The office of head of the civil service of the federation has denied issuing a circular stating that December salaries of federal civil servants would be delay due to administrative bottlenecks. In a disclaimer statement issued by its Director of Communications, AbdulGaniyu Aminu, OHCSF described the news as fake and unfortunate. OHCSF said the news was published by some newspapers without verification. The statement noted the said signatory to the circular, one Dr. S.A. Adegoke is not a staff of the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation as there is no record of such an officer in…
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has congratulated Dr. Azeezat Yishawu on her emergence as the Speaker of the Nigerian Youth Parliament. She emerged as the speaker of the fifth Nigerian Youth Parliament at an election held at the Senate wing of the National Assembly in Abuja on Wednesday. Azeezat Yishawu, who hails from Lagos State, emerged as the Speaker of the Nigerian Youth Parliament after the election conducted among all the 109 youth parliamentarians representing the 3 senatorial districts of the 36 states in Nigeria at the National Assembly. The speaker said the emergence of…
Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Simon Asamber Lough, the Head of Chambers, Legal Section of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has been conferred with the prestigious and covetous rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The elevation of the Officer is on the heels of his outstanding contribution to the development of law in Nigeria, in addition to his enviable feats in the legal profession. He was sworn in today, 8th December, 2021 by the Chief Justice of Nigeria following recommendations and approval by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC). ACP Simon Lough, a Police prosecutor par excellence, was appointed…
The Managing Director of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Bello Hassan, has explained that the Corporation has paid a cumulative of N101.76 billion to over 535, 815 insured depositors of liquidated banks. Hassan, who was represented by the Zonal Director, Shehu Usman, at the NDIC special day at the 42nd Kano International Trade Fair, said part of the organisation’s assignment was to protect depositors’ money. He said a total sum of N101. 666 billion had been paid as liquidation dividends to 1, 955 creditors and shareholders of 18 liquidated banks. “The Corporation declared full payment of insured and uninsured sums…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood has denied report making the rounds that the Five Hundred Billion Naira earmarked for the conduct of direct primaries in the 2022 budget was responsible for President Muhammadu Buhari refusal to assent to the Electoral act as amended. The INEC boss made this clarification on Thursday when he appeared before the House of representatives Committee on Appropriation at the National Assembly in Abuja. Mahmood said his visit to the National Assembly was to brief members on INEC’s requirements for the 2023 general elections. The Chairman, House Committee on…
Job-seeking Nigerians have been put on alert to discountenance news of 2022/2023 recruitment exercise by the Federal Character Commission (FCC). The FCC, in an official.announcement released on Thursday night through its Director of Public Affairs & Communication, Dr. Chuks Okoli, noted that the fake news is the handwork of criminal elements to defraud unsuspecting public. The message reads: THERE IS NO FCC 2022/2023 APPLICATION RECRUITMENT PORTAL; Federal Character Commission has noted with dismay the information circulating on the social Media claiming that the Commission has opened Application Form Portal for recruitment against 2022/2023. The general public should note that this…
A former Minister of Information and Culture, Professor Jerry Gana, has described the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to implement the 2014 National Conference report “as a terrible mistake”. Gana, who said the non-implementation of the confab report was largely responsible for some of the growing agitations and disunity across the country, however, said Nigerians were better off together as a people and country. Gana, who spoke on Sunday in Uvwiamuge, Agbarho, Delta State, during the thanksgiving service to conclude activities marking the 90th anniversary of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Worldwide, said there would hardly be peace in…
Nigeria’s federal government has advised civil servants to exercise caution in spending their November salary because of the possible delay in the payment of their remuneration for December. The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan issued the advisory on Wednesday in a circular. She said workers should make provisions for Christmas celebration from their November salary because of recurrent trends of shortfall in budgetary allocation and its attendant effect on payment of salary in recent times across various MDAs. The circular was dated November 25, 2021 and addressed to all staff, Heads of Departments/units and union…
The Presidency has denied reports that President Muhammadu Buhari declined assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill which was recently transmitted to him by the National Assembly. President Buhari’s senior media assistant, Garba Shehu, denied the claim during a telephone chat with THE WHISTLER on Thursday. A national daily had reported that the president rejected the bill on the grounds of the “high cost” of conducting direct primaries to nominate candidates for the various political parties during elections. The report also claimed that the president had written to the Senate and House of Representatives, informing them of the alleged rejection.…
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu (PDP Delta) has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will face an inevitable and crushing fall in 2023 after which it will go into political oblivion. According to a statement by his Senior Legislative Aide, Tony Ayaegbunam, the lawmaker made the declaration at the valedictory session of the outgoing National Working Committee of the PDP in Abuja. The Minority Leader said the harmony in the PDP “signposts the peace, cohesiveness, and progress that will pervade our nation when our party takes over power in 2023 from the vexatious,…