The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, says plans are underway to rejig the N-Power scheme to accommodate more people and ensure prompt payment of beneficiaries’ stipends.
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The Anambra State Election Petition Tribunal has sacked the member representing Nnewi North/Nnewi South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency, Uchenna Eledimmuo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The election cout also nullified results of eight polling units in Nnewi north LGA for over voting, and withdrew the certificate of return issued to Eleodimmuo. After the three-man panel deducted the results of the cancelled polling units from the total number of votes garnered by the APGA candidate, he was leading the candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Uzokwe Peter with 29 votes. Similarly, the court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
META said it has shut down close to 9,000 Facebook and Instagram accounts, groups and pages associated with a Chinese political spam network that had targeted users in Australia and other parts of the world.
ASHENEWS reports that a heavy downpour, which lasted about three hours in the earlier hours of Saturday, killed at least four people, and submerged dozens of houses in Dakingari town of Suru local government area of Kebbi state.
Kaduna state government has flagged-off the training of 7,000 additional vigilante members as part of efforts to enhance community policing.
West African Elders Forum (WAEF) has urged African leaders to put citizens’ welfare, peace, and security at the center of governance, to consolidate democracy in the region.
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has trained 282 kids in emerging technologies to ensure digital inclusion among all citizens.
The Programme Director, Timilehin Leukemia Foundation (TLF), Mrs. Oluwadamilola Oyedunle, has said that Lagos State has no blood bank capacity to cater for emergency situations.
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), rising from it’s 63rd Annual General Conference (AGC) has asked the Federal and state governments to invest in the security, economy as well as the justice sector of the country.
Three persons were confirmed dead while one other sustained injuries when a Toyota Sienna car plunged into the Omo river around Area J4 on the Sagamu-Benin expressway on Saturday.