•Inibehe Effiong A legal practitioner, Inibehe Effiong has urged the federal government to scrap the N-Power and other social intervention programmes under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Effiong made this call in a television interview today. Recall that there has been controversy surrounding embattled minister B...
•Betta Edu The Minster for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, has reacted to an alleged diversion of N3 billion from the account of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) which is under her ministry, describing it as spurious. The Minister, in a statement titled, ‘Re-Betta Edu Fingered In N3bn NSIPA Fraud...
•Halima Shehu A few hours after her suspension, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arrested the National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu. She was still being detained as at press time last night. Halima Shehu was picked up in conne...
•Halima and Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate suspension and investigation of Ms Halima Shehu, the National Coordinator and CEO of the National Social Investment Program Agency over alleged financial malfeasance. With the suspension and investigation into the allegations, Dr Akindele Egbuwalo the National N-POWER Program ...
•Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu In another attempt to end the inefficient operation of the electricity distribution chain and ownership crisis in many of the eleven Distribution Companies (DisCos), the federal government has decided to sell off its 40 per cent shares in the firms. Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) Alex...