•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...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State In view of the recent hike in the price of petrol across the country, Governor Seyi Makinde has announced a ₦10,000 monthly transportation support fund for civil servants in Oyo State, to run for an initial period of three months. The governor made the declaration during the supervision of […]
•Emmanuel Lawal and other activists addressing journalists at the protest ground in Abuja today Scores of demonstrators today marched from the National Assembly to the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation in Abuja, protesting against what they described as the harassment of the Minister of Women’s Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-...
•ICPC Operatives At least two civil servants have been arraigned for allegedly diverting funds released by the World Bank for the rehabilitation of schools affected by insurgency in Adamawa State. Specifically, the officials identified as Mr. Popoona Samuel and Mr. Arama Davies Gyandi, were arraigned at the Federal High Court sitting in Yola b...
•Delta State governor, Sheriff Oborevwori The Chairman of the Delta State Civil Service Commission, Chief Roseline Amioku, has stated that more than 200 civil servants who falsified their ages to prolong their service have been forced into immediate retirement. Amioku disclosed this at a media interaction at the Commission’s office in Asaba, w...
•Alamin Sarkinmota The federal government has warned Abuja automobile dealers, popularly known as Alamin Sarkinmota, against taunting civil servants in the country about their inability to acquire most of the cars he put up for sale in his advert videos. This was disclosed by the National Orientation Agency in a letter signed by its Director-G...
Nearly 30% Lagos civil servants sent overseas for training have failed to return, the government revealed today. The startling disclosure was made by the Lagos State Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Afolabi Ayantayo, during a press briefing. Ayantayo said the state’s efforts to build a more effective and globally exposed workforce...
In Nigeria, the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) mandates that all public officials, including political appointees and civil servants, disclose their assets and liabilities upon assuming and leaving office. However, compliance with this legal requirement has been low. In this report, our correspondent interrogates factors leading to non-complianc...
•NLC President, Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday demanded an upward review of the retirement age for all categories of civil servants. The National President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, made this demand during the ongoing May Day celebration in Eagle Square, Abuja, reports The PUNCH. While presenting some of the demands of [&hell...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara presents the N800 billion 2024 budget estimates before the Edison Ehie-led group of the Rivers State House of Assembly at the Government House on December 13, 2023 A coalition of concerned civil servants in Rivers State, alongside the Rivers Solidarity for Good Governance, have issued a stern ultimatum to the State ...

