on 1 April. Former President of Tanzania, late John Magufuli; Vice President of Liberia, Chief Dr Jewel Howard-Taylor; former President of Botswana, Lt. Gen. Seretse …

The Federal Government has summoned the Burkina Faso envoy to Nigeria, Pascal Gouba over the alleged murder of 16 Nigerians who were on a pilgrimage to Kaolak, Senegal over a month ago. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada, made this known on Thursday in a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media, HMOS, Ibrahim Aliyu. Recall …

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the 50 megawatts (MW) Maiduguri emergency power project. Speaking at the occasion on Thursday in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno, Buhari said the project was a testament to his administration’s innovations in the power sector. He said the project showed yet another example of an immediate solution to moving the power sector forward in order …

Former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has returned to Nigeria following two months in Switzerland for medical checkups. It was gathered that the former president flew on a chartered airplane on Thursday and arrived at Minna, his hometown, on his way to Abuja. It is important to remember that General Babangida left the country on Saturday, January …

In a bizarre scene, a mobile police sergeant allegedly killed his suspected woman friend and later shot himself dead at a school premises in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The deceased female friend, and mother of one, was simply identified as Tosin. According to sources, the incident, which happened early in the morning of Thursday near the gate of a …

The Yoruba Leadership and Peace Initiative (TYLPI) has urged the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to use the period between now and his inauguration on 29 May to ruminate on the challenges of insecurity, economic downturn and disunity facing the country and come up with lasting solutions to them. In a letter of congratulations to Tinubu on his election as …

The House of Representatives Majority Leader, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa has been remanded in prison after a five-count charge including culpable homicide, criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, mischief by fire, and inciting public disturbance. Senior Magistrate Ibrahim Mansur Yola remanded him on Wednesday after a court sitting at the Kano Magistrate Court, following his arrest by the Kano State Police …

The Federal Government has requested India to grant visa on arrival to Nigerians as a reciprocal gesture. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, made the request at the G-20 meeting in India. According to a statement by his Special Adviser, Sarah Sanda, the Minister also requested India to fast-track the issuance of business visa to Nigerians. Onyeama emphasised …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it has dismissed two of its staff for gross misconduct. In a statement on Wednesday, the board gave the names of the dismissed staff as Mr Bilyaminu Ishaku and Mr Andrew Anebi Candidus, both from JAMB office in Makurdi, Benue State. It explained that the action was the fallouts of the …