[News Update] Maryam Babangida is Dead... Govt to Bar Consultants from Core Civil Service
Maryam Babangida is Dead: A statement from General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida's family announced today that Maryam passed on early this morning at the age of 61, after a protracted illness. The former chairperson of the Better Life for Rural Women during her husband's years in office had been hospitalised at University of California Los Angele's (UCLA) Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Los Angeles, United States. She died beside her husband, General Babangida who has been at her bedside in the US hospital till her death. Mrs. Babangida's condition worsened months ago... Read
Government to Bar Consultants from Core Civil Service.: Disturbed by the low morale and redundancy in the civil service due to incursion of consultants who have virtually taken over some of the responsibilities of civil servants in programmes execution, the government at federal and state levels would soon bar consultants from projects that could easily be implemented in the public service...Read
HOS Warns Against Bids Padding by Insurance Firms: The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, has has warned insurance companies to submit realistic bids that are not padded for payment of bribery and gratifications to any government official. He spoke through Barrister Danladi Kifasi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth...Read
2011 Election: Nigerian Women Insists on 40% Representation or Nothing: Ahead of the 2011 general elections, Nigerian women have insisted on 40 percent representation in political positions in government houses, ministerial appointments and legislative houses... Read
