The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the commencement of the payment of N5000 to vulnerable Nigerians. In a statement by its spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ruling party said the scheme was both historic and unprecedented in the country’s annals. “The Party notes that with the commencement of payment of N5000... Read More

January 3, 2017

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Payment of N5000 stipends mere propaganda – Fayose

Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has described as propaganda the Federal Government N5000 monthly stipends to one million poor Nigerians. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi on Tuesday, Fayose said there has been no payments in his state which one of the states the Federal Government listed. The governor said most... Read More

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January 2, 2017

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FG commences payment of N5,000 monthly stipends to poor Nigerians

The Federal has commenced the payment of N5, 000 monthly stipends to the poorest and the most vulnerable in the country through the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) of its Social Investment Programmes. This was disclosed in a statement by Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to the Vice President, Laolu Akande. Akande said one... Read More

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September 27, 2016

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Teenager jailed for 6 months for stealing N5000

An eighteen-year-old man Gadaffi Abdullahi has been sentenced to six months imprisonment without an option of fine for stealing the sum of five thousand naira. The magistrate, Aminu Fagge of the Kano magistrate court also sentenced Abdullahi to three months imprisonment but with an option of fine of N10,000 for house trespassing. The prosecutor, Inspector... Read More

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December 30, 2015

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FG reveals source of funding for proposed N5,000 monthly stipend

The Federal Government has revealed the source of funding for the monthly welfare payment to vulnerable Nigerians. The All Progressives Congress-led government had during electioneering promised to pay a monthly stipend of N5,000 to poor, unemployed Nigerians. On Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed disclosed that the monthly stipend would be sourced... Read More

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September 3, 2015

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‘Buhari can’t possibly make naira equal to dollar’

A former Chairman of the Labour Party, Dan Nwanyanwu, says that President Muhammadu Buhari, will not make the Nigerian currency equal to the American currency. Nwanyanwu, also doubted the possibility of Buhari’s administration giving N5,000 to unemployed and poor Nigerians. The pioneer Chairman of LP advised Nigerians to come to terms with the fact that President... Read More

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June 14, 2015

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FG set to pay N5000 monthly to unemployed, poor Nigerians

The new administration had earlier promised to have the Youth and unemployed in mind and have already started working in that direction as the Federal government has declared that there are ongoing plans to implement one of its campaign promises that it will pay N5000 each to the poorest Nigerians across the country. Vice President... Read More

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