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**In new batch, 146,065 beneficiaries to receive 3 months Payroll support  **46,117 beneficiaries to receive one-time N50,000 MSME Grant Beneficiaries of the MSMEs Survival Fund’s Payroll support track and the one-off General MSME Grant have started receiving payments today.  Presidency statement signed, by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Office of the Vice President, said on …

The tool could help deal with an influx of WhatsApp converts. Telegram is still dealing with a influx of WhatsApp users upset over a new privacy policy, and it’s making sure those converts will feel more at home. WABetaInfo has noticed that the latest version of Telegram for iOS (Android users had to wait as of this writing — see update below) adds a tool to import your …

*VP adds: “…every conflict is a result of elite failure to speak up Nigeria cannot afford a war and elites in th should rise up, speak the truth against forces of division in order to preserve the unity of the country.Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, stated this Tuesday evening in Abuja while speaking with All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders from …

Telegram already supports one-on-one video calls as well as group voice chats. Still, it’s an addition that will give Telegram a bit more parity with the likes of Zoom, WhatsApp, Messenger Rooms and so on. Starting next month, Telegram users will be able to hop into group video calls together. According to Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, the tool will include the typical features you’d find in a video conferencing service, …

President Joe Biden opened his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night by declaring that “America is on the move again,” the CNN reported on Wednesday night. The President, in his first prime-time speech to lawmakers, is hoping to build on the trust he engendered by accelerating the nation’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic to convince …

Beneficiaries of the MSMEs Survival Fund’s Payroll support track and the one-off General MSME Grant have started receiving payments today. Presidency statement, signed by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Office of the Vice President, said on on Wednesday that the Buhari administration’s Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) has continued to impact the lives of …

Edo State Government has said the embattled former Community Development Association (CDA) Chairman in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area (LGA), Joshua Edo, is not a member of the state’s security network. Coordinator of the Edo State Community Vigilante Security Network, Mr. Yusuf Haruna, who spoke to journalists in Benin City, said Mr. Edo, who is being prosecuted for beating up …

…Urges sustained inter-agency cooperation to curb crime Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has pledged that his administration will sustain the robust relationship between the government and security agencies to sustain the peace and security in the state.  Obaseki who expressed concern over the security challenges facing the nation, said with the inter-agency collaboration among security agencies in the state …

By Okhide Em’ya David The French Government is to partner with the Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II to expedite the repatriation of Benin priceless Artworks, which were looted from the Kingdom. The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Jerome Pasquier disclosed this when he led top officials of the French    Embassy to the Palace of the Oba of Benin City, …

Apparently frustrated by the National Assembly’s inability to halt the worsening security situation across Nigeria, two senators Tuesday asked that the National Assembly be shut down. They made the call during a lengthy debate on a motion on the activities of Boko Haram insurgents in three local governments in Niger State. Deliberation on the motion – which was sponsored by …