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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the federal government to reconsider its plan to share the $320bn Abacha loot among poor households in Nigeria. In May, President Muhammadu Buhari said the recovered loot will be put into the conditional cash transfers (CCT) scheme targeted at the “poorest of Nigerians”. Tukur Rumar, representative of the National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO), [...]
Some civil society organisations (CSOs) have decided to monitor how the $321 million repatriated from the Swiss government as part of the fund stolen by Sani Abacha, former military head of state, is spent. The organisations made this known on at a citizens' dialogue on 'Trending Corruption Issues in Nigeria' organised by Strengthening Citizens Resistance Against Prevalence of Corruption (SCRAP-C), a [...]
Thirty-two teams, 64 games, 31 days, but one prize — the World Cup! Now, it is here. The tournament gets under way in Sao Paulo today with hosts Brazil facing Croatia, while Nigeria get their campaign up and running against Iran on Monday. TheCable’s team of analysts, dubbed The Three Wise Men — comprising a journalist, Bless Ekene (Editor, i-Soccer magazine), a soccer aficionado, Sunday [...]
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