Secretary to the Government of Federation, Babachir Lawal, has denied the allegations of corruption leveled against him by members of the Senate on Wednesday.
President Muhammadu Buhari has tripled funding for the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme from N20 billion in 2016 to N65 billion in 2017, perhaps as a way of reaching out to militants who have been bombing oil installations in the region.
The International Center for Journalists, ICFJ, in collaboration with ONE and the Elliott family seek entries for the inaugural 2017 Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling.
Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has called for the immediate prosecution of suspects arrested for alleged stealing of bags of rice meant for Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the state.
President Muhammad Buhari has presented a 2017 budget proposal of N7.298 trillion before the joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday in Abuja.
Victim Support Fund, VSF, has begun the reconstruction of 10 public structures in Bama, one of the major towns in Borno State, which was under the occupation of Boko Haram at the peak of insurgency in the North East.
