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Towards the end of 2023, a scandalous discovery of mis-management of public fund rocked the airwaves as the Senate uncovered the mis-appropriation of a 10 Billion naira restructuring fund released by the Ministry of Finance to Nigeria's flagship postal service, NIPOST to boost the services of the government agency and ordered a probe into the alleged infraction. The Senate gave the order via its resolution of December 30, 2023, noting that there was transfer of federal government shares in two NIPOST subsidiaries, NIPOST Properties and Development Company and the NIPOST Transport and Logistics Services Limited to private individuals, a move the Senate declared as “irregular and illegal” and ordered their immediate winding-up, de-registration and recovery of the entire sum of money involved. The Senate’s resolution reads:  “The sum of 10 Billion naira released by the Ministry of Finance for the proposed NIPOST restructuring and re-capitalisation be investigated and the funds fully

President Tinubu has formally requested the Senate to confirm the appointment of 11 new Justices nominated to the Supreme Court bench. The president, in a letter to the upper legislative chamber read at Wednesday’s plenary, listed the names of the judicial officers as follows; Justice Jummai Sankey Justice S tephen Adah J ustice Mohammed Idris Justice Haruna Tsammani Justice Jamilu Tukur Justice Abubakar Umar Justice Chidiebere Uwa Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme Justice Obande Ogbuinya Justice Moore Adumein  Justice Habeeb Abiru S ection 231(2) of the 1999 Constitution which empowers the president to appoint new Supreme Court justices subject to confirmation by the Senate. The correspondence from President Tinubu is coming weeks after the National Judicial Council (NJC) had in October recommended to him the elevation of the nominated judges to the apex court and the upper legislative chamber is expected to expedite action on screening and confirming the new justices. The approval by senato