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- 9 Dec 2019
MTN Nigeria Joins Humanitarian Affairs Ministry for International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Abuja
In shaping an enabling and more inclusive society for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), MTN Nigeria on Tuesday, 3rd December 2019, joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International Day of…
- 9 Jan 2024
EFCC Solicits for Zenith, Providus and Jaiz Banks Help in Probe of the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry
The Group Managing Directors (GMDs) of Zenith, Providus and Jaiz banks, on Tuesday, honoured the invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to hand over documents relating to…
- 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…
- 25 Mar 2025
FG Plans to Link Social Register to NIN for Humanitarian Crisis
Federal government has disclosed that efforts are ongoing to link the National Social Register (NSR) to the National Identity Numbers (NIN). Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, minister of Humanitarian Affairs…
- 13 Apr 2020
FG Adopts Digital Payment for Conditional Cash Transfer to Vulnerable
Hajiya Umar Farouk, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, says the ministry now embraces digital payment for N5, 000 conditional cash transfer (CCT) to the…
- 15 Apr 2025
World Bank Announces $800m Support for Nigeria’s CCT Initiative
The World Bank on Tuesday disclosed plans to support Nigeria with $800 million to boost the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) initiative of the present administration. Mr. Ousmane Diagana, Vice…
- 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.…
- 24 Jan 2021
SERAP Asks FG to Publish Details of Planned N729Bn payments to 24.3m Nigerians
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Sadia Umar-Farouk, minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, to publish details of the proposed…
- 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…
- 7 Jan 2024
585m Fraud: Tinubu Orders Probe of Betta Edu’s Ministry
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a thorough probe of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation led by Betta Edu. The Minister has been accused of granting approval for the…
- 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…
- 19 Dec 2019
MTN Nigeria Donates Mobility Equipment to Persons with Disabilities
The population of Nigerians leaving with some sort of disability is estimated to be around 19 million with 4.7 million of them having significant difficulties functioning according to The World…
- 25 Dec 2019
MTN Supports Physically Challenged Persons
MTN Nigeria has joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Abuja, Nigeria. This is in shaping an enabling and more inclusive society for Persons…
- 7 Jan 2024
SERAP Urges Tinubu to Probe Payment of N585.2m Grant into Private Account
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and…
- 15 Apr 2024
EFCC Discovers Fraudulent COVID Funds, World Bank Loan in Poverty Ministry
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has discovered shady dealings involving COVID-19 funds, World Bank loan, as well as Abacha recovered loot at the Ministry of Poverty…
- 22 Oct 2023
FG Launches Cash Transfers with BVN for 15m Households
Some Nigerians who are expected to benefit from a government cash assistance scheme aimed at cushioning the efforts of fuel subsidy removal in the country, have already had their identity verified by…
- 10 Nov 2025
NSE Endorses IEEE CTU-EMEA Summit, Prof. Yilwatda Named Keynote Speaker
Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has pledged full support for the successful hosting of the IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Europe, Middle East, and Africa (CTU-EMEA) Summit 2025, scheduled to…
- 12 Mar 2026
APC Chairman Yilwatda Set for Keynote at 2026 WACC, Charts Tech Path for 2027 Polls
Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will deliver the keynote address at the 2026 West Africa Convergence Conference (WACC) in Lagos on June 25, 2026,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 9 Jan 2024
President Tinubu sacks FCCPC and BPE bosses
President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) Alexander Ayoola Oko. In a statement released, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the…
- 8 Apr 2024
Betta Edu: N30bn recovered, 50 bank accounts under investigation - EFCC
Ola Olukoyede, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says N30billion has so far been recovered for the Federal Government while it has also placed 50 bank accounts under…
- 16 May 2025
Governor Hyacinth Alia Named Among Nigeria’s Top 50 Digital Economy MVPs for 2025
Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has been named among the "50 Most Valuable Personalities (50MVPs) in Nigeria’s Digital Economy 2025," a prestigious recognition celebrating…
- 26 May 2025
SBTS Group CEO Evelyn Lewis Named Among Nigeria’s Top 50 Digital Economy Leaders for Youth-Focused Tech Initiatives
Evelyn A. Lewis , CEO of SBTS Group , has been named one of Nigeria’s “50 Most Valuable Personalities in the Digital Economy” by IT Edge News.Africa , recognizing his visionary leadership in digital…
- 30 Nov 2025
A Professor, a Podium, and a Promise to the Poor: How Yilwatda Turned a Convocation Lecture into a National Wake-Up Call
By Abimbola Tooki Convocation lectures are usually remembered for polished grammar, polite applause, and the ritual dash for refreshments. The one delivered at Federal University of Wukari was…
- 10 Apr 2024
Some £19m Reportedly Found in Betta Edu, Embattled Minister’s Bank Accounts
A corruption investigation into a suspended Nigerian minister whose job is to help poverty-stricken people has recovered £19 million from more than 50 bank accounts, a financial watchdog has alleged.…
- 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…
- 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…