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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the sum of $270 million has been earmarked to support Nigeria’s poverty alleviation and humanitarian response efforts. NAN reports that Rhoda Iliya, deputy director of information, ministry of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Iliya said Cristian Munduate, UNICEF […]

The scheduled arraignment of Godwin Emefiele, suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), at the federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Maitama has again been stalled. The arraignment which was initially scheduled for August 17, was stalled due to the absence of Sa’adatu Yaro, Emefiele’s co-accused. The case was […]

Suspected gunmen have abducted eight graduates travelling to Sokoto for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp.  Eddy Megwa, the director of press at the NYSC headquarters, confirmed the incident to TheCable on Tuesday. Megwa said the abducted graduates were travelling at night to their designated orientation camp when the gunmen […]

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Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives, says the oversight function of the parliament is crucial to holding the executive arm of government accountable. Speaking on Tuesday at a workshop organised by the directorate of planning and legislative budget of the national assembly in Abuja, on the theme “Assessment of the national […]

President Bola Tinubu has directed Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, the director-general and chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), to commence a 90-day pre-retirement leave. The leave, which takes effect from August 24, 2023, would lead to his retirement from service on November 24, 2023; according to a statement on […]

Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, says diplomatic interventions to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic will succeed. Abdulsalami spoke on Tuesday after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu, chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). On Saturday, the former head of state led a delegation which included Muhammad […]

The United Kingdom (UK) government has charged Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former minister of petroleum resources, to court over an alleged £100,000 bribe. The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said they suspected Diezani had accepted bribes in return for awarding multi-million-pound oil and gas contracts. In a statement published on its website on […]