Tag: pensioners
Union assures members of payment of full entitlements
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has assured its members that the Federal Government will soon pay their full entitlements.
Pensioners accuses Minister of undermining law, denies allegation
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige on Thursday said the ministry has nothing to do with the…
Kwara Requires N2.1b For Payment Of Pensioners
The Kwara Government says it requires N2.1 billion monthly for the payment of salary of workers and pension of retirees…
Pensioners Decry Non-Payment Of May Pension
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) said on Thursday that the non-payment of the May pension had caused hardship to…
2 dogs kill pensioner in Ireland
A female pensioner has reportedly been mauled to death by two dogs at her relative’s home in Galway, Ireland.
Kwara denies owing workers, pensioners
The Kwara Government on Wednesday denied owing salaries and pension arrears.
Lagos Paid N16.9Bn To Pensioners In One Year – Ambode
A total of N16.9 billion was released as payment of pension arrears to pensioners in Lagos State between April 2016…
Gov. Bindow orders payment of pension arrears
Gov. Mohammed Bindow of Adamawa on Tuesday directed the state Pension Board to commence the payment of pension and gratuity…
Lagos Releases N582.195m to pay 109 pensioners
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has released the sum of N582. 195 million to pay 109 retirees’ entitlements…
Dogara pledges to push for pensioners’ entitlements
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara on Wednesday said the House will meet with the Executive to work…
Adamawa pensioners decry non payment of gratuities
The Adamawa branch of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has expressed concern over the delay in payment of accumulated gratuity…
Pensioners Protest N200bn Unpaid Arrears
Federal public servants who retired since January 2016 on Thursday staged a protest at the Federal Ministry of Finance in…
Edo pensioners storm Government House
Hundreds of pensioners on Thursday in Benin marched to Edo Government House to protest non-payment of arrears of pensioners ranging…
Edo Pensioners urge government to pay pension arrears
Pensioners in Edo on Thursday appealed to the State Government to use part of the Paris debt refund to clear…
Abia pensioners lament rigorous verification process
Retired civil servants in Abia have described the process of verification of state pensioners as “cumbersome, unfriendly, rigorous, stressful and…
Lagos pays N23 billion to pensioners in 16 months
The Lagos State Government says it has paid N23 billion as Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, to retirees from the public…
Pensioners storm Benue secretariat over unpaid arrears
Pensioners from the 23 local government councils of Benue on Monday besieged the state secretariat demanding an immediate payment of…
Retirees urge Ikpeazu to pay up pension arrears
Pensioners of Abia State University Teaching Hospital, on Wednesday, urged Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu to use part of the refund given…
Kebbi pensioners demand payment of N4.8bn arrears
The Retired Officers Welfare Association in Kebbi, on Monday demanded for release of N4.8 billion for the full payment of…
Kebbi assures pensioners of speedy settlement
The Kebbi Government, on Wednesday, assured pensioners of its readiness to fast-track the payment of their entitlements through dialogue and…
Kogi to clear salary backlogs by Dec. 20
The Kogi State Government has reaffirmed commitment to clear the backlog salaries of all the genuine workers and pensioners in…
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…
Facilities at Bauchi verification venue dignifying -pensioners
Retired Federal civil servants currently undergoing verification in Bauchi say the facilities placed at their disposal at the venue had…
Osun pensioners protest over unpaid pensions, gratuity
The Osun State Chapter of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) on Wednesday said that it would continue to disrupt activities…
Bayelsa warns pensioners against protests
The Bayelsa State Government has frowned against frequent recourse to protests by various aggrieved groups while expressing commitment to the…
Pensioners: Bayelsa warns against sponsored protests
The Bayelsa State Government has frowned against frequent recourse to protests by various aggrieved groups, but expressed commitment to the…
Merry Christmas for pensioners as Okowa splashes N2b on them
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has put smiles on the faces of pensioners this Christmas as…
Six Months Arrears: Edo pensioners protest in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hundreds of local government pensioners in Edo state on Tuesday took to the streets of Benin City, to…
Nigerian conman who defrauded pensioners of £5m weeps as he is jailed
A conman funded a playboy lifestyle by cheating pensioners out of their life savings. Godwin Nwaofor, 36, kept a ‘suckers…
Wike pays 3 months arrears to pensioners
The governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the Accountant General of the state to pay pensioners their three…