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Vanguard News Heritage Bank’s April draw produce millionaire On Heritage Bank Heritage Bank has fulfilled its promises to support the Nigerian Creative Industry, as millionaires emerged from the YNSPYRE product in collaboration with the Cream Platform. The YNSPYRE account holders who subscribed to the platform won over N12million during the second monthly raffle draw conducted last weekend. The Heritage Bank’s YNSPYRE event commenced on a great note when D’banj and CREAM Platform introduced the CREAM Merit winners for March, BERRI, a music artiste who carted away sum of N10million in form of promotional, while Clara Aden, a visual artist received N1million in financial support and Hanzy, a music artiste got over N1million Naira in form of mentorship support as well as Merchandise support from partner company – Boomplay. ....
NSCDC, Police stop Fulani herdsmen from entering 2 Kwara LGAs On The affected herders stopped from entering 2 Kwara LGAs. PHOTO: NAN The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in partnership with the Kwara Command of Nigeria Police have stopped some Fulani herdsmen from entering Ipee in Oyun Local Government and Offa. A statement from the NSCDC spokesman, Mr Babawale Afolabi, on Tuesday in Ilorin, said the action followed the influx of herdsmen into the two local government areas. Afolabi said the Divisional Officer in Oyun Local Government Area, CSC Henry Bilesanmi, confirmed the development. ”At about 08:00hrs of May 4, 2021, four (4) trucks fully loaded with Fulani/Bororo herdsmen entered Ipee town. ....
By Yinka Kolawole THE 2021 national budget has been found to contain over 316 duplicated capital projects worth N39.5 billion, according to investigations by BudgIT, a public finance transparency advocacy firm. A report of analysis of the 2021 budget made available to Vanguard noted that the duplication of projects is just one among other loopholes for corruption in the budget, adding that there were no audit records of N10.02 trillion received by the security sector between 2015 and 2021. The report stated: “Our investigations into the 2021 budget revealed at least 316 duplicated capital projects worth N39.5 billion, with 115 of those duplicate projects occurring in the Ministry of Health. This is very disturbing especially considering the health infrastructure deficit and the raging COVID-19 pandemic affecting Nigeria. ....