Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has told Alhaji Abubakar Ahmed Yakubu, who assumed the position of Ejeh Ankpa to unite his subjects for peace, and prosperity in his domain. The Governor made the appeal when he presided over the official presentation of the Staff of Office to the royal father. According to a press statement on Saturday by Onogwu Muhammed, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, this momentous occasion unfolded on the sprawling grounds...

…Says It was misled by legal secretary The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is quoted as saying that it has retracted its steps on the withdrawal of its Appeal in the Kano State gubernatorial election petition judgment. Reports early Saturday suggested that INEC had withdrawn its initial letter signifying withdrawal from the appeal against the judgment of the tribunal. In a letter signed by the head of the commission’s legal department in Kano, Suleiman Alkali,...

President Bola Tinubu has been asked to present the 2023 supplementary budget to the National Assembly to kick start the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) project, since the law frowns at extra budgetary spending. The call became necessary to cushion the pains of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians. Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, the chairman, Senate Committee on Gas, who made the call, also commended Tinubu for the CNG initiative. He however, warned that it would be...

Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), the Niger Delta socio-cultural organisation has told President Bola Tinubu that more is expected from the current administration after four months in office. PANDEF, while reacting to the independence anniversary speech of the President on Sunday, Dr. Ken Robinson, the National Publicity Secretary of the organisation told our reporter that Nigerians expect more from this administration after four months and there is hardship and suffering in the land. He said,...