Cash Transfer Programme: FG Disburses N24bn to 991,261 Households The Federal Government has disbursed N24.78bn under the National Cash Transfer programme to 991,261 poor households as part of efforts to alleviate poverty in Nigeria. The cash transfer initiative, spearheaded by the National Social Investment Programme Agency...

Tinubu Replaces Suspended NSIPA Boss President Bola Tinubu has appointed new heads of agencies and programmes in the federal ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development. Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, said in a statement on Tuesday that Tinubu appointed Badamasi Lawal as the chief...

EduGate: EFCC Recovers N30bn, Investigates 50 Bank Accounts The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has recovered N30bn in the probe of the National Social Investment Programme Authority (NSIPA) former CEO Halima Shehu and suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Betta...

EFCC Arrests NSIPA Boss, Halima Shehu, over N37.1bn Humanitarian Fraud  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested and detained the National Co-ordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, Halima Shehu. EFCC sources told Economic Confidential that Shehu was arrested...

Tinubu Suspends NSIPA Boss, Halima Shehu   President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended Halima Shehu, the national coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, over financial misappropriation. The development came barely two months after the Senate confirmed Shehu as the national coordinator of NSIPA. With the suspension...