Author: Safiu Kehinde

Halimah Olamide The Federal Government will meet with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other stakeholders on Monday to address the strike notice issued by the union. Prof. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists during a briefing on his one year in office in Abuja on Friday. ASUU had earlier issued a 21-day strike notice to the government over unresolved issues, including revitalisation funds for public universities, payment of outstanding earned academic allowances, and release of withheld salaries. The minister said letters of invitation had been sent to…

Safiu Kehinde The Supreme Court has, today, affirmed the victory of the All Progressive Congress’ (APC) Imo State gubernatorial candidate, Hope Uzodinma, over Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Samuel Anyanwu at the 2023 Imo Governorship election. The final verdict on legal battle over the election was passed by a five-man panel presided over by Justice Garba Lawal, declaring Uzodinma as the duly elected governor of Imo state. At the conclusion of the 2023 governorship election, Anyanwu had challenged the poll results at the election tribunal. Despite losing at the tribunal, the PDP’s gubernatorial candidate took the case to the Court of…

Safiu Kehinde Amnesty International has opened campaign for the release of undercover journalist popularly known as PIDOMNIGERIA. The Humanitarian group made the call for his release on their X handle hours after fellow undercover journalist, David Hundeyin, brought the attention of netizens to his disappearance from the X space. “Release PIDOM now Release PIDOM now Release PIDOM now Release PIDOM now Release PIDOM now” Amnesty International posted. Meanwhile, prior to Amnesty International’s reaction, former Nigerian Minister, Oby Ezekwesili, made similar call for the journalist’s release. NPO Reports Ezekwesili had demanded an explanation from the Inspector General of Police over the…

Safiu Kehinde All Progressive Congress’ (APC) Kogi State Chapter, has condemned the alleged attack on its party members by supporters of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). This was contained in a statement issued by Kogi APC Campaign Council’s spokesperson, Kingsley Fanwo, in reaction to the mayhem which ensued after Supreme Court’s verdict today. The apex court had ruled in favour of the APC’s governorship candidate, Usman Ododo, who was affirmed as the winner of 2023 Kogi governorship election. According to the statement, SDP’s governorship candidate, Murtala Ajaka, had left the court room with his supporters after the verdict. Ajaka’s supporters…

Safiu Kehinde Ogun State government has, today, commenced the construction of the 70-kilometer Abeokuta-Ifo-Ota-Lagos Expressway. The road construction project, according to a statement issued the state government’s official X handle, was flagged off by Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, at Itori, Ewekoro Local Government Area. Speaking at the flag-off event, Abiodun noted that the road is significant not only to Ogun State but also to Lagos State and Nigeria as a whole. The governor disclosed that the project has been on desk since 2003, but the state needed to get Federal Government’s consent as it was a Federal road.…

Halimah Olamide Former Minister of Solid Minerals, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has demanded an explanation from the Inspector General of Police over the disappearance of undercover journalist. The undercover journalist is popularly known as PIDOMNIGERIA, on X. However, news of his disappearance was brought to public by investigative journalist, Benjamin Hundeyin, via a post on PIDOM’s X account on Friday. It read; “Nigeria’s best known anonymous insurgent whistleblower has gone missing and his social media accounts have been compromised.” In response to this, Ezekwesili has therefore called on the Inspector General of Police and Director General of DSS, to display transparency and…

Safiu Kehinde In sheer determination to stop open defecation on the Lagos-Ibadan express way corridor, the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), has commenced keeping vigil. The officials were seen monitoring those who use the area as emergency toilets. This was disclosed in a post by Lagos Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on his X handle earlier on Friday. Wahab disclosed that LAGESC Officials, in collaboration with Lagos Taskforce, paraded Berger axis in an attempt to apprehend open Defecators. “Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps @LAGESCOfficial and the Taskforce team yesterday parading through the night…

Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), has disclosed that no institution from the South-East has completed the verification for student loans. This was disclosed via X following a tweet by one @Donaldsplendo, expressing his displeasure on not seeing funds allocated to South-East universities. The tweet read; “Not surprised to see SE being neglected once again. No funds were allocated to students in UNIZIK, FUTO, MOUAU, and even the University of Nigeria (UNN). “I’m pretty sure a lot of students in those schools applied for the loan just like every other Nigerian scholar. One Nigeria una” Reacting to the…

Safiu Kehinde Social Democratic Party’s 2023 gubernatorial candidate for Kogi state, Murtala Ajaka, has been subjected to assault following his defeat at the Supreme Court today. As seen in a video footage on X, the SDP candidate was stormed by angry observers alleged to be Ododo’s supporters as he stepped out of the court premises. The Supreme Court had earlier reaffirmed the victory of APC’ Usman Ododo as the duly elected governor of Kogi state- an outcome that marked Ajaka’s third defeat to Ododo having lost at the election tribunal and the Court of Appeal. Prior to the hearing, there…

Agency Report The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has directed army personnel to rekindle their zeal and efforts in tackling security challenges. Lagbaja gave the charge at the graduation of the 16th Edition of Indigenous Languages Course (ILC) conducted by the Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC) on Friday in Abuja. He was represented by the Chief of Administration (Army), Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor. He said that the army had continued to review the unfolding situations and events in the field to ensure that troops requirements; element of which is the languages course, were provided. “You must therefore perform…