Osun election: INEC issues certificate of return to Adeleke
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a certificate of return to Ademola Adeleke, governor-elect of Osun and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Adeleke polled 403,371 votes to beat Gboyega Oyetola, governor of Osun and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the governorship election. Oyetola is mulling going to […]
Newspaper Headlines: Oyetola may engage 50 lawyers to challenge Adeleke’s victory in Osun election
The directive of President Muhammadu Buhari to Adamu Adamu, minister of education, to end the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in two weeks dominated the headlines of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
Aisha Dahir-Umar: Why PenCom is simplifying access to retirement benefits
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) recently approved and issued a Revised Regulation on the Administration of Retirement and Terminal Benefits. Aisha Dahir-Umar, PenCom’s director-general, speaks on the reasons for the revision, the modifications and implementation by Pension Fund Administrators (PFA). Some stakeholders in the pension industry have applauded the recently issued Revised Regulation […]
‘Eligibility, polling unit locations’ — INEC in talks with NCoS on allowing inmates to vote
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, met with officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) for discussions on the modalities for allowing inmates to vote. Speaking at the meeting which held at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said there are a lot of areas to be addressed […]
ASUU: Our strike won’t last 2 days if politicians’ children attend Nigerian public varsities
Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says the union’s strike would have been addressed earlier if politicians’ children attend public universities in the country. Osodeke spoke on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 over the federal government’s failure […]
NNPC: We did not direct oil marketers to hike petrol price
Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it did not direct marketers or review the ex-depot price and pump price of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol. Following the hike in diesel price, oil marketers made a case for the increment of petrol price, citing soaring transport costs. Although the […]
OPL 245: Nigeria loses again as Italian prosecutors terminate ‘baseless’ appeal
The attorney general of Italy has decided to terminate the appeal against a judgment of the Court of Milan which had discharged and acquitted Shell, Eni and others of corruption allegation in the OPL 245 affair. Italian prosecutors had put the oil companies and some of their executives on criminal trial over allegations […]
Aliyu Abubakar: EFCC asked me to implicate Jonathan, Adoke in money laundering (full text)
Aliyu Abubakar, the property developer, has told a federal high court sitting in Abuja that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) asked him to implicate former President Goodluck Jonathan and Mohammed Bello Adoke, former attorney-general of the federation, in money laundering. Speaking under cross examination on Tuesday in the “trial within trial”, […]
Adeboye didn’t endorse Tinubu’s presidential ambition, says RCCG
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) says Enoch Adeboye, its general overseer, will not endorse the presidential ambition of any candidate for the 2023 general election. The RCCG was reacting to online reports that Adeboye met Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), over the weekend. The reports […]
Strike: Buhari gives education minister 2 weeks to resolve issues with ASUU
President Muhammadu Buhari has given Adamu Adamu, minister of education, two weeks to resolve issues of contention regarding the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The president gave the directive on Tuesday at a meeting with the minister and other stakeholders. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 […]