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- 1 Apr 2020
COVID-19: FG Begins Handing N20, 000 to Poor Households in Abuja
Federal government has started the disbursement of N20, 000 to poor indigenes in the FCT, according to Sadia Umar-Farouk, minister, humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development.…
- 19 Jun 2020
COVID-19: Softcom Launches Transparent Crowdfunding Platform for Effective Distribution of Palliatives to Poor Households
Softcom, a company dedicated to connecting people and business through meaningful innovation, in partnership with Deloitte, MTN, Ernst &Young, Banwo&Ighodalo, GTBank, Future Africa, Providus…
- 4 Jun 2021
Mercy Corps Partners MoMo Agent to Deliver Cash Transfers to Vulnerable Households in North-East Nigeria
Mercy Corps’ has signed a new partnership with Y’ello Digital Financial Services (owners of the MoMoAgent Network), to efficiently deliver automated cash transfers and provide an avenue for programme…
- 6 May 2021
Mercy Corps Partners MoMo Agent to Deliver Cash Transfers to Vulnerable Households in Yobe State, Others
European Union funded Mercy Corps’ ‘Building Resilience in Complex Crisis (BRICC)’ programme has signed a new partnership with Y’ello Digital Financial Services, a subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, to…
- 12 Jul 2026
FG Secures Fresh $208.3m World Bank Loan for Cash Transfer
Federal government has secured a fresh $208.3 million financing from the World Bank to strengthen Nigeria’s cash transfer programme targeted at poor and vulnerable households as the country continues…
- 14 Apr 2020
FG Sacks 2 PSPs for Delay in Cash Transfer
federal government has sacked two Payment Service Providers (PSP) over their failure to meet up with contractual agreement to commence Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) to beneficiaries in four states…
- 7 May 2026
NASSCO Says 12.3m Nigerians Linked to Social Register through NIN
National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO,) has disclosed that more than 12.3 million Nigerians have so far been linked to the National Social Register through their National…
- 17 May 2020
ASCSN Says NIMC Can Help Improve Security, Fight Corruption
The organised Labour has said that the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), can improve the security situation and fight against corruption in Nigeria in no small measure if the Federal…
- 16 Jul 2026
World Bank Says 79 Percent of Nigerians Still Trapped in Poverty despite Reforms
World Bank has said that despite nearly three years of economic reforms by the federal government, about 79 per cent of Nigerians remain poor or vulnerable to falling into poverty. The bank stated…
- 2 Apr 2025
World Bank Approves $1.08Bn Loan for Nigeria
The World Bank announced on Wednesday that it had approved a total of $1.08 billion in concessional financing for Nigeria to enhance education quality, build household and community resilience, and…
- 1 Feb 2022
'Covid-419' - How Cybercriminals in Nigeria Exploited Schemes to Help People in Need
By Oludayo Tade The COVID-19 pandemic, with its lockdown and social isolation, has added to the vulnerability of many Nigerians in several ways. Aside from health risks and disruption to livelihoods,…
- 30 Mar 2025
Nigeria Gets Fresh $500m World Bank Loan for Economic Stimulus Programme
The World Bank has approved a $500 million loan to Nigeria to support the country’s Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus Programme. According to information obtained from the bank’s…
- 2 Nov 2020
Ventures Platform Foundation Launches Applications for Start Up North East
Ventures Platform Foundation, the social impact arm of Ventures Platform Hub, has announced a call for applications from Nigerian startups for Start Up North East, an incubation programme for…
- 13 May 2025
W’Bank Says Cash Transfer Missed Millions of Needy Nigerians
The World Bank has faulted the Federal Government’s conditional cash transfer programme, stating that the initiative failed to reach millions of Nigerians in need of urgent economic relief, as only…
- 30 Jan 2018
AfDB Targets 29.3 million Africans with Electricity by 2020
In line with its High 5 development priorities and, in particular, its agenda to Light up and power Africa, the African Development Bank plans to reach 29.3 million people in African with electricity…
- 23 Oct 2018
Lagos Adopts Technology to Aid Easy Access to Healthcare for Residents
Ahead of the soon to be launched mandatory Lagos State Health Scheme (LSHS), the State Government yesterday said it would adopt a technology based application that would go a long way to ensure easy…
- 4 Jun 2013
Minister Seeks Regional Cooperation in Disaster Management
Hajiya Hadiza Mailafia, minister of Environment, has urged ECOWAS member countries to integrate disaster risk prevention and mitigation in policies and programmes of their governments. Mailafia made…
- 25 Feb 2022
‘Digitization of Social Protection, Humanitarian Payments Enhancing Financial Inclusion in Nigeria’
A joint report from FSD Africa, Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA) and the GSMA, and conducted by Strategic Impact Advisors (SIA), has revealed that a gradual transition from physical…
- 20 May 2014
Western Union, Vieira Team Up to Support UNICEF Education Project
Patrick Vieira on Monday visited a UNICEF-supported school, PAH-U7, in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, during a visit to the country to lend his support to the Western Union PASS initiative.…
- 10 Apr 2020
Covid-19: Jik Supports Ogun State With Hygiene Product
The Ogun State government has received hygiene products from foremost bleach brand, Jik as part of the brand’s contribution to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. The donation…
- 20 May 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa most Expensive for Remittances - Report
A new report by the World Bank, Resilience COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens, in partnership with KNOMAD, stated that the rate of remittances overall in Sub-Saharan Africa dropped by an…
- 12 Jun 2017
SERAP Sues Nigerian FG over Pre-Paid Meters
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Federal Government and Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, over their collective failure, refusal and/or…
- 13 Mar 2026
Recapitalisation Without Transformation is a Risk Nigeria Cannot Afford
By Blaise Udunze In barely two weeks, Nigeria’s banking sector will once again be at a historic turning point. As the deadline for the latest recapitalisation exercise approaches on March 31, 2026,…