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Omoleye Omoruyi November 22, 2017

Osun Govt, pensioners exchange words as headmaster commits suicide over 13 months unpaid gratuity

Osun pensioners operating on the platform of 2011/2012 Forum of Retired Public Servants on Wednesday organised a protest over non-payment of their pensions for 13 and-a-half months. Highlights: The [placard-carrying protesters…

Op-ed Editor August 8, 2017

Opinion: My encounter with an unusual beggar that left me astonished

by ‘Kunle Adebajo The location was the Ade Ajayi Garden, University of Ibadan. I was enjoying the second round of a game of Scrabble with a good friend when this…

Omoleye Omoruyi July 26, 2017

Osun is not owing workers – Aregbesola

Governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola says he is not owing civil servants salaries. Aregbesola said this on Wednesday in Osogbo at a symposium organised by the Osun Command of the…

Azeez July 19, 2017

Pay us with N6.314bn Paris refund | Pensioners tell Aregbesola

Some pensioners in Osun State on Wednesday staged a protest to demand payment of their pensions and gratuities. This comes just a day after Governor Rauf Aregbesola confirmed that he had…

Oludolapo Adelana April 23, 2017

Gov. Bello wants to assassinate me – Dino Melaye

by Dolapo Adelana The Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has accused the Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, of plotting to assassinate him. for fighting for the state’s workers and pensioners. Melaye,…

Azeez April 7, 2017

N54bn released for pension arrears not enough – Pensioners

The Nigerian Union of Pensioners has said the N54bn released by the Federal Government for payment of pensions was not enough to offset pension arrears. NUP President, Dr Abel Afolayan said…

Azeez March 30, 2017

Reps summon Adeosun, Udoma over N302bn pension debt

by Azeez Adeniyi The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; her Labour counterpart, Senator Chris Ngige, and Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo…

Azeez March 30, 2017

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you should monitor today. N’Assembly will soon publish its budget – Dogara Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara said the National Assembly…

Oludolapo Adelana March 29, 2017

Buhari is concerned about the plight of pensioners – Dogara

by Dolapo Adelana Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, says President Muhammadu Buhari is concerned about issues relating to pensioners. Dogara, said this on Wednesday when he received…

Azeez December 28, 2016

Imo governor, Okorocha asks pensioners to forfeit 60 per cent arrears

Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has allegedly pensioners in the state to forfeit more than half of the benefits due to them, TheCable reports. According to the news platform,…

Op-ed Editor December 20, 2016

Joel Ighosa Ighalo: The public servants who do not care [NEXT]

by Joel Ighosa Ighalo I’ve always wanted to talk about the nonchalance of public service workers, what you may call their “I don’t Care Attitude.” I have also come to realise…

Oludolapo Adelana December 14, 2016

Kogi to begin payment of 4 months salary arrears

The government of Kogi has said it would pay workers and pensioners salary arrears on or before December 20. This was stated by the Director General, Research and Development, Kogi…

Oludolapo Adelana November 21, 2016

#OndoDecides: My driver earns N75,000 monthly, Ondo workers can’t be earning N18,000 – Jimoh Ibrahim

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 26 governorship election in Ondo, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim says he would increase the minimum wage of workers in…

Oludolapo Adelana August 4, 2016

2 Benue pensioners slump during protest

Two pensioners of the Benue State Civil Service slumped on Wednesday during a protest staged by retirees under the umbrella of Concerned Benue Pensioners in Makurdi, the state capital. The…

Mazi Emeka June 15, 2016

Imo pensioners protest salary arrears, block major road (PHOTOS)

Imo state pensioners are presently carrying out a protest action at Douglas-Okigwe road, which leads to the government house. The aged protesters have blocked the strategic road and prevented workers…

Janeth J December 23, 2015

‘You have failed us’ | Bayelsa pensioners picket outside Dickson’s government house

Aggrieved pensioners in Bayelsa state took to the streets on Wednesday, to protest Governor Seriake Dickson's failure to pay them their allowances in four months. They blocked major roads in Yenagoa,…

Janeth J August 6, 2015

Ambode to settle N11bn pension debts

The Lagos state government has released N11 billion to pay off pensions owed since 2010. The Head of Service, Folashade Jaji said this on Wednesday. She said, “The development is…

Janeth J June 10, 2015

Angry pensioners protest in Osun state (PHOTOS)

The Nigerian Union of Pensioners in Osun state protested lately over the non-payment of their pensions for the past seven months. In a speech on Wednesday by the Chairman of…

March 15, 2013

Pension fund fraud: NLC plans protest over stolen billions

by Rachel Ogbu Comrade-Abdulwahed-Omar (Photo- ThisDay) Nigeria Labour Congress has picked April 10 to hold a protest march on the Presidential Villa and all state Government Houses over the embezzlement of billions…

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