Author: TheScrutinyNG

President Bola Tinubu has approved the dissolution of the Governing Council of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) in Awka, Anambra State, and the removal of Prof. Bernard Ifeanyi Odoh, the new Vice Chancellor, and Mrs. Rosemary Ifoema Nwokike, the registrar, from office. The sacked council, led by Ambassador Greg Ozumba Mbadiwe, included five other members: Hafiz Oladejo, Augustine Onyedebelu, and Engr. Amioleran Osahon, and Rtd. Gen. Funsho Oyeneyin. According to a statement by Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the sacking of the governing council and officials followed reports that the council illegally appointed an unqualified vice-chancellor without following due process. After…

Sacked Musiliu ‘MC Oluomo’ Akinsanya has resumed as the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) president despite the Appeal Court Order that shoved him aside. He resumed on Tuesday. This is the first time MC Oluomo will resume office and make it public since the court dismissed him as NURTW president. The former chairperson of the Lagos State Chapter of the NURTW was elected unopposed as the union’s National President during an election held at its zonal secretariat in Osogbo. However, a Channels TV report on Sunday revealed that a three-member panel comprising Justices Hamma Akawu Barka, Nnamdi Okwy…

Nigerian superstars D’banj, Olamide, Yemi Alade, and Timi Dakolo are set to perform at the opening ceremony of the African Military Games (AMGA) today at 3:00 p.m. The event will take place at the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. Running from November 18 to 30, 2024, the spectacular event will gather over 3,000 athletes from 48 African nations, competing in 19 exciting sports. The African Military Games serve as a platform to unite Africa’s military forces through sports, promoting unity, strength, and sportsmanship. The games feature a diverse range of sports, including athletics, football, boxing, swimming, volleyball, and many…

Italian Serie A club Genoa FC has announced the appointment of former Arsenal and Manchester City midfielder Patrick Vieira as its new head coach. The club made this announcement in a statement published on its website on Wednesday, titled “Press Release – Vieira Appointed New Head Coach.” The statement read, “Genoa CFC announces that Patrick Vieira has been appointed as the head coach of the first team. The new coach will oversee his first training session this afternoon, following the formalisation of his contract at the Villa Rostan Headquarters.” Vieira, a former French defensive midfielder, was a key member of…

The Abia State Government has blamed opposition politicians for the  unprecedented wave of attacks against army personnel in the state. The government alleged that “unpatriotic opposition politicians in connivance with external forces” were involved in promoting the violence. This accusation came in the wake of the killing of two soldiers last Wednesday at a checkpoint at Ekenobizi, Umuopara, an Abia community in Umuahia South Local Government Area at the border with neighbouring Imo State. The government’s stance on the latest attack was contained in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ferdinand…

The Arewa Youth for Peaceful Coexistence strongly condemned the attacks by Deji Adeyanju against the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, during a recent press conference. According to the group Adeyanju’s comments, which included personal insults and unfounded allegations, are not only disrespectful but unbecoming of a lawyer who should be a model of civility and adherence to facts. The unequivocally reject the false claims of corruption and land grabbing leveled against the FCT Minister, adding that The ongoing urban renewal efforts in the Federal Capital Territory are guided by the Abuja master plan, first developed during Nasir El-Rufai’s…

Dr. Doyin Okupe, the former director general of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council, on Tuesday, disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had a better policy document than Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi ahead of the last general election. This is as he said Obi whose campaign he headed does not have any policy document to back his consumption-to-production mantra during the campaign. Okupe, who spoke while assessing President Bola Tinubu’s administration, argued that Tinubu has a superior policy document compared to his challengers in the 2023 elections. He added that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,…

The founder of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, says he is constantly facing threat to his life by the powerful people behind oil theft in the country. According to him, the oil thieves are powerful people outside of the Niger Delta. Tompolo, speaking at Oporoza, the headquarters of the Gbaramatu Kingdom, on Monday, alleged that some naval personnel, a few days ago, forcefully attacked operatives of the private outfit during the arrest of some suspected oil thieves along the Port-Harcourt creeks. Speaking during a working visit of the Nigerian Bar Association national executive, led…

Ali Ndume, the senator representing Borno South at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly, has appealed to the upper chamber to support the widow of late Ifeanyi Ubah to replace her husband as the senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District. Mr Ndume made the appeal on Tuesday during the valedictory session organised by the Senate in honour of the late senator. Mr Ubah, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), died at the age of 52 in a London hospital after a brief illness in July. He defected to the APC from the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has come under severe criticism from the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and experts who have opposed his plans to borrow an additional N1.767 trillion. The CSOs have questioned the Tinubu-led government’s continuous borrowing even as the president has written to the National Assembly, seeking approval to borrow the said amount. Tinubu is seeking approval for a N1.767 trillion ($2.209 billion) new external borrowing plan in the 2024 Budget (Appropriation Act). Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter entitled “Request for a Resolution of the National Assembly for the Implementation of the New External Borrowing of N1.767…