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FG Begins Payment of Promotion Arrears

FG Begins Payment of Promotion Arrears The Federal Government has promised to pay promotion arrears and backlog of allowances owed public servants. The Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Ms Winifred Oyo-Ita, gave the assurance on Thursday in Abuja at a Peer Review Mechanism...

FG Okays N1.6bn Operational Vehicles For Customs

FG Okays N1.6bn Operational Vehicles For Customs The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the contract for the procurement of 68 new pick-up operational vehicles for the Nigeria Customs Service. The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of...

FG Commissions Over N400m Erosion Control Project

FG Commissions Over N400m Erosion Control Project The Federal Government has commissioned and handed-over three life-saving and life-touching projects worth over N400 million executed through the Ecological Fund Office, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation for the benefit of three communities...

Electricity: NERC Commences Review Of Tariffs

Electricity: NERC Commences Review Of Tariffs   The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Tuesday said it had commenced the process of reviewing electricity tariff that would be used by distribution companies (Discos) in Nigeria for the next five years, which is between 2019 and 2023. The...

Heads May Roll Over Amnesty Office Fraud

Heads May Roll Over Amnesty Office Fraud There are palpable fears in the Presidential Amnesty Office Abuja, following the discovery of irregularities on Tuesday in previous deployment of delegates for educational programmes at some universities in the country. Mr Murphy Ganagana, Special Assistant to the Cordinator,...

NASS Holds Emergency Executive Joint Session

NASS Holds Emergency Executive Joint Session The two chambers of the National Assembly have commenced an emergency executive joint session on Tuesday.The session which agenda is still unknown is still ongoing as at the time of this report..  Both chambers of the National Assembly upon...