• Benue Governor Hyacinth Alia

The Benue State Government has directed private school owners against charging excessive school fees.

The directive forms part of broader reforms aimed at improving standards and ensuring fairness in the education sector.

Dr. Terna Francis, Executive Secretary of the Benue State Education Quality Assurance and Examinations Board (BEQAEB), issued the warning while responding to criticism from the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), which accused the board of heavy-handed regulation.

Francis maintained that fee control is a legal requirement tied to the school approval process.

He said schools must seek government clearance before adjusting fees to prevent arbitrary increases.

•Mrs Temilade Aderemi Okesanjo

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has appointed Mrs Temilade Aderemi Okesanjo as Resident Consultant (Strategy and Communications).

ICPC Spokesperson and Head of Media and Public Communications, Okor Odey,said that the appointment, which takes immediate effect, marks the first time Strategy has been formally integrated into a Resident Consultant portfolio at the Commission, underscoring ICPC’s evolving forward-looking approach to prevention, institutional integrity, and impact-driven governance.

He emphasised that the new role is designed to strengthen the systematic integration of strategy into ICPC’s day-to-day activities, while ensuring that the Commission’s priorities and interventions are clearly articulated and responsibly communicated to stakeholders and the public.

Mrs Okesanjo will support the Commission’s work in two core areas.

On Strategy, she will help ensure that ICPC’s priorities, engagements, and interventions are deliberate, coherent, and fully aligned with its statutory mandate.

On Communications, she will drive clarity, consistency, and credibility in how these priorities are conveyed, with a view to building trust and sustaining public confidence.

Mrs Okesanjo brings over 16 years of combined experience in the public and private sectors to the role.

She began her career in the financial services industry at Ecobank Nigeria before moving into public service, where she served in the Ministry of Transportation as well as the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

In 2018, she resigned from the civil service to establish Woodford Consulting Company, through which she has led high-level strategy and implementation advisory engagements for public sector institutions and development-focused organisations.

Many residents are feared dead while several others have been abducted following a deadly attack on Okporojo Community in Oso Edda, Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

The State Commissioner for Internal Security, Chief Etta Ude, confirmed the incident and said security had been reinforced in the affected area to prevent escalations.

It was gathered that the attack occurred on Thursday, when unidentified armed men stormed the community, shooting sporadically and setting houses ablaze.

Community sources claimed that at least four persons were beheaded during the assault, with the attackers reportedly taking away the severed heads.

Many other residents were said to have sustained varying degrees of injuries, while an unspecified number remain missing.

A viral video circulating on social media showed houses engulfed in flames as distressed residents cried out for help, appealing to the Ebonyi State Government and security agencies to urgently intervene.

Local sources linked the attack to a decades-long land dispute between Oso Edda in Edda Local Government Area and Amasiri in Afikpo Local Government Area of the state.