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Details: FG reveals numbers of beneficiaries of 50% transport discount

The Chairman of the committee set up by President Bola Tinubu to implement end-of-the-year transportation subsidy programme has revealed the number of the beneficiaries. Dele Alake, the minister of solid minerals development who is the Chairman in a statement issued on Monday by his aide, Kehinde Bamigbetan, said about 163,878 Nigerians have benefited from the…

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Dele Alake, Nigerian Govt says powerful figures behind kidnappings, banditry, illegal mining

Nigerian Govt says powerful figures behind kidnappings, banditry, illegal mining

In a revelation before the House Committee on Solid Minerals during the defense of the Ministry’s 2024 budget estimate, Dele Alake, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, unveiled that influential and powerful figures within Nigeria are orchestrating and financing activities such as banditry, kidnappings, and illegal mining. Alake, addressing the committee on Tuesday, highlighted the…

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Powerful Nigerians responsible for kidnapping, banditry, illegal mining, says Minister

Dele Alake, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, on Tuesday, while appearing before the House Committee on Solid Minerals to defend the Ministry’s 2024 budget estimate, disclosed that powerful Nigerians are sponsoring banditry and kidnappings in the country while also accusing them of being behind illegal mining in the country. The minister, while speaking, said…

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