By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THE Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has moved to shut down what it called “backdoor cost inflation and scope creep” across federal projects by centralising review and certification of all contract variation requests under a strict new framework that takes effect immediately. The guidelines, issued under Sections 5(a) and (o) […]

​Almost a month since a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos granted interim injunctions ordering a halt to the enforcement of the controversial Digital, Electronic, Online or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations 2025, DEON, pending judicial review, the telecom operators are yet to lift suspension on the services, keeping an estimated 40 million subscribers and habitual micro-credit users stranded.

A second term bid seems a walk in the park for Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State with no clear opposition figure in sight yet. But with the Delta NDC banking on riding on the Peter Obi effect, Ken Pela, who came third in the 2023 elections, is strongly being projected to face the governor in the 2027 race

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri The primary election for one of the ten House of Representatives seats in Borno State – Hawul/Askira-Uba Federal Constituency, has been declared inconclusive. The chairman of the party’s 7-man committee that supervised the election, held, Saturday, and returning officer, Prophet Jones Ode Erue, made the declaration in Maiduguri, Sunday, while announcing […]

Chelsea’s new manager Xabi Alonso has outlined his priorities as he prepares to take charge of the Premier League club.