Tola Odeyemi, the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST), has assumed duty at the headquarters of the agency in Abuja. Daily Trust had reported how aggrieved workers of the service shut down the head office in Abuja, saying they were against her appointment. President Bola Tinubu had last week sacked Adeyemi Adepoju as CEO/Post Master General of the agency and appointed Odeyemi. The announcement made by Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, was part of the leadership shuffle implemented for agencies and parastatals under the Ministry of Communications, Innovations and Digital Economy. Speaking during a protest at the NIPOST headquarters in Abuja, the President of the National Union of Postal and Telecommunication Employees, Mr Buba Nehemiah, said new appointment was against the interest of the workers. He said Adepoju introduced major reforms just under a year and should be encouraged to continue with his “good work”. “Sunday Adepoju should be allowed to continue the good work he has started. We are not against Mr President neither are we against the minister but our desire is that the good work of Adepoju should be allowed to continue. Removing him at this point would terminate these processes and take NIPOST back to square one which we are against. We have over 13,000 employees here, once it is crumbled, it will add to the issues of insecurity in the country.” “Allow us to work with the person that has understood this organization. Allow us to join hands with him to take this organization to the level that it would generate revenue for the nation. This is our cry and demand. The only condition that can make us go back to our offices and work is for the appointment that was made last week to be cancelled,” he had said. However, Odeyemi walked into the office around 1pm and went into a meeting with top Directors. She refused the chair that was offered to her and opted to sit elsewhere. Odeyemi is the first female to be appointed NIPOST CEO.

  Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has asked the United Nations to publish monies collected from donors for the benefits of Nigerians in 30 days or risk a legal action by the ministry. The minister stated this in an interview with AIT on Monday. Kennedy-Ohanenye claimed that the United Nations had not been transparent in the manner in which they utilised funds they got from donations for Nigerians.   The minister gave the UN a one-month ultimatum, which runs from 16th of October to November 15. She announced that she was working on a pre-action notice to be served on the UN. Kennedy-Ohanenye said, “And I stand here as a minister of woman affairs to demand from UN, all the UN; that we want account of all the money they sourced from donors in the name of Nigeria. “We want to see the account of it and if you don’t give us this account, at least let Nigerians see what has been going on. Then you plead with them, apologise to them and change your ways. “From 16th of October to November 15th. If we don’t see these reports published for Nigerians to see, we are heading to court. From 16th of October to November 8, they get our pre-action letters. “That is to prepare them on the 15th, we are heading to court. And I am promising Nigerians that immediately it is that 15th, by the next day, you will hear the suit number and all of you; “ we will gather to that place for the case to come on, and call for them to call for them to defend the money, they are using you to collect from donor.”

  A Minna Chief Magistrate Court number two has sentenced five persons to sixty years jail for being in possession of a Human Skull. They were found guilty of three count charges which bordered on Criminal conspiracy, Trespass on Burial ground and unlawful possession of Human skull.   Police prosecutor, Inspector Mua’azu Abdullahi had dragged the offenders before the Court on the three count charges punishable under sections 97,213 and 219 of the penal code law respectively. The convicts are Ibrahim Jiya, Suleiman Usman, Abdullahi Usman, Idris Mohammed and Isah Mohammed all of Sakpe village in Edati Local government area of the State. The Police prosecutor had told the court that they were arrested by the police in Bida and that after preliminary investigations, the case was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for discrete Investigation. The Prosecutor had further told the Court that the convicts were caught with Baco bag containing Human Skull and that during police Investigation, the convicts had confessed to have approached a Minna based herbalist to transform their lives by making them rich and that the herbalist had in turn directed them to bring a human skull to be used for the purpose. “The five convicts in return stormed the Muslim cemetery in Nasarafu village, dug a grave in the cemetery and brought out the human skull of one Late Yan Ndako Daniya who died three years ago,” the Prosecutor revealed at the Court. When the three count charges were read to them by the presiding Chief Magistrate Hajiya Fati Umar Hassan, they all pleaded guilty to all the charges. At this point, the prosecutor Inspector Mua’azu Abdullahi prayed the Court to invoke the provision of section 157 of the Criminal procedure code on them through summary trial and convict them accordingly. The Chief Magistrate, Hajiya Fati Umar Hassan in her Judgment then sentenced each of them to 12 years each on the the three count charges with hard labour without an option of fine.

  Three pensioners on Monday collapsed in Osogbo, Osun state capital while participating in the ongoing forensic audit of active and passive workers of the state government. The senior citizens had arrived at the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, the venue of the exercise waiting for the take-off before the incident. Vanguard observed that the exercise was yet to commence when the unfortunate incident happened at about 12:45 p.m. Three of the pensioners collapsed while waiting for the arrival of the team to commence the exercise and it took the intervention of the health workers of the State Ambulance Service to revive and stabilise the victims. Meanwhile, others who could not withstand the rigours of standing for long were seen lying down on the bare floor while others sat under trees located outside the complex. When contacted, the Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, in the state, Dele Aina, said he had been briefed on the incident and his on the way to assess the situation to ensure that everyone is adequately taken care of. Meanwhile, the NUP had previously appealed to the State Government on the need to decentralise the exercise to make it easier for its members to access. The staff audit was earlier suspended for weeks by the state House of Assembly over the inhuman treatment meted out to the civil servants by the consultant, but the suspension was lifted after she promised to adjust the observed lapses.

  President Bola Tinubu’s administration has moved the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting from Wednesday to Monday. The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents shortly after the FEC meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Tinubu has only held two FEC meetings since inaugurating his cabinet in August. The second FEC meeting held on Monday also witnessed the swearing in of three additional ministers who were recently screened by the National Assembly. The Minister of Information noted that FEC meeting may not hold regularly especially if there is nothing very pressing to be discussed. Under the administration of his predecessor, President Muhammadu Buhari, FEC meetings were held on Wednesdays.