•Head of the Civil Service, Didi Walson-Jack The federal government has approved an increase in peculiar allowances and other welfare benefits for civil servants. Nigeria’s Head of the Civil Service, Didi Walson-Jack, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja today, in a move expected to increase the take-home pay of civil servants and b...
•UNIJOS main gate The University of Jos chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has suspended its withdrawal of services following the payment of March 2026 salaries to its members. The decision comes barely two days after the union directed its members to down tools over delays in salary payment and the non-inclusion [&hel...
•Abubakar Malami A former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has filed an application challenging the interim forfeiture of some of his properties seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). On January 6, Emema Nwite, judge of federal high court in Abuja ordered the interim for...
The leadership of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has decried the high cost of living in the country, demanding an increase in the allowances of workers. The TUC made the call in a statement yesterday by its President, Festus Osifo, and General Secretary, Nuhu Toro, advocating an enhanced social welfare package for workers, […...
The federal government has suspended the move by the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission (NSIWC) to review the allowances for medical and dental officers in the federal public service. On July 2, the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) had given the federal government a 21-day ultimatum to withdraw the disputed circular by the NSIWC a...
•Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Alausa, today, announced the release of N50 billion by the federal government to the academic and non-academic staff unions of federal universities for the settlement of earned allowances, as promised by President Bola Tinubu. This development was disclosed in a statement...
NYSC members and electoral personnel congregate at Ogbe Primary School in Benin, Edo State, awaiting payment of allowances before proceeding to their designated polling stations today. The Edo governorship election has been a prominent topic in recent days, reports Saturday PUNCH. The key candidates in the race are Monday Okpebholo of the All ...
Some Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) personnel deployed to man Nigeria’s land borders have decried the non-payment of their allowances for two and a half years, leaving them in a deplorable working condition. The personnel claimed that they had been stationed at the borders for over five years, dating ba...
•Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman The federal government, through the Federal Scholarship Board, has sent payment mandates to foreign embassies where foreign scholars under the federal government’s Bilateral Educational Agreement scholarship are schooling. The BEA scholarship is for the purpose of education exchange between Nigeria an...
The leadership of the Association of Nigerian Students in Russia has rejected the recent announcement by the federal government on the reduction of supplementation allowances for Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) scholars for the 2024 academic year. This was contained in a letter signed by the president of the association, Alabi Jeffrey and ...
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