The Federal Government is proposing to spend N19.76 trillion in 2023. The 2023 budget, however, had a proposed deficit of N11.3 trillion. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, made the declaration in Abuja on Monday while addressing...
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has convicted and sentenced a legal practitioner, Taiwo Oreagba to two years imprisonment for obtaining the sum of N4 million from a client to secure the...
The Federal Government has proposed to spend N3.36 trillion on fuel subsidy payment in 2023. Petrol subsidy would remain up to mid-2023 sequel to the 18-month extension announced early in 2021. The government is proposing to spend N19.76 trillion in 2023. The...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has donated N50 million to victims of flooding at KaKantin Kwari textile market in Kano. The Star had earlier reported that Kano has been witnessing torrential rainfall in the last...
An inmate of Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja has been confirmed dead in the prison. The death of the inmate was confirmed by the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), FCT Command, noting the prisoner died after a protracted illness. The command’s spokesperson,...
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, on Monday, said the world needs to "make more babies" and keep digging for oil. Musk, who has repeatedly warned that low birth rates posed a "danger" to civilisation, said ahead of an energy...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered the prosecution of police officers' attackers in the country. Baba stressed that attacks on police officers, who are “uniformed agents of the state, is both illegal and an affront on the...
Barcelona striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, was robbed at his home in the early hours of Monday. "He is ok now, scared but ok," a Barcelona source disclosed. According to AFP, no fewer than four men broke into the player’s home in Castelldefels...
A former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, has officially dumped the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The incumbent senator representing Kano Central dumped the NNPP barely three months after joining the party from the...
The Jigawa State Police Command says its operatives have arrested 79 suspects in the state for various criminal activities. The command’s spokesman, Lawan Adam made the disclosure via a statement issued on Monday. Adam stated that the police officers also impounded...