•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 ...
•NYSC members Human rights lawyer and activist Inibehe Effiong says members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) are not civil servants who can’t criticise the federal government administration. The lawyer made this known on Channels Television today in reaction to the ordeal of Lagos-based NYSC member, Ushie Uguamaye, who flayed Tinubu’...
No fewer than 5,029 civil servants out of 32,140 were conspicuously absent at the just concluded screening, meant to ascertain staff strength in Yobe. Alhaji Bukar Kilo, the Committee Chairman, made this known while presenting the committee’s report to the Head of Civil Service in Damaturu yesterday, reports Vanguard. Kilo, who also the Perman...
•Accountant-General of the Federation, Dr Oluwatoyin Madein Federal civil servants have been given a February 17, 2025, deadline for identity verification as the government moves to weed out ghost workers. This was contained in a memo by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation and sighted by our correspondent on Saturday. Civil ...
•Governor Hyacinth Alia Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia today, made an unscheduled visit to the state secretariat, only to find a minimal presence of workers. Arriving at 10:35 am, Governor Alia’s convoy prompted security personnel to lock the gates, effectively locking out hundreds of civil servants, reports The Nation. As he toured the fa...
•Tinubu The federal government has fired some civil servants with degrees from private tertiary institutions in Benin Republic and Togo. The directive affected federal workers who graduated from the institutions from 2017 to date, reports The PUNCH. The Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Governme...
•Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf Kano State Government has commenced the implementation of the newly approved ₦71,000 minimum wage for its workers. This move comes barely three weeks after receiving and approving the recommendations of a special committee set up to review the minimum wage, reports Channels TV. True to its tradition of paying salarie...
•Federal Secretariat, Abuja Some federal civil servants at the weekend were gripped with fear over the security of their jobs following claims that the government has started weeding out those who obtained their degree certificates from unrecognised universities in Benin Republic and Togo. The situation was heightened by a post on the verified...
The Niger State Government has approved a new minimum wage of ₦80,000 for civil servants, which is to commence in November 2024. This announcement was made by the state governor, Umaru Bago, following a lengthy negotiation between the state government and the leadership of the state’s labour union, reports Channels TV. Governor Bago assured wo...

