The Kogi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the violent attacks on supporters of the ruling party and destruction of vehicles belonging to party members at the Supreme Court premises on Friday by members of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Hon. Kingsley Fanwo, Director, Media and Publicity, Kogi APC Campaign Council, in press release noted that the attacks reportedly began when supporters of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) started hurling stones,...

Hon Kingsley Fanwo, the Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications has described the victory of the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Usman Ododo at the Supreme Court as an affirmation of the choice of the people of Kogi State at the November 11, 2023 Governorship Elections. He stated this in Lokoja during a chat with journalists, stressing that the Supreme Court affirming Ododo as the duly elected Governor was in line with the laws...

The Supreme Court has affirmed the victory of Ahmed Usman Ododo and Douye Diri as the duly elected governors of Kogi and Bayelsa States. This was disclosed on Friday at the ongoing final hearing of the governorship election cases by a five-man panel presided over by Justice Garba Lawal. Ododo’s victory was challenged by Social Democratic Party’s (SDP) governorship candidate for Kogi State, Murtala Ajaka at the Tribunal. Though the Tribunal ruled in favour of...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has given clarifications on allegations of hijacking the corporation by cabals. Recall that a press statement was credited to the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, where he allegedly lamented “the criminal hijack of the NNPC by corporate cabals around the current President”. In a press statement made available to newsmen on Thursday, Olufemi Soneye, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPC Ltd, listed several points to ‘set...

Sen. David Umahi, Minister of Works has said that the funding gap to complete all the inherited projects by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration is about N13 trillion as at May, 2023 and will be reviewed in line with current market realities. The Minister also stated that by estimation the amount will be more than N16 trillion when all projects are reviewed in line with current market realities. Umahi stated this, on Thursday, at the Ministry’s...

The United Kingdom chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sought the expulsion of the party’s acting National Chairman, Amb. Umar  Damagum and National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, for their alleged deliberate efforts to undermine the administration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. The group in a press statement on Monday signed by Dr. Anita Jackson, described the activities of the PDP chieftains as “treacherous” and “egregious betrayal”. According o the group, the...