Government

THE Supreme Court has affirmed Peter Mbah as the governor of Enugu State. The apex court, on Friday, ruled in favour of Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-man panel of Justices, dismissed an appeal that the Labour Party (LP) …

ENUGU State House of Assembly, Thursday, passed the 2024 budget estimate, totalling N521,561,386,000 into law. Presenting the report after the screening of the budget estimate at the floor of the House, the Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Hon. Anthony Nwankwo, said the committee found the budget estimate flawless and urged …

BARRING any last-minute changes, the acting Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, will soon formally receive new sets of German-made reciprocating gas engines to augment the power supply in Ondo State.   The Akeredolu-Aiyedatiwa government is hopeful that a successful off-grid or captive power project in the state …

THE Federal Government has announced that efforts to resurrect the Garri Processing Factory in Alapoti Village, in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, have been completed. Newsextra24 reports that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation said in a statement that the decision was made in recognition of …

A media aide to Asue Ighodalo, the PDP gubernatorial aspirant sponsored by Governor Godwin Obaseki in the Edo 2024 election has been declared wanted by the police authorities, in connection with a case of physical assault against Dr. Osaro Onaiwu, a PDP gubernatorial aspirant. Tony Ehilebo a media aide to …

Takes his TRUST agenda to Igueben, Irrua, Ekpoma IMMEDIATE past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning and frontline governorship aspirant on the platform of the All progressives Congress (APC), Prince Clem Ikanade Agba has said that, once elected as Edo State governor, his administration would pursue a massive …

AFTER six hours of fierce legal fireworks, the Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja reserved judgment in the Kano State Governorship legal battle. At the centre of the legal battle are the New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP and the All Progressives Congress APC and their governorship candidates Kabir Yusuf and …

By Osamede Isibor   THE serialization of the Edo State gubernatorial aspirants and their chances in the Labour Party, LP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, have been dealt with in the previous series. We are presently faced with those publicly showing interest in PDP. In a move to reconcile …

•Akpabio declares Umahi, Giadam’s seats vacant FORMER governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, has been sworn in as Senator representing Plateau South senatorial district Lalong, who resigned from President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet on Tuesday as labour minister was administered the oath of allegiance by the Clerk of the Senate, Mr. …

STARTING next year, the Abia State Government has warned that it will make every effort to enforce the state’s prohibition on street trade, particularly in Aba, the state’s commercial hub. While briefing reporters on the results of this week’s State Executive Council meeting, which was chaired by Governor Alex Otti, …