Dele Oyewale, spokesperson and head of media and publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been inducted as a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Diplomacy and Management.

Oyewale was inducted as a Fellow of the Institute on Saturday, October 10, 2026, while the formal presentation ceremony took place on Thursday, October 15, at his office at the EFCC headquarters in Jabi, Abuja.

At the ceremony, Sarki Dogara, representing the Registrar of the Institute, formally bestowed the Fellowship on Oyewale, conferring on him the rights and privileges associated with the Fellowship in accordance with the Institute’s governing laws.

The Fellowship certificate, bearing the seal of the Institute and the signatures of its officers, formally recognises Oyewale’s conferment and affirms the privileges attached to the status.

Oyewale, in his acceptance speech, applauded the offer of Fellowship by the Institute and pledged to be an active and committed member of the Institute. He called on every member of the Institute to join the anti-corruption crusade of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, stressing that public diplomacy and advocacy would go a long way in achieving public ownership in the fight against corruption.

The presentation of the Fellowship was witnessed by Oyewale’s colleagues in the Commission.

The development marks a new professional distinction for the EFCC spokesperson, whose responsibilities as Head of Media and Publicity include communicating the Commission’s activities and engaging the media and the public on its anti-corruption mandate.

The minister of aviation and aerospace development, Festus Keyamo, has said that President Bola Tinubu is clearing unpaid pensions and gratuities owed to former workers of the Nigeria Airways following the airline’s liquidation in September 2004, when Atiku Abubakar was vice-president.

Keyamo made the remark while reacting to a statement by Atiku, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), who blamed the Tinubu administration for the rising cost of living in Nigeria.

Atiku accused Tinubu of implementing economic policies that have made the country more expensive for businesses and households, promising to reverse the trend if elected president.

Responding to Atiku’s statement in a post on X, Keyamo accused the former VP of hypocrisy, alleging that the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, in which Atiku served as vice-president, liquidated the national carrier and left thousands of workers without their pensions and gratuities.

“To add salt into their wounds, you refused to pay them their pensions and gratuities, running into billions of Naira,” the minister said.

“Twenty-two years later, after many of them have died out of frustration, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT is now clearing the mess you left behind.”

He said Tinubu approved and released N36 billion more than a month ago to settle the outstanding benefits and being succour to the affected families.

According to Keyamo, the former workers have started receiving payment alerts, while their union recently gave Tinubu an award in recognition of the intervention.

“Yet you sit down there and pontificate? It’s only the younger ones who don’t know your history you can attempt to hoodwink, but we will expose you to them. You cannot disguise your inordinate ambition in a cloud of rhetorical gibberish,” he said.

“When it is convenient for you, you claim some credit of the Obasanjo-Atiku government and when not convenient, you say Obasanjo was in charge and not you as Vice-President. The proper posturing of a con artist!”

The Federal Government had concluded payment of outstanding severance benefits to 2,100 former workers of Nigeria Airways Limited, more than two decades after the national carrier was liquidated.

1. The All Progressives Congress on Wednesday inaugurated its Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 election, expressing confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s record and reforms while rallying party leaders and politicians from other political parties to secure his re-election.

The inauguration and federation general assembly, held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, drew opposition figures who pledged to back his re-election bid.

2. The re-election campaign will not stop governance because the economy needs all hands on the plough, the President declared yesterday. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu spoke at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, during the inauguration of his Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for the January 16, 2027 election, an event that turned into a political carnival.

3. The Federal Government has approved plans to build a new eastern-western electricity grid as part of efforts to address Nigeria’s recurring power grid collapses. The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, disclosed this at the recent HBSAN energy conference in Lagos, where he outlined plans to address longstanding weaknesses in the country’s electricity transmission infrastructure.

4. Popular gospel singer, Olayemi Bayonile Bolaji, popularly known as Toluwanisings, has passed away. His family confirmed the news in a public announcement shared on his verified Instagram page on Wednesday night.
According to the statement, the gospel minister passed away in the early hours of Wednesday, October 14, 2026

5. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan, has said algorithms will not determine the outcome of the 2027 general elections, insisting that the decision on who governs Nigeria rests solely with voters. He warned that although artificial intelligence could influence electoral administration and the information available to voters, the technology must remain subordinate to human judgment and democratic institutions.

6. Inspector-General of Police (IGP)  Olatunji  Disu  has assured Nigerians that the police will demonstrate professionalism before, during and after the 2027 general election.
Disu said the police  reviewed their performances in recent elections and would  apply  the lessons learned in order to make Nigerians proud.

7. The Federal Government has proposed a new examination timetable that will see candidates sitting the 2027 West African Examinations Council (WAEC), National Examinations Council (NECO) and other major external examinations receive their results by August, ahead of the September admission process into tertiary institutions.

8. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has urged All Progressives Congress, APC, governors to work hard in their respective states to ensure President Bola Tinubu wins next year’s election. Speaking at the inauguration of the APC Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja on Wednesday, Wike said any governor who failed to deliver his state for the President should not join others in claiming victory if Tinubu is re-elected in 2027.

9. The Kwara State Police Command has arrested four men in connection with two separate incidents involving the alleged removal of human heads from exhumed graves and the possession of suspected human hands allegedly intended for money-making rituals. The Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi, disclosed the arrests on Tuesday while briefing journalists at the command headquarters in Ilorin, where he provided details of the investigations into the two cases.

10. The Police Special Fraud Unit in Lagos State has arraigned a banker and seven other defendants before the Federal High Court in Lagos over an alleged N710 million proof-of-funds fraud. The defendants — Elvis Osazee Eghile, Egharevba MaryJane Osarieyekemwen, Precious Omonigho Irbhogbe, Aghatise Kelvin Uhuenkpoewen, Nweke Nnamdi Emmanuel, Obinyan Esther, Egharevba Emmanuel Osagioduwa and Emmanuel Obinyan Osenonome — were arraigned on a 12-count charge.