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JUST IN: President Tinubu Names New Accountant General of the Federation

The new Accountant General of the Federation is Shamsedeen Babatunde Ogunjimi, who was appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. His appointment will go into effect on March 7, 2025, which is also the day Oluwatoyin Madehin, the current Accountant General, is scheduled to retire. Madehin’s successor, Ogunjimi, 57, was initially announced in December 2024. His final confirmation, however, followed a competitive, merit-based selection process that involved top Federal Civil Service officials. An oral interview, an...

Tope Temokun, a lawyer and human rights advocate, has taken Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to court, challenging the legality of appointing and inaugurating Caretaker Committees or Transition Committees to manage local government affairs in the state.  The lawsuit, filed at the Ondo State High Court’s Akure Division, seeks a court order declaring such appointments illegal, unconstitutional, and null and void.  The Attorney General of Ondo State and the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission are also defendants...

President Bola Tinubu made a constitutional breach on the appointment of a new management team for the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), SaharaReporters has gathered.   Tinubu in March in a press statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, appointed Umar Abdullahi Umar as the new Executive Director of the agency.   Umar is the son of ex-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State and the embattled National Chairman of the...