Some retired military personnel have grounded activities at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja this morning over their unpaid 20% to 28% pension increment from January to November 2024. Among other demands are their owed payments for palliatives from October 2023 to November 2024, the payment of an additional N32,000 to their pensions and the bulk payment of the Security Debarment Allowance. The retired military officers who came from […]

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has approved measures by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to curb the harassment of travellers by government agencies at Nigeria’s international airports. In a post today, Keyamo announced the launch of ‘Operation Air Clean,’ an initiative aimed at eliminating corrupt practices and enhancing service delivery, among others, following a surge in passenger complaints at airports. Additionally, Keyamo approved the activation […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has recorded its largest single asset recovery since its establishment in 2003, following the final forfeiture of an estate comprising 753 duplexes and apartments in Abuja. The estate, covering 150,500 square metres in Lokogoma District, was forfeited to the federal government by order of Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie who ruled that the property was reasonably suspected to have been acquired with proceeds of unlawful activities. […]

President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Cape Town, South Africa for the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission. The President was received by South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Roland Lamola, alongside Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu. President Tinubu is set to lead high-level discussions with his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, on a broad spectrum of critical issues such as trade […]