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 Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has charged the Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development for the state, Barrister Chimobi P. Okorie to improve efficiency in property registration and sustainability of the Land-Based Investment Process in the state. Expressing confidence in the Commissioner’s capabilities to judiciously carry out the reform given his background in the ICT sector, Governor Mbah before administering the oath of office on the Commissioner on Friday reiterated that the...

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...