By Joseph Atainyang The recent address of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio during the retreat in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, resonates with a resolute call for optimism and belief in the greatness of the Nigerian nation. The uncommon ...
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Feed SubscriptionHead Of Service Debunks Extortion Of N23m From Civil Servants
The Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) has denied reports on some media platforms that it extorted N23 million from 92 applicants who were aspiring to become permanent secretaries. OHCSF in a statement signed ...
Read More »Contributory Pension: NLC, Retirees Lament As 26 States Fail To Join Scheme
…Lagos, five others in full compliance, contributory pension scheme inevitable, says PenCom …Withholding pension immoral, says NLC, retirement now death sentence, retirees kick Only six states and the Federal Capital Territory have fully implemented the Contributory Pension Scheme as of ...
Read More »Nigeria Lost N2.9trn To Contract, Procurement Fraud In 3 Years — EFCC Chairman
The newly appointed chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that Nigeria lost N2.9trillion to contract and procurement fraud between 2018 and 2020. Olukoyede made the revelation while fielding questions from Senators during his ...
Read More »Wema Bank Rewards Outstanding Teachers
As part of its commitment to promoting quality education, recognising and rewarding excellence in the education sector, Wema Bank, Nigeria’s most innovative bank and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has rewarded winners of the ‘Wema Celebrates Teachers’ ...
Read More »CPC Website Ranked Overall Best Among MDAs
The website of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), (www.icpc.gov.ng), has again emerged overall best in the 2023 ranking of all federal government ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) websites by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms ...
Read More »Tinubu Approves 260 Emergency Road Repairs Nationwide — Umahi
President Bola Tinubu has approved more than 260 road repairs across the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Thursday after meeting ...
Read More »FG Mandates MDAs, Others To Register Tech Transfer Agreements With NOTAP
The Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology has vowed to ensure that all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and private sector organisations register their technology transfer agreements with the National Office For Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) as stipulated ...
Read More »Desist From Planned Indefinite Strike, AGF Warns Labour
The attorney general of the federation and minister of justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) has told organised labour to obey the June 5 order issued by the National Industrial Court stopping both the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade ...
Read More »Subsidy Removal: Tinubu, Sultan Urge NLC, TUC To Shelve Planned Indefinite Strike
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, have called on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to shelve their planned indefinite strike action over the removal of ...
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