Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, says $1 billion is being earmarked annually for Social Investment Programme, NSIP, by the Federal Government.
Mrs Farouq said this during the flag-off of grant for vulnerable groups and digitised cash transfer payment, on Tuesday in Osogbo.
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Kwara state government has lost a Federal Character Commission (FCC) Commissioner-designat, James Kolo.
The late Kolo died Tuesday at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) after a brief illness.
He hailed from Patigi, Patigi local government area of the state.
State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the Patigi community and...
The Gubernatorial Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, Alh. Shuaibu Abdullahi Yaman has said that the 2023 elections in the state are about sustainable development and people's welfare and not primordial sentiments and propaganda.
In a statement by his media and strategy office in Ilorin on...
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has announced the continuation of peace deals with leaders of bandits operating in the state for the attainment of total peace in the state.
The governor stated this on Saturday in Gusau while condoling families of those attacked by bandits in some villages in...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered a probe into the July 8, Mile 2-Ibeshe boat accident in which lives were lost. He is deeply saddened by the incident and commiserates with the families who lost their loved ones.
The police are probing what went wrong and treating the sad...
May 29, 2020, marks the end of the first year of the second four-year term of the Muhammadu Buhari administration, and the fifth year of the government in office.
Between May 29, 2015, when it was inaugurated for the first term, and now, the Buhari administration has made salutary impact...
Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has commissioned the newly-rehabilitated Eleyele Dam project, which he noted would put an end to the perennial flood disaster in Ibadan.
The governor added that the project would also be used to boost the supply of potable water to Eleyele neighbourhood and other communities...
approves procurement of 600 computers for GYB Model schools
The Kogi State Government during its council meeting on Wednesday awarded the reconstruction of zone 8-Barracks-Zango- GYB junction dual carriageway to Messrs CCECC Nig Ltd at the cost of Four Billion, Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Million, Four Hundred and Sixty-Five...
In readiness for the gradual resumption of activities in public places, the First lady of kwara State H E Dr (Mrs) Olufolake Abdulrazaq and her initiative the Ajike People's Support Center have distributed face masks to various professional, religious and political groups across Kwara State.
The distribution exercise which took...
