President Bola Tinubu has suspended AbdulRasheed Bawa as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bawa's suspension was hinged on alleged weighty allegations against him. The Director of Operations of the anti-graft agency has been mandated to take...
The Federal Government says it is working out modalities to begin the disbursement of student loans in September 2023. The Star recalls that President Bola Tinubu signed the Student Loan Bill into law on Monday, June 12. The bill will enable...
Gunmen have abducted no fewer than seven students of the University of Jos (UniJos), Plateau State. Confirming the incident on Wednesday, June 14, the Plateau State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo, disclosed that the students were abducted by...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted a statement by Amnesty International accusing President Bola Tinubu of indifference to the killings of 123 people in Nigeria after his inauguration on May 29, 2023. The Star had reported that Amnesty...
A law student, Aminat Yusuf, has emerged the best graduating student of the Lagos State University (LASU) with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.00. The LASU Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, made this known at a press conference in Lagos...
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Nigeria Data Protection Bill, 2023, into law. The Nigeria Data Protection Act provides a legal framework for the protection of personal information and the practice of data protection in Nigeria. The National Commissioner of the...
The operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have arrested an escaped inmate from Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja, Haruna Sunday, who allegedly broke into a house and stole property in Masaka, Karu Local Government Area of the state. The...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks in the country to sell forex freely at market-determined rates after the naira exchanged at N750-N755 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window. This was contained in a...
Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri, says the state is lucky to have his predecessor, Seriake Dickson, as a representative in the Senate. Diri, who described Dickson as a grade A Senator in the National Assembly, said it was important to...
Femi Gbajabiamila has resigned his membership of the 10th House of Representatives. The Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, read Gbajabiamila’s letter of resignation at plenary in Abuja on Wednesday, June 14. Gbajabiamila said his resignation is to enable him to...