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Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu says FG is set to rejig N-Power Scheme Dr. Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, says plans are underway to rejig the N-Power scheme to accommodate more people and ensure prompt payment of beneficiaries’ stipends. Edu disclosed …

President Tinubu President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Monday to attend the G-20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, India, on the special invitation of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. A statement issued by Presidential spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, said on the sidelines of the Summit, the President would participate …

Elizabeth Macleod, Police Advisor, Lake Chad Basin Support Framework of the United Kingdom High Commission in Nigeria and the Police Service Commission Chairman, Solomon Arase in Abuja. The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) has urged President Bola Tinubu to allow the Nigeria Police Force and not the military …

FILE: Travellers The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has urged Nigerians not to accept food items not packed by them when travelling, as the agency intercepted narcotics concealed in packs of semovita and dry pepper. This was contained in a statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, released on his …

FCT suspected vandals. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, FCT Command, has arrested three suspected vandals and cable thieves for unlawful possession of communication cables. It would be recalled that on August 28, 2023, the NSCDC nabbed and paraded 20 suspects for allegedly stealing manholes and vandalising government property …

Pastor Enoch Adeboye The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has predicted the possibility of Naira bouncing back and this time greater than the United States dollar. Our correspondent reports that based on findings in the black market buying rate of the dollar is about …

Gbenga Komolafe, NUPRC Chief Investment Officer The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission on Saturday threatened to revoke the licences of oil and gas operators that failed to remit the statutory three per cent to host communities in the Niger Delta region by the end of September 2023. The NUPRC said …

  Kogi SDP Governorship candidate, Murtala Ajaka The Social Democratic Party, SDP has alleged that the Kogi Commissioner of Police, Onuoha Bethrand, has perfected plot to intimidate, harass, and massively arrest its members at the behest of Governor Yahaya Bello ahead of the state November 11 governorship election. Muritala Ajaka, …

Scene of the gas leakage A massive gas leakage from a truck conveying the substance between Ojuelegba and Stadium on Ikorodu Road, Lagos on Saturday led to the temporal closure of the road to avert an explosion. Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu. told PM …

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, has assured Nigerians that his ministry would be transparent and people-centered in all its dealings. The minister, who spoke during the Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), explained that transparency and people-centredness in rule …