Pension payments
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has announced that the state government has increased its monthly payment to offset the backlog of pension and gratuity to retired civil servants from N1 billion to N2 billion.
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President Bola Tinubu on Friday announced that staff of the Armed Forces and other security agencies will benefit from the new ₦70,000 minimum wage. The president also indicated that, despite the economic challenges facing the country, his administration has been attentive to the needs of the citizens. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of Course 32…
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The State Chairman of the Action People's Party (APP), Sunny Wokekoro, has described the recent visit by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) members to Governor Siminalayi Fubara as a panicking move. Wokekoro, a former PDP stalwart, told The Guardian on Friday that the PDP continues to deteriorate, criticising its current national…
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House of Representatives member, Hon. Terseer Ugbor, has called on the authorities of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to be open and transparent in the disbursement of loans to students of tertiary institutions in the country. Ugbor, who chaired the House Ad Hoc Committee on Students Loans, explained that, up till now, he was…
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President Bola Tinubu will no longer be going back to France as earlier reported. A close aide to Tinubu told The Guardian that the president is presently at the Presidential Villa in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. "President Bola Tinubu will no longer be going back to France. He is presently in Aso Rock,"…
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Some communities in Andoni Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State have expressed delight over the implementation of the Host Communities Development Trust Fund (HCDT) by the indigenous oil company, Lekoil and Gas Limited, and its JV partners, Green Energy International Limited. In line with the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) for oil…
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The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the victory of Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 11, 2023, governorship election in Kogi. A five-member panel of the apex court, in a judgement, held that the appeal by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its candidate, Muritala Ajaka, marked SC/CV/654/2024, was without…