•INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has defended the commission’s N126 billion budget request for 2025. Yakubu clarified that N85 billion is earmarked for personnel costs while the remainder will be used to fund electoral activities, reports Saturday Guard...
•Donald Trump United States President, Donald Trump, has extended buyout offers to millions of federal employees unwilling to return to office. The move, aimed at reducing the size of the U.S. government, was confirmed in an email sent yesterday. The administration informed workers they must decide by February 6 whether to participate in a “de...
•Doctors protest Members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH) in Ondo State have embarked on an indefinite strike over the non-payment of their salary and poor condition of service. The resident doctors had earlier yesterday staged a peaceful protest at the facility of ...
•Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has criticised the tax reform bills, saying it will drag the northern part of the country backward. The bills, transmitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in September, have faced stiff opposition, especially from the north, with stakeh...
•Didi Walson-Jack The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, has said the probe instituted by the federal government to identify civil servants receiving salaries after relocating abroad is still ongoing. She said this yesterday in Abuja at a briefing to celebrate her 100 days in office and stock-taking of [&...
•Tinubu The federal government has released funds for payment of withheld salaries of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Federal Universities (NASU). The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) made this known in a statement in Abuja. According to the OAGF, the FG has also released funds for the payment of benefits to […]...
•Nigerian Senate The Joint Committee on Electoral Matters has proposed a slash in salaries of legislators and executive members by 30 and 40 per cent respectively. This was proposed today during an interactive session with Judiciary and political parties, reports Channels TV. The joint session was led by the Chairman, the Senate Committee on E...
•House of Representatives Reactions have trailed the decision of members of the House of Representatives to cut their salaries by 50 percent for six months as part of their solidarity and sacrifice to support the economic hardship and hunger Nigerians are going through at the moment. The decision followed the adoption of an amendment to [&hell...
•Nigeria’s House of Representatives Members of the House of Representatives today, Thursday, July 18, resolved to contribute 50 percent of their monthly salaries for six months to alleviate economic hardships, particularly hunger, in the country. Speaker Abbas indicated that each member earns approximately N600,000 monthly, resulting in ...
•The protesters at FUTO Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), today, Tuesday, July 9, staged nationwide protests within campuses of public universities to demand the immediate release of their withheld salaries. NASU national ...
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