FG opens portal for sale of houses to Nigerians and other top stories in newspaper review
Among stories that trended in mainstream Nigerian online news media over the week is the report that the federal government has unveiled a portal for the sale of houses in its housing scheme at very affordable prices.
Good News as FG opens Online Portal for Sale of Homes under National Housing Programme
The federal government has launched a portal for the sale of completed houses under the National Housing Programme (NHP).
Source: UGC
Speaking at the launch on Friday, November 12, in Abuja, Babatunde Fashola, the minister of works and housing, said the portal is accessible in 34 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
FG To Protect Nigerians From Loan Apps Over Data Breach
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The federal government of Nigeria was set to punish lending companies like NowCash, Sokoloan, 9credit over data breach.
This was disclosed by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in a press statement on its Facebook page.
Unilorin Student Beats Female Lecturer to Coma for Not Accepting His Request
In what will continue to amaze Nigerians, a 400-level student of the Department of Microbiology, University of Ilorin has beaten a lecturer to stupor.
The student, simply identified as Captain Walz, reportedly didn’t observe the compulsory Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) and sought the lecturer’s help.
Passengers got discomforted at the waiting area of Benin Airport in Edo state and resorted to using different objects to fan themselves before their departure as there were no air conditioners.
The passengers are in their hundreds waiting to depart via different flights ranging from Aero, Air Peace, Max Air to Air for Lagos, Abuja and some other places.
The governor-elect of Anambra state, Charles Soludo, has been sued for allegedly providing false information in the affidavit (Form EC9) he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Soludo, the deputy governor-elect, Onyeka Ibezim, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and INEC are defendants in the suit filed by Adindu Valentine and Egwudike Chukwuebuka at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Federal Government Announces Increase in Price of Electricity Meters
The Nigerian government has increased the price of single-phase and three-phase electricity meters.
This was made known in a circular issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) dated Thursday, November 11.
N-Power Programme: Did Buhari Ask Ministry to Accommodate Additional 5 Million Beneficiaries?
A report The Punch claimsd Sadiya Farouq, the minister of the humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, says President Muhammadu Buhari has directed her to increase beneficiaries of the N-Power programme by five million.
The newspaper added the minister said Batch-C of the scheme, which admitted over one million persons, had been inaugurated.
Source: Legit.ng
