President Tinubu approves a 30–80% salary increase for armed forces personnel, which will take effect from September 1, 2026.
Under the new structure:
Officers above the rank of Colonel (Brigadier-Generals, Major-Generals, Lieutenant-Generals and Generals) will receive a 30 per cent increase.
Personnel from Colonel down to Warrant Officer will get a 50 per cent increase.
Rank-and-file personnel from Private to Staff Sergeant will enjoy an 80 per cent increase.
The adjustment will raise the annual salary bill for the armed forces from ₦660 billion to ₦924 billion.
@EmmyPromise71 Is this the road that passes through Ebonyi to Ogoja and then Vandeikya in Benue state. or is it the direct route from Enugu to Makurdi?
I earned $120K a year working for Shell in 2012.
Ten years and multiple promotions later, in 2022, that figure has doubled to $240K a year.
In 2023, I stumbled on an internal, confidential, document that showed the salaries of my superiors.
I saw that even if I were promoted multiple times again, the best I could hope for in another 10 years was another doubling to around $480K a year.
This may sound crazy saying it out loud but that wasn’t cutting it for me.
I simply didn’t want the next 10 years to be a repeat of the last 10.
I wanted geometric progression, not an arithmetic one.
On my 40th birthday, in 2023, I was asked to make a wish as a blew the candles on my birthday cake.
“Get the hell out of Shell,” I quietly whispered. Months later, I was out.
In 2024, my businesses grossed $500K; in 2025, they did $1M - geometric progression.
It required me to be delusional about my abilities, to bank on the faithfulness of God and to trust that inner voice that always nag at me that I could be more, I could do more and I could have more.
@HAHayatu What about the roads being constructed across Northern Nigeria? What about the railway projects extending toward Niger Republic? What about the Sokoto–Badagry Super Highway, valued at about ₦15 trillion? Stop discussing national infrastructure issue with an Animal Farm mindset.
@AskMichaelTaiwo Success is not a matter of luck. It is the result of excellent preparation, attention to detail, and disciplined follow-through on the required process.
@mrlurvy I still see the student loan scheme as part of the President’s strategy to channel a portion of the savings from fuel subsidy removal directly to indigent students, rather than leaving all of those funds in the hands of state governors.