The Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, Dr. Salisu Usman-Ogbo, on Wednesday banned the sale of hand-outs and textbooks to students in the institution. The rector made the declaration while receiving an award for outstanding achievements bestowed on him by Women...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N2.7 billion contracts for the purchase of operational vehicles and equipment to support security agencies to protect lives and property in the FCT. FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, made the assertion in...
The Federal Government has assured Nigerians and the global community that the 2023 general election will be free and fair. The government also dismissed pessimistic views that current security challenges would stifle the elections and assured that everything was being...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has assured Nigerian youths of his commitment to enthroning an enduring legacy to them if elected as president in 2023. Atiku gave the assurance on Wednesday while receiving a...
The President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Ltd., Aliko Dangote, has been conferred with the Commander of the Order of Merit of Niger award by the President of Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum. According to the certificate of conferment presented to Dangote...
Global Credit Rating (GCR) has affirmed NOVA Merchant Bank Limited’s national scale long and short-term ratings of BBB(NG) and A3(NG) respectively. The rating agency, in a statement made available to The Star on Wednesday, said NOVA was rated on the...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Wednesday, toured 10 farmlands in the outskirts of four local government areas of the state to monitor farming activities. The local governments visited by Governor Zulum were Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Jere, Mafa, and...
The abducted student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Rachael Opadele; a hotelier, Olugbenga Owolabi; and one other, have been killed by their abductors. The LAUTECH student, who was working with the hotelier, due to...
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has redeployed 69 senior officers to zones and commands formations across the country. Eight Assistant Comptrollers General (ACG) and 61 Comptrollers of Immigration (CIS) were affected by the posting order. The deployment which is contained in...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has approved the sum of N15 million as scholarship award to 12-year-old table tennis prodigy, Sezuo Ize Azziza. The beneficiary represented Kogi State at the 2021 Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) National Championship held recently...