Author: Vincent Osuwo

Nigerians have condemned the gruesome killing of a zookeeper by a 9-year-old lion at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Chronicle NG reports that Obafemi Awolowo University closed its zoological park after a nine-year-old lion killed a zookeeper, Mr. Olabode Olawuyi, on Monday. Speaking with the press on Tuesday, Mr. Wole Odewumi, Chairman of the National Association of Non-Academic Staff of Universities, OAU section, said the university’s management had closed the garden. He added that the zookeeper was attacked by the lion while attempting to release a woman who had been previously assaulted by the lion. Odewumi said,…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Council of Legal Education to immediately halt the increase in Nigerian law school fees. Obinna Chinda moved the resolution on behalf of his absent colleague, Kingsley Chinda. The House of Representatives also directed its Tertiary Education and Services Committees “to explore solutions to the issue at hand and report back within two weeks for further legislative action, as time is of the essence.” Leading the debate on the motion titled, “Need to check the 60 percent increase in the Nigerian Law School Fees,” Obinna called the attention of the House to the…

The Senate has opposed the Ministry of Power’s intentions to raise electricity tariffs. Given the country’s current economic situation, the Senate also rejected efforts to eliminate electricity subsidy. The Senate then urged the federal government to abandon the notion of increasing electricity tariffs. The upper chamber also asked its Committee on Power to investigate the N2 trillion subsidy requirement claimed by the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, as well as other sector debts, and to assess the country’s metering situation. The Senate’s resolution came after it considered and approved a motion by Senator Aminu Abbas (PDP), Adamawa Central) during plenary…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of DCG Kemi Nanna Nandap as Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service. According to a statement on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, Nandap’s appointment will take effect on March 1, 2024. Nandap succeeds Mrs. Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, whose tenure expires on February 29, 2024. Prior to her appointment as Comptroller-General, the new NIS boss served as Deputy Comptroller-General in charge of the Service’s Migration Directorate. “The President anticipates that the new Comptroller-General will deepen the ongoing reforms in the service and create a robust…

 Mr. Julius Abure, the National Chairman of the Labour Party, has reportedly been arrested by security personnel in Edo State. Abure was arrested on Wednesday, just days before the party’s primary election in Edo State. Abure’s arrest followed a petition by the LP Youth Leader, Comrade Eragbe Anselm Aphimia. The petition, addressed to the Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, dated February 13, partly reads, “I, Comrade Eragbe Anselm, write to you with utmost urgency and grave concern regarding a heinous act of violence perpetrated against me on the 29th of December 2023. “I am a member and National Youth…

The remains of the late Rotimi Akeredolu, former Ondo State Governor, arrived in Akure, Ondo State, from Ibadan on Wednesday. The late governor, who died on December 27 in a German hospital during a protracted illness, is scheduled to be buried on Friday in Owo, his home town. The lying-in-state and commendation services are scheduled to take place at the Akure Township Stadium today. The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has declared Thursday, February 22, and Friday, February 23, 2024, as public holidays to honour the late former governor.

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, stated that an “unverified report” revealed that state governors received N30 billion apiece from the Federation Account to alleviate inflation and high food prices in their respective states. Last September, the federal government announced that N2 billion had been released to governors from the N5 billion loan it gave to each state to cushion the impact of the cessation of fuel subsidies. During the plenary on Tuesday, Akpabio stated that information available to him suggests that, in addition to the initial tranche of monies, the governors received an additional N30 billion through the Federal Inland…

The Department of State Service, DSS, has been criticized by Nigerians for urging organised labour not to embark on its planned protest on economic hardship in the country. Chronicle NG reports that the Service, in a statement on Wednesday, called on the NLC to “shelve its plans” and engage in peaceful negotiations with the Federal Government in the interest of peace. Furthermore, the Service had enjoined Nigerians not to join the protest over claims “that the service is aware that some elements are planning to use the opportunity of the protest to foment a crisis and, by extension, widespread violence.”…

The Department of State Service, DSS, has called on the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLS, to shun its planned protest over economic hardship in the country.  The DSS, in a statement signed by Peter Afunanya, Director, PR & Strategic Communications, on Wednesday, urged the trade union to trade the path of peace dialogue. Urging the NLC to seek peaceful negotiations with the federal government, the DSS noted that the planned protest would only overheat the polity and “without doubt, will worsen the socio-economic situation across the country.” The statement from the DSS partly reads, “The attention of the Department of State…

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, has urged the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to bring to an end the inconsistencies in duty charges. In a statement made public on his verified X handle on Wednesday, Obi noted that the incessant changes in duty charges are affecting the importation of goods into the country. The former governor of Anambra State noted that the inconsistencies in duty charges have become. “a serious business challenge that results in business losses.” Arguing that, as a result of “the poor and inconsistent economic policies of the government,”…