The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the country’s whistle-blower policy has to be expanded to protect those, who expose corrupt practices, gross mismanagement and acts inimical to public health and safety from backlash and reprisals. The Vice President made the call during a virtual National Conference on Whistleblower Policy on Tuesday in Abuja. Osinbajo noted that the Federal Government's whistle-blower policy was developed as a tool for the exposure of corruption and corrupt actors in Government and to validate controls and ensuring compliance with public finance management principles.

Power Distribution Companies in Nigeria have yesterday said they are yet to receive any directive from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) over tariff suspension entered into by the labor and the Federal government. Findings revealed that the DisCos are confused about the agreement reached by the Federal government and the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) while negotiating strike suspension yesterday.

On Monday, The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) disclosed that it had discovered a whopping N2.67 billion meant for school feeding in federal colleges during the COVID-19 lockdown in some individual’s personal accounts. This was disclosed by The Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasonye at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, during his keynote address at the 2nd National Summit on Diminishing Corruption titled: “Together Against Corruption and Launch of the National Ethics and Integrity Policy”. Owasonye said N2.5 billion was discovered in the account a senior civil servant (presently deceased) in the Ministry of Agric for himself and his accomplices.

The 36 state Governors in Nigeria have dragged the federal government to Supreme Court demanding the court to set aside the Presidential Executive Order no. 00-10 of 2020 which Mr. President signed on May 22, 2020, on the funding of Courts.

The country's labour giants Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have suspended the strike scheduled to commence today, Monday September, 28, after much pressure. The decision to shelve the strike to protest the increment in fuel prices and electricity tariffs by the unions was pegged on the agreement reached with the Federal Government at a meeting on Sunday conducted between 8:30 pm and 2:50am. They agreed to review their decision in another two weeks during which the DISCOs shall suspend the application of the cost-reflective electricity tariff adjustment.  According to the agreement between the federal government and organized labour both parties agreed to set up a technical committee on Electricity Tariff reforms comprising Ministries, Agencies, Departments, NLC and TUC, to review policy and look into the justification of the increase.

All is set for the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and their affiliate to proceed with the industrial action they planned last two weeks in protest of price hike of fuel and electricity despite Court injunction restraining them from taking such action, the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has warned that it is ready to enforce the court order on the matter.