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The Federal Government has commenced training of the Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer facilitators in Lagos State for the enrolment of 283,003 beneficiaries. Speaking at the one-day training for the facilitators on Tuesday in Lagos, Dr Micheal Ajuluchuku, the National Programme Manager, National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO), Abuja, said the initiative would bring financial relief

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday directed a comprehensive inquiry into the alleged N585m scandal in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

  A company owned by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo was paid a total amount of N438.1 million by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation under Betta Edu for consultancy services, SaharaReporters has gathered.   The company, New Planet Project Limited was one of the numerous consultants awarded contracts from N3 billion given out by the suspended minister for the National Social Register contract.   The social register was created for cash transfers and other...

The Arewa Network for Good Governance has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to broaden the scope of its investigation on Halima Shehu, the suspended National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA).    The group asked the anti-corruption agency to delve further into her tenure at the cash transfer office, saying it could unearth additional irregularities and shed more light on the extent of her involvement in th...

Glimpses of Oman’s Budget – 2024

The conference aims to promote the space sector in the Middle East and highlight its role as a strategic gateway to attracting investments in space applications

/ Himachal Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah at New Delhi and apprised him that the State Government has submitted post disaster needs assessment report for the calamity faced by Himachal to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He urged the

In Ukraine, there was no respite from war over the holiday period, neither for the country’s citizens, nor the UN workers attempting to deliver aid and support, a senior official for the UN migration agency (IOM) told UN News.

Documents exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters show how the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) moved N226,188,500 million to Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo states through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation ahead of the November 11, 2023 governorship elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) held governorship elections in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa states on November 11, 2023.  

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released Halima Shehu, the suspended National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), after questioning her. She was grilled about N37,170,855,753.44 allegedly laundered by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, which was led by former Minister Sadiya Umar-Farouk. This was confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the EFCC spokespe...