WITH the October 20 governorship election in Ondo State come and gone, winners have been counting their blessings while the losers are sulking over their defeat.

Senior members of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA are backing the call by the body for a referendum prior to the amendment of the 1999 Constitution.

GIVEN the rate of piracy, former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, yesterday, wondered if literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, would make gains from his new book, There was a country.

THE national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, urged Nigerians to disregard the antics of those whom it said were hell bent on stunting the growth of democracy in Nigeria.

The federal government has dismissed insinuations of a deliberate plan to marginalise the North in aviation infrastructure, especially with regards to citing cargo terminals at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport and alleged denial of landing rights to some foreign airlines into the airport.

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Nigeria has made significant progress in meeting the country’s security challenges.

FOR failure to disclose revenue accruing to one of its subsidiaries, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, Senate, yesterday, summoned the Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petro-leum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, to appear before it.

Senate put such revenue that may be earned by NPDC annually at $500 million, which it stressed the NNPC spent.

The absence of former governor of Gombe State, Danjuma Goje, from court, yesterday, stalled hearing in the 18-count charge of conspiracy and money laundering instituted against him and four others.

Indications emerged, yesterday, that despite the ultimatum handed to her by the Senate, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mariam Aloma Murktar, may have resolved to stick to her earlier decision not to administer oath of office on one of the newly appointed Justices for the Court of Appeal.

A village head, his wife and a little girl said to be their relation were on Wednesday murdered by gunmen at Kachin village around Kurra Falls in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.