While the allowance is separate from monthly salaries, soldiers have already started grumbling about the poor remuneration culture in the military.
Demonstrations were held across the country on Wednesday after multi-level talks between the government and labour unions deadlocked through Tuesday night.
Tunde Ayeni, the former chairman of the defunct Skye Bank, is the subject of a messy paternity scandal involving his former mistress, Adaobi Alagwu.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the new cabinet nominees at the plenary on Thursday
There are many reported cases of religious organisations in Nigeria and elsewhere encouraging their members not to take medicines for their ailments but rely on faith healing instead.
The electoral official was subpoenaed as a witness of the Labour Party on Wednesday.
The whereabouts of the Russian leader remained unclear, but reports said his plane was briefly seen flying towards St Petersburg.
To safeguard against worsening economic conditions, some have turned to stock trading to grow their funds.
The appointments were confirmed on Friday.
The victims were residents who had fled their villages to state-run shelters following previous attacks that gripped the vast agrarian region in central Nigeria.