By EgbemaVoice President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved an increase in salaries for the military, including arrears and improved retirement benefits. According to the Ministry of Defence: • Serving personnel will receive three months’ salary arrears. • Funds have been released to clear outstanding pensions and entitlements for retired military personnel. • At a recent Armed Forces event, the President was thanked for approving upward reviews of salaries and allowances. Meanwhile, our Nigeria Police Force is still left behind. Serving and retired officers continue to struggle with poor pay, lack of welfare, and a burdensome contributory pension scheme. Now, new pension packages are being added for the military, making their retirement more favourable, while retired police officers are dying every day due to neglect. It’s time for the government to fight for fairness, respect, and proper welfare for all police officers, who risk their lives daily to protect Nigerians....
Ex-Agitator Ebiware Owolo Urges Tinubu Not to Terminate Tantita Contract, Warns Niger Delta Agitators Against Undermining Oil Security Gains,
Ex-Agitator Ebiware Owolo Urges Tinubu to Renew Tantita Contract, Warns Niger Delta Agitators Against Undermining Oil Security Gains, By EgbemaVoice A prominent Niger Delta ex-agitator and community leader, Chief Ebiware Owolo, aka Agbalakoko, Executive Chairman of Obotobo I Federated Community in Ogulagha Kingdom, has called on the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to renew the oil pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited., Chief Owolo, popularly known as Agbalakoko, made the appeal while reacting to ongoing agitations and campaigns by some individuals calling for the termination of the company’s contract. According to him, the Federal Government should not be distracted by what he described as “side talks, sponsored propaganda, and unnecessary blackmail” aimed at discrediting the achievements recorded by Tantita Security Services in the protection of Nigeria’s critical oil infrastructure. The N...