President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the sum of N35,000 as wage award to all Federal civil servants. The new pay will be effective from September 1, 2023, as contained in a memo from the Presidency and signed by the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, CEO of National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Ekpo U. O. Nta. The circular was addressed to the Chief of Staff to the President, Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Ministers and Ministers of State, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Chairmen, Federal Commissions, Federal Permanent…
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Date: 2023-OCT- 20 🎯TOPIC: ABSTAIN FROM EVERY APPEARANCE OF EVIL 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/uNxPsOXYj6w?si=apw73gQDwEDZrdCE ✝ TEXT: Colossians 3:1-17(NKJV) 3:1. If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 3:2. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3:3. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 3:4. When Christ [who is] our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. 3:5. Therefore put to death your members which are on…
Organizers of the Cairo International Film Festival have cancelled the event amid an escalating wave of violence in the Middle East. This was made known in a statement shared via CIFF’s official Facebook page on Wednesday. The release disclosed that Egypt’s Minister of Culture, Dr. Neveen El-Kelani, made the decision to reschedule the festival which was meant to be held from the 15th to 24th of November, 2023. “The Minister of Culture Dr. Neveen El-Kelani, has decided to postpone the 45th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival, which was scheduled to be held from 15 to 24 November, and…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, on Wednesday, said that the Federal Government paid a total of N135.23 billion to subsidize electricity consumption in the second quarter of 2023. This was made known in the commission’s Q2, 2023 report. NERC said that the N135.2 billion was spent by the FG to plug revenue generation shortfall in the power sector in the period under review. It said that this indicated an increase of N99.21 billion, representing 275 per cent compared to the N36 billion it paid in the quarter I of 2023, The report stated that the government incurred a subsidy obligation…
The United States President, Joe Biden, on a solidarity visit to Israel on Wednesday, backed the ally’s account that Palestinian militants caused a devastating hospital strike in Gaza, adding Hamas had brought “only suffering.” “I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday. And based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you,” Biden said as he opened a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv. “But there’s a lot of people out there not sure so we have to overcome a lot…
The embattled senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Elisha Abbo, has apologised over his allegation that Senate President Godswill Akpabio plotted his removal by the Court of Appeal. Abbo tendered his apology while speaking in an interview on Arise Television on Wednesday. He said, “I have to say with all sense of humility and responsibility that the press release we issued yesterday was premature and based on the available information at our disposal. “As of today, we have discovered a lot of things, and yesterday night, I had a discussion with the Senate President, and I am convinced that he…
The Senate has confirmed Ola Olukoyede as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It also confirmed the appointment of Muhammad Hammajoda as the Secretary of the anti-graft agency. News correspondent noted earlier that Olukoyede was at the National Assembly with some of the Management staff of the Commission. The Senate has confirmed Ola Olukoyede as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It also confirmed the appointment of Muhammad Hammajoda as the Secretary of the anti-graft agency. Earlier reports noted that Olukoyede was at the National Assembly with some of the Management staff…
A compulsorily retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mr. Moses Jitoboh, has prayed the National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja to declare his retirement by the Police Service Commission before his mandatory 60 years retirement age or 35 years in service, as wrongful, unconstitutional, and unlawful. Jitoboh, in his statement of claims filed before the court, further described his compulsory retirement as a flagrant violation of Rule 020810 of the Public Service Rules and Section 18 (8) of the Nigeria Police Act, 2020, respectively. Earlier reports noted that the PSC had in a statement on Monday, August 28, 2023, announced…
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, October 17, requested an urgent closed-door meeting of the Senate during plenary after the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, left the chamber following a ruling that deemed him out of order. Ndume (APC Borno South ), raised a point of order on alleged errors committed and not corrected by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. The error referred to, by Ndume, was a motion moved by Senator Summaila Kawu (NNPP Kano South), for debate on the need for re-opening of Nigerian-Niger Border, without stating the title of his…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Monday, nullified the election of the senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Elisha Abbo. The appellate court declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Amos Yohanna, as the winner of the February 25 senatorial election. Yohanna had in a petition filed at the tribunal sitting in Yola challenged the declaration of Abbo, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, as the winner of the poll, arguing that Abbo did not score the majority of lawful votes cast. He contended that the poll was marred by irregularities, such as false…