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Spanish Ghost Worker Busted After He Became Eligible To Collect A Long-Service Award

A Spanish civil servant has been fined €27,000 (£21,000; $30,000) after not going to work for "at least" six years. Joaquin Garcia's absence was only noticed when he became eligible to collect a long-service award. The 69-year-old, whose job was to supervise...

FG Uncovers Thieving Syndicate Behind The 34,000 Ghost Workers Scam

Indications emerged at the weekend that in the course of investigating how 34,000 ghost workers got on the federal payroll, a three-ring syndicate has been uncovered. Last month, Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun blew open 23,000 ghost workers on the payroll. She...

EFCC Uncovers 37,395 Ghost Workers In Federal Civil Service

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered 37,395 ghost workers on the Federal Civil Service payroll, its Acting Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has said. Magu, who spoke at an anti-corruption sensitisation programme, organised by the commission for...

Millions Of Naira Recovered As Ghost Workers Detected In Lagos

The Lagos State Government has recovered N25 million being paid to ghost and dead workers at the Local Government level. The Office of the Auditor-General for Local Governments said salaries were being paid to retirees and dead workers at the various Local Governments...

Kogi Govt Sacks NLC Leader, Says He's A 'Ghost-Worker

The Kogi State government says the state chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Onuh Edoka, is a “ghost worker”, and has fired him. Mr. Edoka was one of about 9000 people sacked following a screening exercise to weed out illegal workers from the 21...

OMG! Plateau Traces 1,832 Ghost Teachers To One Individual

A staff verification exercise in Plateau State has traced 1,832 ghost teachers to a single individual who is not even a teacher, while many more beneficiaries of the syndrome abandoned their salaries in bank accounts, the state governor has said. Governor Simon Lalong...

Niger State Gov. Discovers Ghosts Schools Where N76m Were Paid Every Month

Ehey! This naija sha! So, there is also ghost school? No fewer than 22 ghost primary schools and 24 head teachers have been discovered in the Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State. Investigations showed that between the ghost schools and head teachers, a...

Enugu Discovers 3,916 Ghost Workers

An audit panel set up by the Enugu State Government to conduct staff audit through biometric capturing said yesterday that it has uncovered 3,916 ghost workers in the 17 local government council areas of the state while presenting its report to the governor. The...

7000 Ghost Worker Uncovered In Rivers State After Biometric Exercise

The Rivers State Government says over forty nine thousand civil servants were captured in the just concluded biometric verification exercise. The state Head of Service, Rufus Godwin made the disclosure on a radio programme monitored in Port Harcourt. The Head of...

Heartbroken Nigerian Lady asks her Dead Boyfriend’s Ghost to Kill his Assailants

A Nigerian Lady, with the Facebook Name, Ifu Nanya Hairs has taken to her Facebook page to mourn the death of her beloved boyfriend. Though Ifunanya didn’t state how he died, but she shared loving photos of themselves together, as well as a photo of her...

Enugu Government Recovers N21m From Ghost Teachers In 3 Months Alone

The Enugu State government has made another breakthrough in its on-going efforts to rid the state public service of ghost workers, recovering in the latest exercise, N21 million from ghost teachers in its Post-Primary School Board, PPSMB, within three months.The state...

Photos: Woman Officially Marries Ghost

A Jack Sparrow impersonator has married her dream man - a Haitian pirate who died in the 18th century, who she has never seen.Amanda Teague, 45, from Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, married the ghost who is also named Jack and the two go on dates just like a regular...

Rolling Stones release new song 'Living in a Ghost Town'

Frontman Mick Jagger announced the surprise release on Twitter, saying, "The Stones were in the studio recording new material before the lockdown & one song — Living In A Ghost Town — we thought would resonate through the times we're living in." Speaking to Apple...

Ghost of Tsushima: Watch the Sony State of Play announcement here [live stream]

Sony confirmed the upcoming State of Play event – scheduled for 16:00 Eastern Time, or 22:00 South African Standard Time (SAST) on 14 May – will feature Ghost of Tsushima gameplay. The good news is that we'll be getting an extended look at new Ghost of Tsushima...