Payporte To Boost Nigeria Pitch Awards

                           Payporte Global System, has thrown its full weight behind the Nigeria Pitch Awards, an initiative of Matchmakers Consult international in collaboration with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
Bassey Eyo, a serial entrepreneur and CEO of Payporte said this was the first time his company would be getting involved in football because ‘the Nigeria Pitch Awards provides the right platform to reach players, award voters, football journalists and football fans. We have also looked at the award process and are confident that the results will emerge from a transparent and credible process.’

FG Releases N5billion To Purchase Stoves For Rural Women

                    The Federal government has released N5billion for the purchase of stoves for rural women across the country, under the National Clean Cooking Scheme, a programme launched by FG to discourage the use of Firewood for cooking.
Announcing the release of the funds, Minister of Environment, Laurientia Mallam, speaking during an inspection visit to the Velodrome at the National Stadium, Abuja, where some of the 750,000 stoves were being assembled, said the stoves will be distributed through the various Ministries of Environment.

I Was Concern Over Nigeria’s Present Situation - IBB Says

                                        

                         Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida yesterday, expressed concern over the present situation in the country, adding that it needed the intervention of all Nigerians to join hands with the incoming administration to get the people out of the current problems.

Apparently referring to the acute scarcity of petrol and blackout being experienced across the country, Babangida, however, said that the outgoing administration should not be seen as deliberately punishing the people but rather a trying period for any administration which would come and go.

Yero Govt Officials Must Refund Stolen Funds – El-Rufai

 

                   Kaduna State Governor-elect, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, said on Tuesday that he will probe the outgoing administration of Governor Mukhtar Yero for depleting the resources of the state.
El-Rufai, a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, stated this shortly after receiving the report of the All Progressives Congress Transition Committee in Kaduna.

Techno Gives Scholarships To 3 Pupils In Lagos

                      Ahead of the 2015 Children’s Day celebrations, smart phone manufacturer, Tecno has in recognition of the important roles children played in the society, concluded arrangements to give out N100,000 scholarship each to three children from public schools in Lagos.
Similarly, Tecno said it would also provide educational materials and stationeries to the selected schools in a bid to assist parents of the kids to provide basic and educational needs of their children.

Step Back From Buhari’s Inauguration, Nigerian Students Warn South Africa’s President, Jacob Zuma

                     National Association of Nigerian students, NANS has warned South Africa President,Jacob Zuma not to come to Nigeria for the Inauguration of President-Elect, Muhammadu Buhari following what they described as his poor handling of the xenophobic attacks on some Africans including Nigerians in his country in April.
According to the statement released by the body, the failure of the South African President to apologize to Nigerians after the attacks is distasteful.

Setting Agenda For Buhari’s Administration

                   The Buhari-Osinbajo administration will be sworn in on May 29. No doubt, expectations are high, hope in the country and governance is rekindled.
Vanguard requests that its readers submit articles, papers and open letters to the President on rebuilding Nigeria to citizenreport@vanguardngr.com. It could be on choice of ministers, policy direction, tackling corruption,  diversifying the economy, power crisis, providing employment, foreign relations among others.