Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers 1. The suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has said that the purported interim report of his probe did not emanate from the Presidential Panel. Lawyer to Magu, Wahab Shittu, disclosed this in a statement, quoting the Chairman of the panel, Justice Ayo Salami. 2. The Presidency yesterday reacted to Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister’s attack on a reporter, Charles Eyo. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said there was no stupid question in journalism, adding that the basics in journalism indicate that there are only stupid answers and not questions. 3. The Northern Elders’ Forum, NEF, has declared that the recent publication by the Senate ad-hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) is of no value. The NEF suggested that “the exercise should not be supported by any Nigerian gen...

  Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers 1. The federal government has commenced the process of restructuring the Ministry of Power. A spokesperson for the ministry, Egwim Perpetua, made this known in a statement. It quoted the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, as explaining that the overhaul was to achieve the set goals and objectives of the ministry. Mamman further inaugurated a 9-man committee for the purpose. 2. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has called on the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, to banish the 12 monarchs that went to Abuja without government’s authorization. He said the oil magnate, Prince Arthur Eze that led them to the trip should also be punished accordingly, for sabotage. Ngige said this in a telephone interview with journalists yesterday. 3. The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced date for the resumption of tertiary institutions in the state. Sanwo-Olu disclosed that primary and seco...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers 1.  President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met with past presidents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Past president at the meeting included, ex-Presidents Yakubu Godwin, Ibrahim Babangida, Ernest Shonekan, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Goodluck Jonathan. 2.  President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked Prof. Charles Dokubo as the Coordinator, Amnesty Programme. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement made available to journalists yesterday, also approved the appointment of Col. Milland Dixion Dikio (retired) as the interim administrator of the programme. 3.  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Bashir Tijjani Babajo as Executive Director, Operations, Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation, NAIC. The President also renewed the appointment of Philip Ashinze as Executive Director, Finance and Administration effective August 1, 2020. 4. Dr. ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1. Governor Ifeanyi of Enugu State, yesterday night, summoned an emergency State Security Council meeting, following the deadly clash between members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and security agencies. The meeting, according to a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, will hold on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at the Executive Council Chambers, Lion Building, Government House, Enugu, and scheduled for 2pm. 2. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC,  yesterday  announced that Nigeria recorded 221 new cases of coronavirus, COVID-19 in the country. The 221 new cases announced  yesterday  was the lowest number of cases recorded in the country for some time. 3. A southeast group, under the aegis of Alaigbo Development Foundation, ADF,  yesterday , petitioned international communities to wade into the gruesome murder of over 21 members of the...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from  Nigerian Newspaper 1. President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday insisted that he has fulfilled his promise to eradicate polio from Nigeria. Buhari, who spoke at the formal certification of the Wild Polio Virus eradication in the African region during the virtual session of the 70th World Health Organisation, WHO regional committee for Africa, also expressed optimism that just like Polio, COVID-19 would be defeated both in Nigeria and Africa. 2. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has berated Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister over his attack on a reporter with Daily Trust, Charles Eyo. SERAP said Fani-Kayode should publicly apologize for hurling insults on Eyo who was doing his job. 3. President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he delayed in approving community policing in Nigeria. Buhari said the inability of states to pay workers was responsible for the delay in approving community policing. 4. Governor Nas...

Witchcrafts in the State of Osun have said that they would no longer hide their spiritual societies and are proud to disclose their identities to members of the public. Coordinator of the Progressive Witchcrafts Society in the state, Chief Mrs. Oyelola Elebuibon, said the time had come for every witchcraft in the state to show up and support the society with their innate spiritual abilities. The priestess clarified that she held witchcrafts’ anniversary and not witches’ and wizards’ anniversary, as wrongly reported recently. She explained that there is remarkable difference between witchcrafts, witches and wizards, reiterating that she heads the witchcrafts society in the state. Elebuibon explained that criticisms, bad perception and the need for those with the spirit to judiciously utilise for the good of the society and the nation at large propelled members of the societies to come out boldly. According to Elebuibon more than 240 witchcrafts attended the anniversary. Accord...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from  Nigerian Newspapers 1. The Senate of the University of Lagos has elected Prof. Folasade Ogunsola as Acting Vice-Chancellor. Ogunsola polled 135 votes to defeat Prof. Ben Oghojafor, who got 31 votes. 2. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus disease. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy Gbenga Omotoso, who announced this via his Twitter account yesterday, said the health commissioner is doing well with no symptoms. 3. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has suspended entry requirements for applicants who wished to join the Nigeria Police Force as constables. The IG in a signal dated August 24 directed that no candidate should be disqualified irrespective of their physical appearance, age and qualification. 4. Gunmen have reportedly abducted an unconfirmed number of students from a school in Kaduna State yesterday at Prince Academy in Samb...

Fuoye Logo Some academics in Ekiti State have condemned a clause in the call for application for the vacant vice chancellor position in Federal University, Oye Ekiti, FUOYE, and said the instruction was a dangerous new trend being introduced into the selection of vice-chancellors for Nigerian universities. The academics, who coalesced under the name “Concerned Citizens and Friends of Academia in Nigeria” particularly frowned on an aspect which stipulates that candidates, apart from being of the rank of professor with a minimum of eight years’ experience at the time of application, should also be from a federal university. In a statement by Dr Ayokunle Joshua, the group said the preference for professors from only federal universities, who are highly distinguished Scholar of the rank of Professor with a minimum of eight years’ experience was a ploy to deny qualified, competent candidates an opportunity to aspire to the position. Dr Joshua said: “The injection of the clause ‘prefera...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1. The Department of State Services, DSS, has spoken on yesterday’s clash with the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB members in Enugu State. Peter Afunanya, Public Relations Officer, who narrated the incident in a statement yesterday night, said a patrol team was attacked in the Emene area by IPOB members. 2. Former House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, has spoken on the speculation that he would run for the presidency in 2023 with former Lagos Governor, Bola Tinubu in 2023. Dogara said 2023 is still years away, and therefore, it is unnecessary, distracting and insensitive to start making unfounded declarations at this time when all hands ought to be on deck in tackling the challenges of the nationhood. 3. Nigeria has recorded over 1,000 COVID-19 related deaths, according to statistics released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, yesterday night. According to the statistics, Nigeria also recorded...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1.  The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has maintained it will not suspend the ongoing strike action. National President of ASUU, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, who said this during a stakeholder’s meeting at the Union’s Secretariat at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, noted that the federal government has continually failed to fulfill its Memorandum of Action agreed in 2019, insisting that the federal government may trigger another round of crisis should it force ASUU members into the IPPIS Scheme. 2.  The acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof Omololu Soyombo has finally stepped down. However, Soyombo, in a statement yesterday, said it was necessary he did so because the government had directed the UNILAG Senate to nominate an acting VC for the varsity. 3.  Some aggrieved indigenes of Southern Kaduna, yesterday, agreed on a peace deal, in a bid to put an end to the ...