Author: TheScrutinyNG

Adeleke Adeyinka, a councillorship candidate in ward 15, Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State, and an APC youth leader, has been assassinated by suspected cultists. The sad event occurred on Saturday at Jide Jones area of Oke-Ilewo, as the assailants, it was gathered, reportedly arrived in a tinted car. The occupants alighted and shot at their target. They then hit him with stones till he gave up the ghost. Before Adeleke’s death, he was with the transport union in Panseke area of Abeokuta. Also, the deceased was a former All Progressives Congress youth leader in Abeokuta South, before…

A coalition of 30 anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has called for the resignation of chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, over his alleged failure to prosecute a former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, despite multiple petitions against him over alleged multi-billion naira bribery allegations.  The CSOs, under the umbrella of ‘Global Initiative for Corruption Eradication’ (GICE), also called for the immediate arrest of Ganduje, who they said had no immunity, but was allegedly enjoying the cover of the Federal Government through the EFCC.  Spokesperson for GICE, Comrade Anthony Onoja, who addressed a press…

A bill seeking for the establishment of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal University of Nigerian Languages has passed the first reading at the House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, and eight others, is aimed at establishing a university for the promotion of the learning of Nigerian languages. Section II part I of the bill, as reported by PUNCH on Saturday, provides that the university when established shall, “Encourage the advancement of learning and to hold out to all persons without distinction of race, creed, sex or political conviction, the opportunity of acquiring a higher education…

In its bid to fight corruption effectively, the government of Namibia has sought the corporation and help from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in its fight against corruption in the country.   According to a statement cited on the commission’s website on Saturday, the partnership is aimed at “exploring training opportunities as well as sharing of expertise with personnel of the Namibian Anti-corruption Commission in the fight against corruption.” The statement noted that the Namibian government made the call on Friday when its Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Humphrey…

In what looks like replying Nigerians who have criticized the president’s navigation from one country to another, the presidency has responded to the reactions, particularly the ones trailing the departure of President Bola Tinubu from the United Kingdom to France, saying the president is still on a two-week leave. The Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, had in a statement on October 2, announced Tinubu’s departure for a two-week vacation. Onanuga’s short statement had read, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja today for the United Kingdom to begin a two-week vacation, part of…

Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last election, has taking a swipe at the Federal Government-controlled Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) following the hike in the price of petrol pump. This is as the former Anambra State governor said the hike amounted to insensitivity and an unfortunate situation given what Nigerians are already going through. Obi made this known in a statement he titled ‘Reversing the Sudden Fuel Price Increase’, on his X.com account, on Saturday. Recall that following the hike in the price of fuel, transportation costs skyrocketed in the Federal…

Joe Ajaero, the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Friday, revealed the understanding which the organized labour had with President Bola Tinubu before accepting the N70,000 minimum wage during the national minimum wage talks at the President Villa, Abuja. Speaking on the Morning Show programme on Arise television on Friday, Mr Ajaero explained that during the meeting on new Minimum wage with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, the organised labour turned down the offer of increase in the price of petroleum to accept N70,000 as the new minimum wage. He also disclosed that after the organized…

The Ogun State Police Command has explained how one 41 years old Mr Ibrahim Aliu Papa Olosun of Oja Odan in the Yewa North Local Government Area of the state sexually assaulted his 12 years old daughter (name withheld). Aliu was arrested on Thursday after his estranged wife, Temitope Egbebi, lodged a complaint against him at the Oja Odan Divisional Police Office. Egbebi alleged that Aliu had carnal knowledge of the victim every time she visited him for the holidays. She told the police that she made this discovery after taking the girl to the State Hospital, Ilaro for examination…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has applauded China’s economic partnership with Africa, saying the People’s Republic of China is important economic partner for Africa. He added that Chinese cooperation with Africa has not only advanced infrastructure development but also facilitated the transfer of technology and the exchange of personnel. Speaking on behalf of the InterAction Council (a body of former Presidents and Heads of Government) during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and officials of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) in Beijing on Friday, Obasanjo encouraged the Chinese government and its people to achieve greater…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has replied former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, who alleged stealing by government officials, consequently calling  on Nigerians to take to the street and protest the hardship in the land. APC spokesman, Felix Morka, in a statement on Friday, remarked that Amaechi, speaking from the ‘lavish comfort of his proverbial glass house,’ criticised Nigerian youth for not protesting the ‘high cost of living’ to his morbid satisfaction. He said; “Amaechi’s comments are insensitive, god-awful and unpatriotic, coming from one of Nigeria’s longest serving and highest ranking political freeloaders – a two-term Speaker of the Rivers…