Category: News

The monthly payment of N5, 000 stipend by Federal Government to the poorest and most vulnerable in the country through the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) of its Social Investment Programmes (SIP), has commenced. Under the CCT, one million poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians would receive N5, 000 monthly as a form of social safety net. In the first batch that commenced last week, nine states were covered and many of the beneficiaries had acknowledged receiving their first payment by Friday, December 30, 2016. Funds for the commencement of the programme…

A couple has been sentenced to death for torturing their three-year-old daughter until she died. They were sentenced by a court in Kuwait on Monday. The parents, both Kuwaitis, were arrested in May and accused of beating and torturing the girl until she died and then keeping her body in a freezer for a week. The court statement only gave the verdict but, according to media reports at the time of their arrest, they had been annoyed by their daughter’s constant crying. The father, 26-year-old Salem Buhan, and mother, 23-year-old…

Over the failure to create the three million new jobs they pledged in their campaign manifesto, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has berated President Muhammad Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, in Abuja yesterday, in his New Year message, asked Buhari to present his scorecard to Nigerians after spending 20 months in the saddle. According to the labour chief, the APC government at the centre made a clear promise in its manifesto to deliver three million jobs yearly. After 20 months in the saddle,…

The Plateau State Police Command has advised car owners to be vigilant, assuring that police has curtailed the nefarious activities of the criminals, who seek to rubbish the image of the force. In the last month, especially before the Christmas period, residents of the Jos/Bukuru metropolis had raised alarm over the high rate of car theft and called on security operatives to step up measures towards arresting the situation. A victim, whose car was stolen on Christmas’ eve, Nanmwa Golok, said the speed at which his car was stolen was…

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has assured the people of the state of  quick economic recovery in 2017 even as he announced the prohibition of the  activities of private tax collectors in the state. Obaseki gave the assurance in his new year broadcast on Sunday in Benin. His broadcast was entitled : “Message of  Hope and Renewal.’’ The governor, while felicitating with the people, said he would never betray the confidence reposed in him by electing him governor on Sept. 28, 2016. “ I would like to use the…