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The Federal Government Tuesday disclosed that it has begun the payment of N30,000 one-time grant to 333,000 artisans across the country as part of implementing the Economic Sustainability Growth Plan. The payments are made to sets of verified beneficiaries of the Artisan Support Scheme, a track under the MSMEs Survival Fund. A statement made available by the Senior Special Assistant ...

Two men were killed after being attacked by a tiger in Bardia National Park in western Nepal on Tuesday, officials said. The victims, aged 25 and 27, were gathering wild mushrooms in a forest together with five other friends when the tiger attacked them, according to Subharani Tharu, deputy mayor of the Madhuwan municipality where the park is located. Bardia ...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has tested positive for COVID-19, the global football governing body said on Tuesday. Infantino, who is 50 years old, has reported mild symptoms and is in self-isolation and will quarantine for at least 10 days, FIFA added in a statement. “All people who came into contact with the FIFA President during the last few days have ...

An Upper Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja on Tuesday ordered Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to hand over custody of his three sons to his divorced wife, Maryam Sherif. Abubakar is the son of Nigeria’s former vice president of the same name. The judge, Bashir Danmaisule, while delivering judgement relied on the authority contained in FIQH ALA MAZAHIB AL – ARBAH saying that ...

The Cross River State Police Command has arrested one Johnson Richard Inem, an indigene of Akwa Ibom State for allegedly masterminding the recent looting and vandalisation of the Calabar International Conference Centre (CICC). The Police Public Relations Officer, Irene Ugbo said the suspect was arrested at Esuk Otu Community with various items based on report gathered during the house to ...

Sokoto’s government has started distributing Covid-19 palliatives to the citizens of the state following the looting that greeted the ENDSARS curfew across many states of Nigeria since Tuesday. The Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), on Saturday, began the distribution Saturday, starting from Isa, Sabon Birni and Gada Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The Federal Government on Sept. ...

The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), led by former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.) and other statesmen, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for the mishandling of the #EndSARS protests, resulting in the loss of lives and properties. In a resolution at the weekend entitled, ‘#EndSARS – It is time to renegotiate Nigeria,’ the group described as curious how ...

The Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up by the Lagos State Government to look into cases of human rights abuse by men of the recently-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad opened hearing on Tuesday with four cases. In Lagos State, the panel of inquiry and restitution set up by the Lagos State Government, had received 15 petitions. First was the case ...

The Federal Government has warned that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder if the issue of fake news is not urgently addressed, insisting on regulation of the social media in the country. The House of Representatives Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values, however, warned against clamping down on free speech and press freedom. The Minister of ...

As federal and state governments intensified efforts to investigate human rights violations by security agents, the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammad Adamu, came under fire on Tuesday as looters continued attacks on government and private establishments with futile efforts by the police to stop them. Also contrary to the IG’s directive last week, the police had yet to fully return to ...