…Promises commission will provide level playing field The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, with less than 24 hours to the opening of ballots in the three off cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo States, has charged the commission’s staff deployed for the elections to demonstrate highest level of patriotism and professionalism in the discharge of their responsibilities. Prof Yakubu, in a message he sent to the staff, restated...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the luxury N2.17 trillion Supplementary Appropriation Act on Wednesday following the passage of the bill by the Senate and the House of Representatives last week. The supplementary budget is to augment expenditures in the 2023 N21.83 trillion budget signed by ex-president Muhammadu Buhari who left office on May 29. “The budget seeks to strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture and address Nigeria’s critical infrastructure deficit, amongst other considerations,” presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale...