The Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) Plc says it lost N750 million in the last one month due to what it described as illegal takeover of its operations. The BEDC Managing Director, Funke Osibudu, said this in Benin on Tuesday...
The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Educational Intervention, Fela Bank-Olemoh, says 2,000 people in Kaduna State would be equipped with technical and vocational skills through the Federal Government Project T-MAX. Bank-Olemoh said this when he paid a...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said seven million Nigerians failed to complete physical requirements for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). INEC disclosed that out of 10,487,972 Nigerians who carried out their pre-registration online, only 3,444,378 completed the process...
Some residents of Lagos State have called for a total ban on commercial motorcycles, popularly called ‘Okada’ in six Local Government Areas of the state. Speaking at a stakeholders’ forum convened to review the ban on commercial motorcycles, the Lagos...
Four students celebrating the success of their West African Examinations Council (WAEC) results have drowned at the Elegushi Beach in Lagos State. It was gathered that the incident occurred at a section of the beach on Tuesday. Speaking, the spokesperson of the Elegushi...
The meeting between the Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) held on Tuesday ended without an agreement, The Star has gathered. It was gathered that the meeting held at the National Universities Commission...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Rear Admiral Yaminu Ehinomen Musa (Retd) as the pioneer coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC). This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the...
The abductors of the Nasarawa State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Yakubu Lawal, have demanded N100 million ransom for his release. The Star had reported that the commissioner was abducted at his country home, Nasarawa Eggon, on Monday night. A...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says state governments and their agencies have a significant role to play in ensuring an enabling environment for businesses to thrive. Osinbajo said this assertion at a virtual meeting of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council...
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has presented the State Action on Business Enabling Reforms (SABER) programme which was coordinated by the World Bank to the Federal Government. According to a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to...