Governors of the six South-West states on Tuesday met in Lagos to discuss security and economic issues of interest to the region. Five governors – Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Gboyega Oyetola (Osun) and Rotimi Akeredolu...
Massive investments are needed through strong public-private partnership to recharge the waters of Lake Chad to address the challenges of poverty and insecurity in the Lake Chad region. President Muhammadu Buhari stated this at the Fifth Edition of the Future...
Former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, has joined issues with his ex-wife, Precious Chikwendu, at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Fani-Kayode stated that her former wife employed 12 in-house nannies to cater to the children. He said Precious did not extend maternal...
Former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim has regained his freedom from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over N780 million aviation fund. The Star learnt that Anyim was set free on Tuesday afternoon after his lawyers...
The Federal Government has expressed sadness over the alarming rate of casualisation in the nation’s workforce and vowed to put a stop to it. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige said this at a one -day Public Hearing...
The coach of Cofine Football Club of Uyo in Akwa Ibom, Remi Amadi, has been slammed with a global ban of two years from all football-related activities. Ademola Olajire, the Director of Communications at Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), in a...
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has said that corps members will henceforth be vaccinated in camps. Ibrahim gave the disclosure on Tuesday at the Permanent NYSC Orientation Camp, Emure-Ekiti, in Emure Local Government...
BUA Cement Plc has posted a profit before tax (PBT) of N74.33 billion for the third quarter ended September 30. This was contained in the company’s unaudited financial statement released by the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Ltd on Tuesday. The result was...
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has promised to raise the salary of primary school teachers from N11,000 to N30,000 minimum wage. Zulum attributed the low payment to the activities of ghost teachers in the state. He also declared that no primary...
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered a major overhauling of the security landscape in Anambra State ahead of the November 6 governorship election in the state. Two Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) and other...