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2,300 Ghost Workers Who Gulped N200m Monthly Unravelled In Abia Civil Service
The Abia State Government says it has saved over N200 million on monthly wage bill following ongoing verification of civil servants and other public workers in the state. State Accountant General, Deaconess Njum Onyemenam, said the huge savings was made using a unified payment system, Kazie Uko chief press secretary to the governor said in a statement. Onyemenam, who spoke Monday...
UNILORIN Warns Against Social Media Accounts Created For VC
The Management of the University of Ilorin has warned the public about the most recent scams that con artists have been using to con unwary Nigerians by creating phony social media profiles. According to the institution, the accounts were opened under Prof. Wahab Egbewole’s (SAN) name as Vice-Chancellor. The institution alerted the public in a statement provided to Ilorin news media...
Tinubu To Unveil New Security Initiative Soon — VP, Shettima
President Bola Tinubu will unveil an initiative in the coming weeks to address insurgency and poverty, among other challenges confronting Nigerians, particularly those in the north. Vice President Kashim Shettima revealed this to journalists on Sunday during a condolence visit to Kano. READ ALSO: Flood Destroys Houses, Covers Roads In Zamfara He said: The President is determined to define the meaning and concept...
Flood Destroys Houses, Covers Roads In Zamfara
A ravaging flood has destroyed many houses in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, following a heavy downpour on Sunday evening. The heavy rain that lasted for over one hour wreaked havoc in many areas of the State capital as residents were seen packing out their valuables from their houses. Many roads, especially in the Gengeri Megamu area were covered with water, making...
Group Condemns Violent Protest In Edo Community
The Ukhomunyio Youth Association, UYA, has strongly condemned a protest in the Okpella community of Edo State last month which led to the death of two youths and injuries to others. The Association in a statement signed by its National President, Omoalu Merry, and the General Secretary, Afiabor God’sluck Sunday, however, called on the security agencies to fish out the...
Osun POS Operators Announce New Charges
The Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria, AMMBAN, Osun State Chapter has revealed that it will review upward its charges for Point of Sale, POS, and transactions. AMMBAN disclosed that its decision is a result of the current economic reality in the country which has negatively impacted the business. It also revealed that another resultant effect is that...
Group Demands Malami’s Investigation Over N1bn Car Gifts To Kebbi Supporters
A civil society organisation, Human and Environmental Agenda, has demanded a “thorough, immediate and urgent investigation” into the alleged N1bn car gifts by the immediate-past Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to his supporters in Kebbi State. The anti-corruption group, in a petition to the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, also demanded...
Subsidy Removal: Uzodinma Raises Minimum Wage To N40,000
As part of measures put in place to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government, the Imo State Government has increased minimum wage of workers in the state to N40,000. Addressing a strategic stakeholders meeting in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Saturday, Governor Hope Uzodimma also disclosed that his government will make available...
Chinedum Orji Celebrates Martins Azubuike On His Birthday
The Speaker of the 7th Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji FNSE has felicitated with Rt Hon Martins Azubuike, a former Speaker of the State Assembly. In his message of felicitation, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji described Rt Hon Martins Azubuike as a highly respected senior colleague from whom he learnt a lot of legislative procedures...
Nnamdi Kanu’s Release Will End Tension In South East, Says Ohanaeze
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said that there would be an end to the tension in the South-Eastern part of the country if the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is released. This is coming barely a few days after the dismissal of a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Kanu over alleged inhuman...
