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Can the seven-time  Ballon d’Or  winner  Lionel Messi  add number eight to his name? Or will Manchester City's goal machine  Erling Haaland  win the most prestigious individual  football  award for the first time? The Argentina captain led his country to victory in the  2022 World Cup  in Qatar, and on the club level, he won the Ligue 1 title with Paris Saint-Germain. Meanwhile, Haaland secured a historic treble with Manchester City, scoring 52 goals across all competitions in his debut season for the club. With Argentina’s World Cup triumph and Manchester City’s Champions League, Premier League, and FA Cup titles, it's no surprise that the award shortlist is dominated by players from Argentina and Manchester City.

Dr Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, says plans are underway to rejig the N-Power scheme to accommodate more people and ensure prompt payment of beneficiaries’ stipends. Edu disclosed this in a statement on Sunday by her Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Mr Rasheed Zubair, in Abuja. The statement reported the Minister as saying that the challenges faced by N-Power beneficiaries in terms of delay in payment of their stipends would soon be addressed. “We will change the modalities so that people will get their delayed stipends, include more people, and relaunch it with a renewed hope concept,” she said. She also said, the ministry planned to establish humanitarian hubs across the 774 local government areas in the country, adding that would be a long-term goal towards eradicating poverty in Nigeria. She explained that the hubs would accommodate homegrown commodities, which would be sold at cheaper rates to Nigerians.