•Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it dismissed 27 of its officers last year for misconduct and fraudulent activities. The anti-graft agency also said it was investigating “a trending $400,000 claim of a yet-to-be-identified supposed staff of the EFCC again...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero, IGP Egbetokun and Governor Okpebholo The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a 14-day notice to the Edo state government to vacate its secretariat in Benin. The ultimatum was contained in a statement signed by Joe Ajaero and Emmanuel Ugboaja, the President and General Secr...
•President of the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People) Assimi Goita (C) Mali’s junta chief yesterday sacked civilian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga and the government, days after Maiga issued a rare criticism of the military rulers. “The duties of the prime minister and the members of the government are terminated,”...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the dissolution of the Governing Council of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State, and the removal of Prof. Bernard Ifeanyi Odoh, the new Vice Chancellor, and Mrs. Rosemary Ifoema Nwokike, the registrar. The council, led by Ambassador Greg Ozumba Mbadiwe, includes five other members: Hafi...
The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced today, Wednesday, November 20, the removal of Ohieku Salami from his position as pro-chancellor and chairman of the governing council of the Federal University of Health Sciences in Otukpo, Benue State. The decision was made due to actions considered “unbecoming of his office” and violatio...
•Yakubu Danladi Umar The Senate today invoked section 157 (1), officially removing Yakubu Umar as the Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal. He was sacked over allegations of misconduct, reports Channels TV. Umar’s removal gives way to the official resumption of Abdullahi Bello as the new substantive Chairman of the Tribunal. 84 Senators which ...
•Musiliu Akinsanya a.k.a. MC Oluomo The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo, as President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). A 3-member panel of justices led by Hamma Barka affirmed the March 11, 2024, judgment of the National Industrial Court, which affirmed Tajudeen Baruwa [&he...
•Governor Monday Okpebholo The newly sworn-in Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo has announced the dissolution of executives of all boards in Edo State. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary today said the governor has also sacked all political appointees, adding that permanent secretaries appointed from outside the state’s public serv...
•Sacked Baltasar Ebang Engonga The government of Equatorial Guinea has dismissed Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), following the discovery of explicit videos that were leaked online. Real Equatorial Guinea reports that the dismissal was ordered by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema...
In a dramatic turn of events, a Federal High Court in Kano has sacked all 44 chairmanship and councillorship candidates of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for tomorrow’s local government elections. The ruling was delivered today by Justice Simon Amobeda following a case filed by Engineer Muhammad Babayo and a faction of the NNPP […...

