President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Dr Musa Aliyu as the new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). At a brief ceremony that took place before the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting commenced in the State House on Wednesday, the President also swore in Prof Tunji Olaopa as the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC). Eleven members of the Federal Civil Service Commission were also sworn in. They are : Dr. Daudu Ibrahim Jalo — Member (Representing Adamawa | Gombe | Taraba) ADVERTISEMENT Obong Ededet Eyoma — Member (Representing Akwa Ibom |…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), has declared a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, wanted. Agunloye is wanted on an alleged case of forgery and corruption. In a communique shared by the EFCC on X and its website on Wednesday, Agunloye’s image was displayed with a message that read. “Anybody with useful information as to his whereabouts should please contact the Commission in its Benin, Kaduna, Ibadan, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Mardi, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Uyo, Port Harcourt, and Abuja offices or contact 08093322644 or email info@efcc.gov.ng or the nearest police station and any other security agencies.”…
Federal Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education have been taken off from the Integrated Personnel Payment System (IPPIS). The approval for the exemption was given by the Federal Executive Council at its meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa Abuja. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents alongside other ministers on the outcome of the FEC meeting, and said this takes immediate effect. According to him, FEC also observed that Vice Chancellors of Universities didn’t need to abandon their work to come to Abuja to process the salaries of their personnel. The Federal…
The 27 members were said to be loyal to Amaewhule, who is an ally of Nyesom Wike, a former governor of the state till May 29, 2023. Edison Ehie, a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, has declared the seats of 27 lawmakers vacant over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ehie, who leads a five-member group loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, declared vacant all the seats of all the lawmakers in the Martins Amaewhule-led group. Ehie and Amaewhule have been embroiled in a Speakership tussle that is in court.…
The Rivers State Executive Council has approved a budget proposal of N800bn for the 2024 fiscal year, amidst the crisis in the State House of Assembly. The proposal is tagged, ‘Budget of Renewed Hope, Consolidation and Continuity’. The Commissioner for Information, Joe Johnson, who briefed after the council meeting alongside the Secretary to the State Government, said the proposal was debated together with the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, as presented by the Commissioner for Finance, Isaac Kamalu. The Commissioner listed infrastructure, education, health and security as the areas with the highest budgetary votes. The Secretary to the State Government, Tammy…
The Senate on Tuesday announced President Bola Tinubu’s request seeking the confirmation of the nomination of 19 commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC). The appointees are: 1. Emmanuel Eke (Abia) 2. Clifford Zirra (Adamawa) 3. Chidi Ezeoke (Anambra) 4. Isa Buratai (Borno) 5. Alex Ukam (Cross River) 6. Blessyn Brume-Ataguba (Delta) 7. Jeremiah Nwankwegu (Ebonyi) 8. Tony Aiyejina (Edo) 9. Ejike Ezeh (Enugu) 10. Abubakar Damburam (Gombe) 11. Uba Nnabue (Imo) 12. Dogon Garba (Kaduna) 13. Aminu Tsanyawa (Kano) 14. Yori Afolabi (Kogi) 15. Olakunle Sobukola (Ogun) 16. Temitayo Oluwatuyi (Ondo) 17. Mary Afan (Plateau) 18. Ogiri Henry (Rivers…
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, will commence his medical leave on Wednesday, as a follow-up to his medical treatment, his spokesman, Richard Olatunde, has said. In a statement on Tuesday, Olatunde said during Akeredolu’s absence, the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, will assume the responsibilities of the governor in acting capacity. Akeredolu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), won his re-election as the state governor in October 2020 and was sworn in for a second term in office in February 2021. However, the governor’s second term, since January 2023, has not been…
The new caretaker committee in charge of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has debunked reports linking the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to the defection of 27 members of the House of Assembly. PUNCH Online earlier reported that 27 of the 32 Rivers State lawmakers defected from the governing Peoples Democratic Party to the opposition APC. Hours after the Tony Okocha-led committee welcomed the 27 new converts at its party secretariat in Port Harcourt, the state capital, top party members have refuted the reports making the round that Wike must have initiated the…
The Federal Government on Monday said the naira redesign policy carried out by the Central Bank of Nigeria from December 15, 2022, to early February this year when the Supreme Court ruled against it, ran farmers bankrupt. In a similar lamentation, federal lawmakers declared that the rate of hunger and famine in the land is resulting in the deaths of the poor in rural areas. Lamentations on the effects of the controversial naira re-design and hunger arising from insecurity came to the fore during the budget defence session the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, had before…
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has terminated the appointments of five of its officials for corruption and other offences. In a statement on Monday by LASTMA spokesman, Adebayo Taofiq, the traffic management authority said letters of Termination of Appointments were released to the officers on December 8, 2023. Taofiq said the recommendation to terminate the appointments of the officers was ratified by the Lagos State Civil Service Commission. “While Five (5) LASTMA Officials indicted for corruptions received letter of Termination of appointment’, remaining two (2) received letter of ‘Reprimand’ for absence from duty posts without leave,” he said.…