Nigeria: 67.2m Nigerians Covered By Cash Transfers Amid Transparency Questions

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How it spread - 9 original reports

1. Mon, 21 September 2026

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   • AllAfrica09:08first to report
     Nigeria: 67.2m Nigerians Covered By Cash Transfers Amid Transparency Questions

     [This Day] The World Bank has reported that Nigeria's cash-based social intervention programmes reached 67.19 million people and 10.44 million households by August 2026, even as questions over the identification and traceability of beneficiaries continue to trail the federal government's cash transfer programme.

2. Mon, 5 October 2026

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   • AllAfrica01:53
     Nigeria: Fact-Checking Peter Obi's Claim of More Than 140 Million Nigerians Living in Poverty

     [Daily Trust] Peter Obi says more than 140 million Nigerians are living in poverty and severe hardship. But what do the available figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, World Bank, UNICEF, UN and WHO actually show?

3. Tue, 6 October 2026

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   • AllAfrica06:33
     Nigeria: Fact-Check - Did Unicef Predict Niger State Will Not Have Boys in Grade 7/JSS 1 By 2027?

     [Premium Times] PREMIUM TIMES contacted UNICEF to verify Governor Bago's claim.

4. Fri, 16 October 2026

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   • AllAfrica04:52
     Nigeria: Cash Transfer Office Cannot Identify 'Beneficiaries' of N33.75 Billion Disbursement

     [CJID] The National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO) said it paid ₦33.75 billion to 3.29 million citizens across 35 states in 2023. While there are no vouchers showing who received this money, the agency's accounts staff also blocked auditors from checking the bank records that would have confirmed the payments, the UDEME project of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has found.

5. Mon, 19 October 2026

   5 reports
   • econotimes.com05:04
     Nigeria Finance Ministry Disputes World Bank Interest-to-Revenue Ratio as Reports Lag

     The World Bank put first-half interest at about 124% of revenue; the ministry says the comparison includes state obligations and omits some agency receipts.

   • AllAfrica05:54
     Nigeria: Plateau Records 11,000 Tuberculosis Cases in 2026

     [Daily Trust] Plateau State has recorded an estimated 11,000 tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2026, with 2,047 cases detected between July and September alone.

   • Anadolu Agency (AA)11:14
     Nigeria’s Plateau records 11,000 tuberculosis cases in in 2026

     Nigeria is among countries with a high burden of tuberculosis globally.

   • premiumtimesng.com11:25
     Plateau records 11,000 TB cases in 2026, 2,047 detected in three months

     The cases were disclosed by Yohanna Bot, the monitoring and evaluation officer of the Plateau State Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme

   • AllAfrica12:28
     Nigeria: Plateau Records 11,000 TB Cases in 2026, 2,047 Detected in Three Months

     [Premium Times] The cases were disclosed by Yohanna Bot, the monitoring and evaluation officer of the Plateau State Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme