Davido hails Buhari for ‘credible’ Osun guber election
Award-winning Nigerian singer, Davido, has extolled President Muhammadu Buhari for the President's remarks while congratulating his uncle and winner of the Osun State governorship election, Ademola Adeleke. Adeleke had defeated the incumbent governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, in the governorship election held in Osun State on Saturday. Buhari, while congratulating Adeleke said the victory of the gubernatorial...
Sokoto govt secures scholarship for 63 indigenes in Malaysia
The Sokoto State Government, through its Zakkat and Waqf Commission (SOZECOM), has secured scholarship for 63 indigenes of the state. The governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, made this known while addressing the students in the state on Saturday. Tambuwal disclosed that a Malaysia-based Albukhary International University offered admission to 63 students of Sokoto State origin on the scholarship. The governor, in...
Lagos APC chieftain, Kemi Nelson, dies
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mrs Kemi Nelson, is dead. It was gathered that Nelson, one of the female members of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), died on Sunday after a long battle with cancer. The APC chieftain was a former Lagos State Commissioner for Women’s Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Nelson served under Bola Tinubu’s regime. She...
Wamakko donates 4 trucks of food items to IDPs
Umar Adam, Sokoto Eleven communities ravaged by bandits in Sokoto State have received four trucks of food items donated by the senator representing Sokoto Central in the National Assembly, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko. Senator Wamakko donated the food items and financial assistance to the eleven communities ravaged by bandits in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Presenting the relief materials to the...
NDLEA seizes 1,029.5kg cannabis concealed in gas tank
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted over 91 jumbo bags of cannabis, weighing 1,029.5kg and concealed in a truck-mounted natural gas tank at Doma Road in Lafia, Nasarawa State. This was disclosed via a statement issued and made available to The Star on Sunday by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on...
VIDEO: NDLEA arrests woman for hiding drugs in fetish bowls at Lagos airport
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 27-year-old woman, Mrs. Opoola Mujidat, for planting drugs concealed in fetish bowls, containing scary native black soap and sponge of two Oman-bound male passengers at the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. The passengers, Raji Babatunde Kazeem and Akinbobola Omoniyi, were travelling...
Tambuwal’s aide dumps PDP for APC in Sokoto
Hon. Ibrahim Gidado, the Special Adviser to the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The decampee was the former member of the Sokoto State House of Assembly, representing Sokoto South I Constituency. Gidado said he and his supporters decided to dump the PDP over lack of focus and trust...
Buhari congratulates Adeleke, says people’s Will must be respected
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, over his victory in Saturday’s gubernatorial election in the state. Buhari said with the victory of Adeleke at the poll, the people of Osun State expressed their Will through the election, adding that the Will of the people must always matter...
Atiku: Adeleke’s victory, referendum on APC’s govt
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has described the victory of the party’s governorship candidate in the Osun State gubernatorial election, Ademola Adeleke, as a “referendum” on the administration of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Adeleke polled 403,371 votes to defeat the incumbent governor and APC candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, in the governorship election held...
Maikyau floors Gadzama, emerges NBA President
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, has emerged the 36th President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Maikyau emerged during NBA elections held from 12a.m. on Saturday to 11.59p.m. of same day. He polled a total of 22,342 votes to defeat two other contenders, Messrs Joe-Kyari Gadzama (SAN), Chairman of the NBA Securities Agencies Relations Committee; and Jonathan Taidi, a former...
