The embattled former chairman of the disbanded Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform, Abdularashheed Maina says President Muhammadu Buhari is surrounded by corrupt officials involved in pension scam. Maina who stated this in an exclusive interview with The Sun claimed that the ongoing anti-corruption war by the current administration was yet to yield the desired result. He attributed the development to those around the President.

INEC Registers 21 New Political Parties

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered 21 new political parties, taking the number of registered parties in Nigeria to 67.

The National Economic Council (NEC) has asked the federal government to use $1bn from the excess crude account (ECA) for the fight against insurgency in the north-east. Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state, disclosed this to state house correspondents after the council’s meeting on Thursday, presided over by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.

Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa has declared the change of the name of the state to the “State of Osun” as illegal, null and void.

The ruling followed a case instituted by a human rights activist, Kanmi Ajibola, challenging the legality of the “State of Osun Land Use Charge Law”.

In his judgment which lasted more than one hour on Thursday, Justice Yinka Afolabi ruled that the law and its makers were unknown to the 1999 constitution.

He also chided the state governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, for deliberately and singlehandedly renaming the state illegally contrary to the known norms and the Nigerian Constitution.

President Buhari Returns To Nigeria After Paris Summit

President Muhammadu Buhari is back in the country after attending the One Planet Summit in Paris, the capital of France.

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu and the Director General of the DSS, Lawal Daura, appeared before a Senate panel to discuss the clash between EFCC and DSS officials. The clash began when operatives of the EFCC attempted to arrest former head of NIA, Mr Ayo Oke, and the former DSS DG, Ita Ekpeyong on November 21.