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- 2 Apr 2020
FG Taps Fintech Operators to Disburse Conditional Cash to Poorest
Sadiya Umar-Farouq, minister, Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has flagged-off the disbursement of N20,000 conditional cash transfer to the most poorest Nigerians as…
- 19 Oct 2021
FG Begin Collection of Biometrics of School Children for Meal Programme
Nigeria is creating a database of children’s biometrics ostensibly to increase transparency in a school meals scheme. The National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) aims to have a win-win…
- 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…
- 15 Apr 2020
FG to Use BVN, Phone Recharge History for Palliatives
The federal government has declared that it will focus on the urban poor, National Social Register as well as Bank Verification Number (BVN) to determine who benefits from the distribution…
- 22 Dec 2022
Buhari Launches “EYEMARK” Project Monitoring Mobile App
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council meeting, launched the National Monitoring and Evaluation platform, EYEMARK, for citizens to…
- 5 May 2023
5000 Nigerian Evacuees from Sudan to receive free airtime & data from MTN Nigeria
As Nigeria welcomes back the first set of evacuees fleeing Sudan, MTN Nigeria is offering free airtime and data to the returnees to support their resettlement in Nigeria. The North African country…
- 3 Dec 2020
How MTN, FG commemorated International Day of Persons with Disability
MTN Nigeria has partnered with the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to commemorate with the International Day of Persons with Disability (IDPWD). The IDPWD…
- 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…
- 4 Jan 2024
Alleged N44bn Fraud: EFCC Freezes Private Accounts with Stolen N30bn NSIPA Funds
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC says it has tracked and frozen thirty billion naira of the forty- four billion naira moved from the accounts of the National Social Investment Programme…
- 16 Apr 2024
Bankers, Officials Colluding to Re-loot Recovered Abacha’s Fund- EFCC
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has alleged collusion between commercial banks and government officials to re-loot recovered funds from Sani Abacha, late dictator. Sani Abacha The…