The National Coordinator, National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Hajiya Halima Shehu, has reaffirmed its resolve to ensure accountability and transparency in the implementation of the 800 million dollar World Bank Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme. Shehu gave the assurance at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday,...
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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has urged Nigerians to use the season of Christmas to appreciate God’s mercy on them as a country. Obi, the former governor of Anambra, made this known in a Christmas message on his X-handle platform in Lagos...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has urged Nigerians to remain steadfast and hopeful regardless of the hard times citizens are experiencing as they celebrate the Christmas. Senator Akpabio said this on Sunday in Abuja in his Christmas message issued by his Special Adviser...
Nigeria First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has said the year 2024 would be glorious for all Nigerians. The first lady said this in her Christmas message after she held an elaborate Christmas party for the children of Nana Berry Orphanage, Abuja. She also advised parents to continue to...
President Bola Tinubu has said he will continue to count on support of Nigerians that voted for him and those that did not. The President said this at the Ansarudeen Society of Nigeria (ADS) Mosque on Friday in Surulere, Lagos State. The ADS is celebrating its 100 years...
The Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer program, which President Bola Tinubu introduced for 15 million households about sixty days ago, is already having a significant impact, according to the beneficiaries of the program. A recent independent investigation carried out to ascertain the efficacy and practicability of the...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has listed the transport companies participating in President Bola Tinubu’s 50% rebate for Nigerians during Yuletide. According to Idris, the participating road transport companies for the 50% rebate, are: GIG (God is Good); Chisco Transport; Young Shall Grow; God...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the intervention of Federal Government in reducing cost of transportation for Christmas and New Year festivities to 50 per cent on all inter-state routes. Minister of Solid Minerals, Mr Dele Alake ,disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja. He said...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has said the party is working with the Federal Government toward ensuring a better living condition for Nigerians. Ganduje said this at the public presentation of a book: “APC and Transition Politics”, authored by the party’s...
The National Action on Sugar Reduction (NASR) Coalition has said that taxes on Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSB) and alcoholic drinks will help poor indigent Nigerians. The Co-Chairman of NASR, Dr Alhassan Umar, reiterated the stance of the coalition, in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen...
Life expectancy rate for males and females in Nigeria witnessed a gradual and continuous increase from 2015 to 2022, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This is contained in the 7th Edition of the NBS Demographic Statistics Bulletin 2022 released in Abuja on Tuesday. The statistical...
Operators of Point of Sale (PoS) in Calabar, the Cross River State capital have increased their charges by 100 per cent for all transactions, following the scarcity of naira notes in the capital city. The operators spoke on the development in separate interviews with the News Agency of...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned Nigerians to beware of illegal Naira banknotes in circulation. The CBN’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mrs Hakama Sidi Ali, stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. She said: “The...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has urged Nigerians to rekindle their hope in God for better days in the country as the Christmas draw nearer. The Senate President gave this admonition on Sunday in Abuja while at the 20th Carol of Nine Lessons organized by the Nigeria Television Authority...
The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons With Disabilities (NCPWD), Mr James Lalu, has said about 35.1 million Nigerians are currently living with disabilities. He made this known during a one-day programme for the issuance of permanent certificates to persons with disabilities in the southeast, held in Owerri...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has lamented that the suffering of Nigerians currently is unprecedented, pointing out that prices of food items in the country are on the increase. He stated this in an interview with journalists at the end of a closed-door...
The Nigerian Community in Rome, Italy, has urged the Minister of Interior, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to resolve the enhanced e-passport challenges encountered by Nigerians in the diaspora. President of the community, Prince Chima Ibezim, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has called on Nigerians to support Igbo people against the ugly experience of wrong profiling and threat to their lives and property. President of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, made the call at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja against the background...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has identified corruption as one of the principal reasons behind the urge to travel out of Nigeria by most youths. “If all things are working fine in the country, nobody would want to leave the...
The amount spent on airtime and data by Nigerian telecom subscribers rose to at least N2.59tn in the first nine months of 2023. This is according to the financial statements of MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa. This was a 32.57 per cent increase from the N1.95tn both...