Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar-Farouk, has been ordered by the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to account for payments of N729bn to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months. The former minister is also required by the court to provide the list and details of the beneficiaries who received the payments, the number of states covered and the payments per state. The judgment was delivered last month by Hon. Justice Deinde Isaac Dipeolu following a Freedom of Information suit number: FHC/L/CS/853/2021, brought by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). SERAP’s Deputy…
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Two journalists, wives and Children have been abducted in Kaduna State by gunmen The bandits were reported to have stormed Danhonu community in Millennium city of Chikun local government. National Update checks indicated that the suspected kidnappers raided houses of the reporters of the Nation newspaper, Alhaji AbdulGafar Alabelewe, and that of the Blueprint Newspaper, AbdulRaheem Aodu taking away their wives and children . Alabelewe is the current chairman of the correspondents chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council. A relative of one of the victims who confirmed the incident, said the bandits invaded the community…
***North Korea’s trash balloons terrorize skyways Researcher International Activities Team, North Korea Institute, Park Yoo-sung has challenged the international community to respond to North Korea’s sewage balloon terrorism. North Korea had launched a series of six attacks on South Korea Since May 28,, releasing a total of more than 2,000 trash balloons. North Korea has not only launched missiles, but also sprayed trashy garbage into South Korea from the air. “While North Korea’s behavior was effective enough to draw the attention of the international community and South Koreans, who have been accustomed to the news of missile launches, North Korea…
By Abel Daniel, Lafia The Minister of Works, Engineer David Umahi on Saturday, met Governors and stakeholders from Nasarawa, Benue and Kogi States in the North Central region of the country to seek their support for the proposed 477 kilometers Cross River-Ebonyi-Benue-Kogi-Nasarawa-Apo superhighway which is to be constructed by the Federal Government of Nigeria. Speaking at a stakeholders engagement organised by the Federal Ministry of Works on the alignment of superhighways for the Renewed Hope Legacy Infrastructure Project, in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, Umahi explained that the project was beyond road construction, but an investment that would serve as…
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun on Thursday hosted a virtual high-level committee meeting at the Finance Headquarters, Abuja to discuss the practical arrangements for the introduction of the ECOWAS single currency, known as the ECO. This is coming with a renewed sense of purpose and commitment to fostering economic growth and development within the West African Sub-Region A statement by the Director of Information and Public Relations, Mohammed Manga indicated that the meeting brought together key stakeholders, including the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Minister of Finance of Cape Verde, Mr. Olavo…
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun has unveiled the Federal Government’s financial reforms and budget performance before the Senate Committee on Appropriation. Director of Information and Public Relations Mohammed Manga in a statement said the Budget Performance Meeting at the National Assembly, was chaired by Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola. The statement quoted Edun at the meeting to have shared updates on Government’s initiatives to enhance revenue generation, ongoing financial reforms and budget performance. He listed the reforms to include Introduction of innovative revenue models, such as a single window source for generating revenue…
The United Nations has called on the Nigerian government to tackle climate change, pest infestations, and other threats to agricultural productivity as it has predicted that 82 million Nigerians, about 64 per cent of the country’s population, may go hungry by 2030. The wake up call is coming amidst persistent hike in food prices in the country. Nigeria’s food inflation rate hit a record high of 40.66 per cent in May 2024, surpassing the previous month’s 40.53 increase, the National Bureau of Statistics had indicated Since the Bureau started keeping records in 1996 the present surge represents the largest year-on-year…
Apparently piqued by the current state of the Nigerian judicial sector, the Attorney-General of the federation and minister of justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has indicated that the Judiciary which used to be the hope of the common man is now foe the big shots The minister, who spoke during the groundbreaking ceremony of the N37 billion Abuja Division of the Appeal Court Complex at Daki-Biyu, by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, said the judiciary was now for politicians and other influential people in the country. The FCT minister had at the ceremony said that President Bola Tinubu approved…
The attention of the deplorable state of the Kishi Community in Irepo Local Government in Oyo State, South West of Nigeria was made public recently when Pharm. (Chief) Rahman Bioku, the Bobajiro of Kishiland and newly elected President of Kishi Progressive Union (KPU)-a social-cultural organization visited his representative, Hon. (Dr) Prince Olaide Lateef Mohammed (POLAM) at the National Assembly on Wednesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The visit was to acquaint the House of Representative member some of the challenges the community of his representation are facing and proffer solutions as to how to overcome them. The KPU President who…
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. KOGI State Government has disbursed over N400 million through the state Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA) for implementation of the Nigeria Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) in communities across the state. Chief Momoh Dauda, General Manager of KGCSDA, who disclosed this at a meeting with Desk Officers from line Ministries in Lokoja said approval for the disbursement was given by Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo. The General Manager said the projects, being executed in the three Senatorial Districts of the state are funded under the auspices of the Social Services Infrastructure of NG-CARES Programme…