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President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to confirm nominees into positions of Chairman, Executive Commissioner, and Non-Executive Commissioners of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). A statement signed by the President's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina confirmed that "in a letter dated August 2, 2016, sent to President of the Senate, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye (South West) was nominated as Chairman, while Mr. Sunday Dare (South West) got the nod as Executive Commissioner, Stakeholders Management. Those nominated as Non-Executive Commissioners are: Aliyu Sa'idu Abubakar (North East), Clement Omeiza Baiye (North Central), Chief Okoi Ofem Obono Obla (South South), Pastor Ezekiel Yissa (North Central) and Senator Ifeanyi Ararume (South East). The nominations are in accordance with Section 8(1) of the Nigerian Communications Commission Act 2003".

Fresh facts have emerged as to why the former Registrar, Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) Chief Executive, Professor Dibu Ojerinde was sacked. Though it is believed in some quarters that Dibu Ojerinde must have seen his sack coming based on the recent happenings within the organisation he headed in the last couple of months, which has put the education of many tertiary education seekers in jeopardy. Abujareporters however opined that Ojerinde,  whose tenure was suppose to end April 2017, might have gotten his fingers burnt over the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) irregularities bordering on result multiplicity, centre relocation and system failure. Many people protested that the irregularities of the exercise limited their chances of gaining admission this year, that the board was unprepared for the CBT it adopted three years ago. It would be recalled that Ojerinde alongside other 16 chief executive officers in the Ministry of Educat