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In 2022, GiveDirectly, working with the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), launched an $8.5 million disaster preparedness project. The project sought to provide unconditional cash transfers of 7 million shillings to 4,000 households living in high-risk areas of the Elgon region. Ivan Ntwali, GiveDirectly’s Country Director, said this initiative …

A statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja stated that six leaders of the cartels were arrested in different parts of the country. Babafemi said that the arrest came after months of intelligence gathering and painstaking surveillance by the operatives of …

“Communal narcissism is a form of maladaptive narcissism. As the name suggests, it refers to inflated perceptions of oneself within a broader social context,” says Dr Patrice Le Goy, an acclaimed psychologist. The concept of communal narcissism gained traction after a study on the subject was published in 2018 in …

Abdullahi, who stated this while briefing newsmen shortly after arriving in Kano on Sunday, also pledged his dedication to advancing President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. He expressed his commitment to key into the renewed hope housing programme of Tinubu, commending the president for his appointment. Abdullahi also promised to …

“The security forces will not allow it [civilian rule]. The next leader will be a soldier or policeman,” said Gen. Kainerugaba recently. And with that tweet, he confirmed our worst fears about Uganda being a militocracy. Still, he also gave us a glimpse of who might be Uganda’s next leader. …

The group, in a statement signed on Sunday in Abuja, by Malam Danjuma Mohammed, its Chairman, and Chief Wale Adedayo, Secretary, said the projection aligned with their own research, which considered various emerging economic variables. TDF lauded President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, citing the withdrawal of oil subsidies and the …

This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives in Apapa seaport Lagos on Wednesday, Nov. 6 intercepted 31,750,000 pills of 240mg Voltron, a controlled opioid. He said that the drugs were packaged and concealed …

Renowned Nigerian music producer and music executive Michael Collins Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, has urged men to take combating paternity fraud more seriously. According to him, “conducting a DNA test is more important than a naming ceremony.” Social media has since been divided over whether DNA tests are …

“They say Acholi are stupid, that I support Museveni… Acholi has suffered during his regime with issues like poverty. It is wrong to bring tribal sentiments into this,” Akol said. He denied that he is an apologist for President Museveni, adding that he can’t be in light of how the …

The Summit will commence on Monday, Nov. 11, says Bayo Onanuga, the President’s spokesman, in a statement. “It is being held at the invitation of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and follows last year’s summit in the same Saudi city. “During the summit, President Tinubu is expected …