Zaura: I’ll end Kwankwaso-Shekarau domination of Kano politics
A candidate for the Kano Central Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC, Abdulsalam Abdulkarim, popularly known as A. A. Zaura, has vowed to put an end to domination of Kano politics by the duo of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Ibrahim Shekarau. A.A. Zaura emerged as the candidate of the APC for Kano Central Senatorial District...
Osinbajo, Tinubu, Lawan, 5 govs, 4 ex-ministers, 11 others face screening
After several postponements amid uncertainties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) will begin the screening of its presidential aspirants today, Monday May 30, 2022. The screening exercise will continue on Tuesday. Twenty-three aspirants are billed for presidential screening. The screening will take place at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja. The governing party has fixed June 6-9 for its national convention to elect the presidential...
EFCC arraigns Okorocha for N2.9bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, arraigned the former governor of Imo State, Sen. Rochas Okorocha, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over fraud charges. The latest development followed the arrest of Okorocha on Tuesday in Abuja by the anti-graft agency. The Star had reported last Friday that the court refused to grant bail to the former...
2023 Presidency: Buhari, APC disown Jonathan
President Muhammadu Buhari and the governing party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), have put spanners in the works of former President Goodluck Jonathan in his bid to return to Aso Rock in 2023. The President, according to Presidency sources, has distanced himself from the Jonathan project. Also, the APC has declared that Jonathan is not a member of the ruling party...
Another explosion rocks Kogi
Another explosion, on Sunday, rocked Kabba in Kabbah-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. This is coming barely two weeks after an explosion rocked the town. The incident, which generated controversies as to whether it was a bomb or gas cylinder, occurred on May 11 at a beer parlour around Lewu Junction in Kabba. 16 persons were confirmed dead in the explosion. However,...
NECO extends 2022 registration for internal SSCE
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has extended the registration period of the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for school-based candidates to Monday, June 20. The extension was announced via a statement issued by the NECO spokesperson, Azeez Sani, on Monday. Sani stated that the registration period was initially scheduled to close on Monday, May 30. He, however, noted that there would...
NCDC reports 21 Monkeypox cases, one death
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in its latest report on Monkeypox, said the country has recorded 21 cases in 2022. The NCDC said the country recorded six cases of Monkeypox and one death in May. The agency noted that Nigeria’s risk of exposure to the Monkeypox virus was high based on the recent risk assessment it conducted. The NCDC in...
How Atiku struck last-minute deal with Tambuwal to clinch PDP presidential ticket
More facts have been revealed on how former Vice President Atiku Abubakar beat 14 other aspirants to clinch the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday. It was learnt that two last-minute negotiations with presidential aspirants from the North, especially Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal, gave Atiku the cutting edge over his closest rival, River State Governor Nyesom...
EFCC arrests ex-Zamfara gov, Yari
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari. Yari was arrested by the EFCC on Sunday over alleged fraud relating to the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P). The arrest of the former governor was confirmed by an official of the commission. According to the EFCC official, the anti-graft agency also arrested the...
Methodist Church Prelate, Bishop, Chaplain kidnapped in Abia
The Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu Uche, has been kidnapped. Uche was abducted on Sunday along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State. He was kidnapped alongside Rt. Rev. Dennis Mark, the Methodist Bishop of Owerri and the Prelate’s Chaplain, by yet to identified gunmen. Sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
