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Betta Edu, Team Members Received Public Funds For Flight Tickets, Airport Taxis To Fly From Abuja To Non-existent Kogi Airport
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation under Betta Edu in November 2023 approved funds for flight tickets and airport taxis for the minister’s teams from Abuja…
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NLC : FG To Pay N35,000 Subsidy Palliative Arrears To Civil Servants, Targets N200,000 minimum Wage
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it would mount pressure on Federal Government to ensure payment of N35,000 wage award arrears to civil servants. NLC President, Joe Ajaero,…
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N585m Scandal : Presidency Breaks Silence On Calls For Betta Edu’s Sack
The presidency has reacted to calls for the sack of Betta Edu as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation for requesting payment of N585.189 million grant meant…
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Tinubu Christmas Rice: Senators, Reps, Constituency Members Clash
Following reports that President Bola Tinubu has ordered the distribution of palliatives worth millions of naira to members of the National Assembly, NASS, for onward distribution to their…
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N585m Scandal: Edu Not Supposed To Make Payments Into Private Accounts – OAGF
The Accountant General of the Federation, AGF, Oluwatoyin Madein, has clarified that the Minister of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, is not supposed…
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N585m Controversy: AGF Denies Honouring Edu’s Payment Request
The Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Dr. Oluwatoyin Madein, has denied honouring the reported N585.198 million payment request by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr…
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FG Resumes Payment Of Wage Award To Civil Servants
Federal Civil Servants on Thursday night confirmed the receipt of their October 2023 wage awards months after a temporary suspension of payment. Recall that the payment of N35,000…
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Tinubu’s Humanitarian Affairs Minister, Betta Edu Defends Payment Of Public Funds Into Private Account
Dr Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, has confirmed that she made a request to the Accountant General of the Federation, Mrs Oluwatoyin Sakirat…
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Two Years After, Kinsmen Set To Bury Ex-Senate President Wayas
There is a glimmer of hope that the remains of a former Senate president, Dr Joseph Wayas, who died on November 30, 2021 in a London hospital, may…
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Senate Denies Receiving Rice Worth N200m As Palliatives
The Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Adeyemi Adaramodu has denied media reports that senators received rice worth N200million from President Bola Tinubu for distribution to…