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Niger State govt discovers 2,000 ghost workers on its payroll

Posted by admin Niger, State News Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Niger State Head of Service, Alhaji Ibrahim Matane, on Wednesday, revealed that the ongoing verification of staff in the civil service had shown that of the over 34,000 workforce 2,000 were ghost workers. Matane also said that the committee was investigating e-payment irregularities against 4,700 workers. The Head of Service made these known in Minna […]

Cholera Outbreak in Niger Claims 13

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger, State News Thursday, January 13th, 2011

The death toll from cholera outbreak in Lavun and Edati Local Government Area of Niger State has now risen from 8 to 13. LEADERSHIP gathered that 7 out of the victims were from Tama-Nku, a village in Edati Local Government where the outbreak was first noticed late on Tuesday. It was further gathered that 5 […]

Exodus as Saraki, Shagaya, Ladoja, Akume, Bwari leave PDP

Posted by admin Abia, Imo, Niger, Oyo, Plateau, State News Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was at the weekend being threatened with exodus of prominent members displeased with the procedure set for the forthcoming legislative and gubernatorial primaries. As at weekend, major names exiting the party included Senators, former Governors and members of the House of Representatives with erstwhile Senate Leader, Senator Olusola Saraki; […]

FG, States Share $1b Secretly – Deplete Excess Crude Account to $3m

Posted by admin Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Headlines, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Presidency, Rivers, Sokoto, State News, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara Saturday, January 1st, 2011

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) at an emergency meeting yesterday in Abuja, shared $1billion from the Excess Crude Account. With the disbursement of the amount, the balance in the ECA account now stands at $3million. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, lasted for only 29 minutes (11:10am and ended at about 11:39am). […]