Tag: pension
FG Raises Hope On Payment Of Pension Arrears
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, says the Federal Government is evolving creative measures to…
Buhari releases N54bn to settle pension backlog
The Muhammadu Buhari administration has released N54 billion to clear part of the backlog of accrued pension rights for the…
Pension: NPA pensioners hold prayer session for arrears payment
Some pensioners of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday converged at the organisation`s staff club in Lagos to offer prayers…
Kwara Govt. Explains Delay Of February Pension
The Kwara Government on Thursday said late receipt of elements of federal allocation was responsible for the delay in payment…
Why FG delays payment of accrued pension benefits
The Federal Government is currently unable to meet its obligation to its retirees because it cannot cash back the Federal…
Ex-soldiers want FG to harmonise pension with salaries
Retired soldiers in Cross River have appealed to the Federal Government to harmonise their pensions with salaries of serving army…
Pension scheme: Civil servants demand old pension system
Retired civil servants in some states have called for reversal to the old pension system, saying that the impression created…
Retiree laments 6 years non-payment of pension
Mr Musa Garba, a retiree of Ministry of Defence, Civil Personnel Unit Headquarters, 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, has lamented…
Civil war officers demand payment of pension for 38 years
Civil War Officers who voluntarily retired or were discharged from service under the 1976 – 1979 military administration want their…
Pensioners protest non payment of N8.1bn pension arrears
The Delta State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), on Monday staged a peaceful protest in Asaba, requesting…
TUC endorses use of mobile phone for pension transactions
Mr Bobboi Bala-Kaigama, the President of Trade Union Congress (TUC), says the union has endorsed the use of mobile telephone…
Sokoto commences payment of pension arrears
The Sokoto State Government says it has commenced the payment of the backlog of pension arrears of about N1.3 billion…
Woman donates pension to support Buhari’s anti-corruption war
A pensioner, Mrs. Rose Arabameh Julius, has donated her entire monthly pension of Ten Thousand Naira to support the Buhari…
Don’t spend our pension on infrastructure, TUC warns
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigeria’s Trade Union Congress, TUC, on Sunday blew hot over suggestions by some lawmakers in the country that…
NLC hails release of N1bn pension arears in Kebbi
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kebbi has commended the state government for releasing one billion naira for payment of…
An Agenda For President-Elect, Muhammadu Buhari
By Moses Iloh On the historical issue of the likely destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: It is written “Peradventure there…
Delta retirees barricade Assembly Complex over N16bn unpaid pension arrears
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Activities at the Delta State House of Assembly was Tuesday paralysed for several hours, following protest by members…
Pensioners Assured Of New Deal
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), has assured all pensioners of clear departure from the old system of…
AOCOED staff shut Fashola’s office over unpaid pension fund
Kazeem Ugbodaga Staff of the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, AOCOED, Ijanikin, Lagos stormed the office of the Lagos State…
Unease in NNPC over unremitted pension fund
The management of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation on Monday moved to prevent a potentially crippling industrial unrest as it workers…
Delta retirees protest N16.9bn unpaid pension
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Hundreds of retired public servants under the aegis of Association of Contributory Retirees on Tuesday protested the non-payment…
Keyamo petitions Police IG over late officer’s pension
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigerian human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo, has petitioned the country’s acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, over the…
Obanikoro assures military retirees of payment of arrears
The Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musliu Obanikoro, on Thursday in Abuja assured military retirees that all their pension…
Lagos Warns Intending Retirees Against Activities Of Fraudsters
The Lagos State government has warned the 1,200 civil servants that will retire from the public service in the next…
Retired military officers plead for pension arrears
Retired Army, Navy and Air Force Officers’ Association (RANAO), on Monday appealed to Federal Government to pay their outstanding arrears…
Politicians Condemn Legislators’ Move To Earn Pension
As the House of Representatives begins enactment of a law seeking pension and gratuity for legislators, some politicians have condemned…
Rep Advocates Pension For Ex-Lawmakers
The member representing Apapa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Babatunde Adewale, has disclosed that he is working on…
In Nigeria, The Math Does Not Add Up —Prince Charles Dickson
The owner of the body does not say that he is in no pain, while we insist on commiserating with…
Senator Ojudu wants Pension thieves Jailed
Vice Chairman Committee for Establishment and Public Service Pensions, Senator Babafemi Ojudu has recommended jail terms for those confirmed to…