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Jan

2024

Northerners Arrested Over Attempt To Take Lagos Slot In Army Recruitment

Army Recruitment: Northerners Arrested Over Attempt To Take Lagos Slots The Lagos State Government has called for the arrest and trial of six northern candidates participating in the Nigerian Army recruitment process who claimed to be indigenes of the state. A viral video surfaced earlier on Wednesday showing six candidates in the recruitment process, who hailed from Kaduna State, claiming Kosofe Local Government Area, Lagos Island Local Government Area, and Oshodi Isolo Local Government Area, respectively, as their local governments of origin. By claiming to hail from Lagos, the candidates intended to secure the slots designated to Lagos State indigenes.…

Dec

2023

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Nigeria Customs Appoint 2 ACGs, Promote 2,209 Senior Officers

Labour, News Flash

Customs Appoint Two ACGs, Promote 2,209 Senior Officers The Nigeria Customs Service Board, chaired by the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, has confirmed the appointment of two Assistant Comptrollers-General and the promotion of 2,209 senior officers. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the National Public Relations Officer of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada. This took place at the NCS Headquarters during its 58th regular meeting held on Tuesday, December 19. The appointed officers confirmed as substantive members of the NCS Management Team are ACG Florence Ogar-Modey and ACG Queen Ogubudu. The Comptroller-General, NCS, Bashir Adeniyi, congratulated the…

Dec

2023

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Another State Governor Pays N100,000 Christmas Bonus

Labour, News Flash

Another State Governor Approves N100,000 Christmas Bonus For Civil Servants GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Governor Francis Nwifuru on Thursday announced the approval of N100,000 Christmas bonus for civil servants in Ebonyi State. Nwifuru made this known while addressing stakeholders and elders of the state during the flag-off of the pet project of the wife of the President, Oluremi Tinubu, which took place at the ecumenical centre in Abakaliki. The governor emphasized that the resources of the state belongs to the people and as a result, they won’t be allowed to continue to suffer in poverty. He said, “I have decided…

Dec

2023

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Jubilation As Governor Approves N100,000 Christmas Bonus For Civil Servants

Labour, News Flash

Jubilation As Governor Approves N100,000 Christmas Bonus For Civil Servant The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara has approved the sum of N100,000 for each civil servant in the State. The bonus will go to the millions of workers in the different Ministries, Departments, And Agencies. The State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr. Joe Johnson said the approval was given on Tuesday for “immediate implementation to enable the civil servants to have a wonderful yuletide celebration.” This will be the first time in a long while that civil servants in the state will be receiving Christmas bonuses, let alone…

Dec

2023

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Labour Angry As FG Stops N35,000 Award Payments

Economy, FGN, Labour, News Flash

Labour Fumes As FG Stops N35,000 Award Payments The organised Labour and the Federal Government are on a collision course over the government’s failure to sustain the payment of N35,000 wage award to workers. Workers in the Federal Civil Service, in separate interviews with our correspondent on Monday, noted that the Federal Government only paid N35,000 wage award for September. Following the removal of the fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu on his assumption of office, the Federal Government agreed to pay N35,000 to each of its workers to reduce the hardship caused by the subsidy removal. The government, in…

Dec

2023

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The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) Has Reacted To President Tinubu’s Proposed Commencement Of N30,000 Minimum Wage Beginning From April 2024

Labour, News Flash, Presidency

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reacted to President Bola Tinubu government’s proposed commencement of N30,000 minimum wage beginning from April 2024. Speaking at the ongoing 19th edition of the NLC 2023 Harmattan School in Abuja on Tuesday, NLC president Joe Ajaero said the commencement of negotiation of the new national minimum wage in 2024 would be based on the prevailing cost of living in the country. Ajaero, represented by NLC vice president, Benjamin Anthony, said it was necessary for government at all levels to recognise that life and living conditions are exceedingly difficult. “The removal of subsidies on petroleum…

Nov

2023

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FG Slashes Wage By N100bn, Labour Complains

FGN, Labour, News Flash, Presidency

FG Slashes Wage By N100bn, Labour Complains Labour unions, on Wednesday, lambasted the Federal Government for slashing the supplementary budgetary allocation for wage awards to federal civil servants by N100bn, warning that this was not the agreement they had with the government. Data obtained from the newly Revised 2023 Supplementary Budget, indicated that the government swapped the controversial N5bn presidential yacht votes for Navy barges, increased the budget for defence from N476.54bn to N546.21bn and earmarked N20bn as capital supplementation for the National Intelligence Agency. The PUNCH reports that the recently approved N2.1tn 2023 Supplementary Budget was marred with controversy…

Nov

2023

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December Salary Of 5,000 Federal Civil Servants May Be Withheld

FGN, Labour, News Flash

FG May Withhold December Salary Of 5,000 Civil Servants No fewer than 5,000 federal civil servants who have discrepancies in their dates of first appointment and dates of birth may not receive their December salary, National President, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Tommy Okon, has said. Okon, however, said the union was working with the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and it has forwarded the names of the affected workers to their Directors of Human Resources for confirmation. The ASCSN President said 2,772 workers have been successfully restored back to the payroll of the Federal…

Nov

2023

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547,774 Applied For 10,000 Police Constable Vacancies Across The Country – PSC

Labour, News Flash, Security

547, 774 applied for 10, 000 constable vacancies – PSC 547, 774 applied for 10, 000 constable vacancies - PSCThe Police Service Commission (PSC) has disclosed that five weeks after its portal was opened, a total of 547,774 applications for recruitment into the constable cadre of the Force, have so far been received. Following the manpower deficit in the Police, the Presidency had, sometime in 2015, issued a directive for the recruitment of 10, 000 rank-and-file annually, over a period of time. In a statement, yesterday, by its spokesperson, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, the Commission said 358, 900 of the applications…

Nov

2023

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Gov Otti Begins Payment Of Eight Years Salary Arrears Of Judiciary Workers

Abia State, Good Governance, Labour, News Flash

GOV OTTI BEGINS PAYMENT OF EIGHT YEARS SALARY ARREARS OF JUDICIARY WORKERS Workers in the judicial service of Abia State have expressed gratitude to the Governor of Abia, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, for living up to his promise of paying off their salary arrears. The workers, who had been owed since January 2015, had embarked on an indefinite strike against the immediate past government in the state, to press home their demands, shortly before Governor Otti assumed office on May 29, 2023. They had demanded the confirmation of Justice Lilian Abai as the substantive Chief Judge of the state, after…