Nigeria The Federal Government says it will commence disbursement of the recovered 322 million dollars Abacha loot through Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) to 302,000 poor households in 19 states in July. Tukur Rumar, of the National Cash Transfer Office (NTCO), disclosed this at a roundtable on assets recovery organised by the Swiss Embassy on Thursday, in Abuja. The states include: Niger, Kogi, Ekiti, Osun, Oyo, Kwara, Cross River, Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Plateau, Nasarrawa, Anambra and Internally Displaced Persons Camps (IDPs) in Borno. According to Rumar, the benefiting households will receive N5,000 monthly. Mr Iorwa Apera, the National Coordinator, National Social Safety Net Coordinating Office (NASSCO), said 503,055 households were already on the NSR register from the 19 states, adding that by July, there would be a social register for all the states of the federation. “The Federal Government would begin with those states, b
The Nigeria Super Eagles Captain John Mike Obi Paid 10million Naira Ransom to Obtain His Father From Kidnappers.
According to the police, Obi’s father was on his way from Jos, Plateau State, in a grey colour Toyota Prado when he was kidnapped.
John Mike Obi paid a ransom of N10 million naira to release of his father, who is in his sixties.
The kidnappers were said to have demanded a N10 million ransom from the Obi family before he was released.
Although the elderly man was not hurt, he was however forced to walk for about five kilometres three miles barefoot in the heavy rain.
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