Suspension

The African Union said Monday it had suspended Burkina Faso in response to the January 24 coup that ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore. The bloc’s 15-member Peace and Security Council said on Twitter it had voted “to suspend the participation of #BurkinaFaso in all AU activities until the effective restoration of constitutional order in […]

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has ordered the suspension of his Senior Special Assistant, Abidemi Rufai, over his involvement in wire fraud in the United States of America.   The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin, confirmed this to DAILY POST in a telephone interview on Tuesday. Somorin confirmed that Rufai is […]

The West Africa bloc ECOWAS on Tuesday condemned a military putsch in Mali and pledged a range of retaliatory actions, including financial sanctions. Rebel soldiers arrested Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse on Tuesday afternoon following weeks of political tension in the country. The dramatic move followed the seizure of an army base […]

The ongoing orientation for the National Youth Service has been cut short by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The minister, Mr Sunday Dare says this is part of the Federal Government’s precautionary measure against the spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). The orientation programme started on March 10 and was supposed to end on March […]

Micro-blogging site, Twitter, ‘temporarily restricted’ the account of activist Aisha Yesufu for a couple of hours on Thursday. Yesufu is a co-founder of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign. The account was restored after several Nigerians with large following on Twitter reacted to the development, urging Twitter to restore Yesufu’s account. A former minister […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, Mr Okoi Obono-Obla. This was confirmed via the official twitter handle of the Presidency. According to the Presidency, the suspension is to be in effect until the conclusion of ongoing investigations by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission […]

Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha has suspended indefinitely the accountant general of the state Stella udogwu over the delay and nonpayment of October and November salaries of the local government workers in the state. Governor Rochas gave these directives at the heroes square in Owerri, the imo state capital when he attended the event to […]