Federal Government begins payment of N5,000 monthly stipends to poor Nigerians.

 

 As part of its determined efforts to touch the lives of Nigerians positively the Buhari administration has started 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, SIP.

Afcon 2017: Leicester's Jeff Schlupp is left out of Ghana's squad

 

    Schlupp's Leicester team-mate Daniel Amartey was included as was another English Premier League player, Andre 'Dede' Ayew of West Ham. Aston Villa's Jordan Ayew - Andre's brother - was one of three English Championship players named, alongside Christian Atsu of Newcastle and Andy Diadom of Barnsley.

India's double first in climate battle

    An industrial plant is capturing the CO2 emissions from a coal boiler and using the CO2 to make valuable chemicals. It is a world first and just 100km away is the world's biggest solar farm, making power for 150,000 homes on a 10 sq km site.

PHOTOS- Nigerian Paralympic Gold Medalist Weds In Owerri

 

   Nigerian paralympic athlete, Josephine Precious Orji, winner of gold medal at  Rio Paralympic games in Brazil have tied the knot with her man Kelechi Moses yesterday, 2nd January, at State Banquet Hall, Govt House, Owerri.
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Ex-Female Chief Judge Olateru-Olagbegi Is Dead

 

   Mrs. Gladys Olateru-Olagbegi, former Chief Judge of Ondo state, is dead. A source said to be from the Omitowoju family where Mrs. Gladys Olubunmi Olateru-Olagbegi was born, said she died after battling with an undisclosed illness.