EFCC arrests 22 suspected internet fraudsters in Delta
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested no fewer than 22 suspected internet fraudsters in Delta State. According to a statement issued and made available to The Star on Monday by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, the suspects were arrested at their hideout in Asaba, the Delta State capital following actionable intelligence on Sunday, May...
Wike sacks Chief of Staff, dissolves cabinet
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has sacked his Chief of Staff, Emeka Woke, and his Senior Special Assistant on Protocol, Harold Koko. This is just as Governor Wike dissolved the state executive council. The latest development was disclosed via a statement issued on Tuesday by the governor’s Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri. Governor Wike, who commended the members of the Rivers...
VIDEO: Flights resume at Kaduna airport two months after closure
Barely two months after the Kaduna International Airport was shut, following an attack by suspected terrorists, commercial flights resumed operations at the airport on Monday. The Star had reported that suspected terrorists, on March 26, attacked the Kaduna airport located in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The suspected insurgents numbering over 200 were said to have taken over...
Policeman bags life imprisonment for defiling minor
The Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Monday, sentenced a policeman, Mohammed Alidu, to life imprisonment for defiling a 9-year-old school girl in a barrack The presiding judge, Justice Abiola Soladoye, in her judgement, held that Alidu was a disgrace to the police as he failed to uphold law and order and went about frolicking...
PDP primaries: Ex-Jigawa gov wins senatorial ticket
A former governor of Jigawa State, Saminu Ibrahim Turaki, has won Jigawa North-West Senatorial District primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Turaki, who rejoined PDP recently, was the governor of the state from 1999 to 2007. However, a former House of Representative member representing Hadejia/Auyo/ Kafin Hausa Federal Constituency, Hussaini Namadi, was also elected for Jigawa North-East Senatorial District. READ...
2023: Buhari’s refusal to sign amended Electoral Act reduces states’ voting strength
The refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act amendment bill that would have permitted statutory delegates to vote has altered the voting strength of some states, reports revealed. Section 12.1 of the All Progressives Congress (APC) constitution says members of the national convention shall include members of the board of trustees, national chairman and all members of the...
2023: APC announces dates for Reps, Assembly primaries
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that the party’s governorship and state Houses of Assembly primaries would hold on Thursday, May 26, 2022. The APC also stated that the party’s senatorial and House of Representatives primaries would hold on Friday, May 27, and May 28, 2022, respectively. The ruling party made this known via a statement issued and made available...
EKSU announces resumption of academic activities
The management of Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, has announced that academic activities in the institution would resume on Tuesday, May 24. The management made this known via a statement issued by the Head, Directorate of Information and Corporate Affairs, EKSU, Bode Olofinmuagun, on Monday. The management of the university said it took the decision to resume academic activities at its...
Reps postpone resumption of plenary to June 7
The House of Representatives has postponed its resumption earlier scheduled for Tuesday, May 24, 2022, to Tuesday, June 7, 2022, over the ongoing political party's primaries across the country. The Clerk of the House of Reps, Dr Yahaya Danzaria, made this known via a statement on Monday. The House had earlier adjourned sitting to May 24 to enable members participate in...
Banky W wins PDP Reps primaries in Lagos
Popular Nigerian singer, Olubankole Wellington, well known as Banky W, was on Monday declared winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries for Eti-Osa Federal Constituency House of Representatives ticket for the 2023 general election. Banky W had a landslide victory, polling 28 out of 31 votes cast by delegates at the primaries. The delegates consisted of 31 adhoc delegates of...
