Gunmen attack Kuje prison in Abuja
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have attacked the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre in Abuja. It was gathered that the gunmen attacked the correctional centre at about 10pm on Tuesday with explosives. It was further learnt that the assailants freed more than 90 per cent of the inmates. It was gathered that the gunmen, who came with trucks, went away with Boko...
OPEC Secretary-General, Muhammad Barkindo, dies at 63
The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, is dead. The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, disclosed the demise of Barkindo via a tweet on his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday morning. Kyari, who described the death of Barkindo as "a great loss", disclosed that the OPEC boss...
PHOTOS: Pastor Chinyere gifts homeless actor Aguba new house in Port Harcourt
The founder of the Omega Power Ministry, Chibuzor Chinyere, has gifted Nollywood actor, Kenneth Jideofor, popularly known as Aguba, who has since been homeless, a new house in Rivers State. Chinyere gifted the Nollywood actor a new house in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The latest development was disclosed via a post on the church's Facebook page on Tuesday. Aguba was...
Buhari’s visit: Presidential Guards repel attack on convoy
The Presidency has confirmed an attack on the convoy of cars carrying the Advance Team of security guards, protocol and media officers ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to Daura in Katsina State for Sallah. Terrorists ambush policemen, kill Area Commander in Katsina It described the shooting incident near Dutsinma, Katsina State as sad and unwelcome. Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media...
Buhari appoints Saratu Umar as NIPC Executive Secretary
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Hajiya Saratu Umar as Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) for a new term of five years. This was made known via a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Tuesday. According to the statement, Umar holds a Bachelor...
Terrorists ambush policemen, kill Area Commander in Katsina
Terrorists have killed the Police Area Commander of Dutsinma, Katsina State, ACP Aminu Umar. This was disclosed via a statement issued by the Katsina State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, a copy of which was made available to The Star on Tuesday. Isah disclosed that the Area Commander was killed in a gun battle with the terrorists in Zakka...
Police parade 42 suspects, recover fresh human parts in Oyo
The Oyo State Police Command, on Tuesday, paraded 42 suspects for offences ranging from murder, armed robbery, cultism, diversion of goods, and recovered fresh human parts. The new Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Williams, made this known while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Other exhibits recovered from the suspects included arms and ammunition, vehicles,...
Kano CP disburses N8.9m to families of late officers
Kano State Commissioner of Police, Samaila Dikko, has disbursed N8.9 million to families of the deceased police officers in the state as part of efforts to ameliorate their suffering. The next of kin to the seven families of the late police officers were given cheques of the money on behalf of the benefitting families. The Kano State Police Public Relations Officer,...
NSITF: Injured employees paid N306m claims in 4 months
The Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has said the sum of N306,554,896.23 million was paid to injured employees as claims and compensations in the last four months. The NSITF Executive Director, Administration, Barr. Maureen Allagoa, made the disclosure during an interactive session with the media in Abuja on Tuesday. Allagoa noted that the compensations served as cover for medical expenses...
OPEC: Oil & gas industry under siege from multiple fronts
The Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mohammad Barkindo, has warned of a bleak future for the oil and gas industry, if nothing was done to address the threats besieging the sector from multiple fronts. Barkindo, in his keynote address on Tuesday at the ongoing 2022 Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) Conference with the theme, ‘Funding...
