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FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS, DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS, DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. …Presidency hails programmes …Enrolment sequel to wide consultations and review …Online portal to open for applications from noon on June 26, 2020 …All applicants must supply their Bank Verification Number (BVN) for transparency …Batch A & B to transit June 30 and July 31, 2020 respectively into entrepreneurship schemes …Past beneficiaries are not eligible to participate in Batch C Abuja – 19/06/2020: The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has announced the commencement of enrolment for a new batch of N-Power beneficiaries effective July 26, 2020. The N-Power Programme was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016 under the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) with the mandate of lifting citizens out of poverty through capacity b...

Something didn’t sit right with the father: His twins looked starkly different, one with a full head of wavy hair and the other with fine, straight hair. He asked their mother for a genetic test to confirm that the children were actually his. Only one of them was. According to test results announced by the Genetic Association of Vietnam, a set of two-year-old Vietnamese twins have been found to carry the DNA of one mother but two different fathers. Le Dinh Luong, president of the Hanoi-based organization,  told the BBC  that he was confident in the test’s accuracy. It is possible for twins to have different fathers in a phenomenon called heteropaternal superfecundation, which occurs when two of a woman’s eggs are fertilized by sperm from two different men. Ordinarily, a woman becomes pregnant because one of her eggs has been fertilized by sperm. Identical twins occur if that fertilized egg divides...

 Abiola Ajimobi The former Governor of Oyo State,  Abiola Ajimobi  has died at the age of 70. Ajimobi who was recently appointed as the  Acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress  by the National Working Committee of the party died due to Coronavirus complications. The former lawmaker fell ill after testing positive to Coronavirus and was reported to be in a critical condition before the time of his death. He ruled Oyo State for eight years before he was appointed by Adams Oshiomhole as the Deputy National Chairman (South-West) of APC. Ad Ajimobi was a former Managing director at the National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company, a subsidiary of Shell Petroleum Company. He is survived by his wife, Florence Ajimobi and his children.

Godwin Akwaji, lawmaker representing Obudu constituency at the Cross River state house of assembly, has died after showing symptoms of COVID-19. He was said to have died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) isolation centre around 12:30 pm on Thursday. Akwaji, who was said to be diabetic, also exhibited fatigue, fever, cough, breathlessness. A family source dislcosed that the deceased had been treated for malaria and pneumonia with no improvement. The source added that some persons who visited the lawmaker at the hospital are already showing symptoms of COVID-19. Commenting on Akwaji’s death, Ifere Paul, a Facebook user wrote: “I spoke to Hon. Godwin Akwaji weeks before the LGA elections. He told me what a wonderful chairman I’ll make. He ended our conversation on a sad note though. “That the establishment does not want intelligent people like me, and was afraid I might not make it because I am not somebody’s stooge. I just got informatio...

Anambra State Government Sets Up Task Force To Enforce Covid-19 Law As Gathered By IDCC Anambra State government has set up COVID-19 Law Monitoring and Enforcement Task Force charged with the responsibility of operationalizing enforcement of the newly signed Anambra State Covid-19 law. Rising from a meeting of the Committee on Tuesday, 16th June, 2020, the Secretary to Anambra State government, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu said that His Excellency, Governor Willie Obiano had at the last meeting of the State Executive Council, which held on Monday, 15th June, 2020, expressed shock that many Ndi Anambra are not obeying Covid-19 safety protocols including wearing of protective face masks, washing of hands with soap, maintaining social distancing and avoiding crowded places. Professor Chukwulobelu said that the Committee which comprises representatives of the state government including the Secretary to the State government, The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Special ...

*... An ode to the man who housed Nelson Mandela in Nigeria while the Apartheid regime was after him* A consummate Nationalist who can be described as the last of the titans from this part of the country, Chief Mbazulike Ameachi was born on June 16, 1929 at Ukpor in today’s Nnewi South LGA of Anambra State. *You have not only paid your dues in the service of our dear country, beginning from her journey to independence, but also showed the world how hospitable we can be as a nation when you housed the late Nelson Mandela in your private home after he came in search of refuge in Nigeria during the apartheid regime in South Africa.* That singular gesture brought to global attention, your life as a justice crusader and commitment to Pan Africanism. *Your immense contributions to the independence struggle defines you as a Nation builder. Little wonder you subsequently emerged Nigeria’s premier Aviation Minister. It was gratifying that you went on to lay solid foundations for that...

Kate Henshaw reacts as graphic designer calls out Ramsey Noah for allegedly using her designs for his movie without paying for it A young female graphic designer has called out Ramsey Noah for allegedly using her logo for his movie "Living in Bondage" which he made his directorial debut in, without paying for it. The lady who admitted not having a signed contract after she was contacted for the job in 2018, claimed the down payment she requested for was also not given because the media director for the movie told her then that the budget has not been approved. @Louisajilo stated that in spite of using her designs which they told her wasn't good enough, Ramsey Noah has continously ignored after she contacted him. She tweeted; Dear Twitter, I said I will make a thread. So I will. In 2018, I was contacted to work as the graphic designer for the 'Living in Bondage' movie. I was very excited as I had never been on a big project like that before...