PDP: Assembly, Reps’ primaries commence on Sunday
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the party’s State Houses of Assembly and House of Representatives primaries slated for Sunday, May 22, 2022, will commence as earlier scheduled. The PDP made this known via a statement issued and made available to The Star on Saturday by the party’s National Organizing Secretary, Hon. Umar Bature. The main opposition party added that...
PHOTOS: Police intercept vehicle loaded with bomb materials, rifles in Kano
Kano State Police Command has intercepted a vehicle loaded with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and other sophisticated guns headed into the state from neighbouring Jigawa State. Police Public Relations Officer in Kano, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa disclosed this in a statement made available to The Star sent in Kano. The suspect was reported to have fled and abandoned the vehicle in Bubbugaje...
Survivors in Lagos building collapse hit 3
Two more persons have been rescued alive in a two-storey building that collapsed on Freeman Street, Lagos Island on Saturday. The latest figure brought to three the number of persons rescued alive from the collapsed building. The building, which was under construction, had collapsed during a heavy downpour. The Zonal Coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South-West, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, had earlier confirmed...
Lagos police: Okada riders, passengers defying ban’ll be arrested
The Lagos State Police Command has said that motorcyclists and passengers who defy the ban on motorcycle operations, otherwise known as Okada, in the state will be arrested and prosecuted. The Lagos State Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known via his Twitter handle on Saturday. Hundeyin stated: “Under the new total ban of motorcycles in six local government areas...
Kidnappers free Kano lecturer held while delivering ransom
An associate professor of Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST) Wudil, Huzaifa Karfi, who was kidnapped while delivering ransom to secure release of village head of Karfi earlier abducted, has been freed. Sources close to the victim confirmed to The Star that Dr. Karfi, who was released on Saturday afternoon at Zaria where he went to deliver ransom money...
One dead as another building collapses in Lagos
One person has been confirmed dead after a two-storey building collapsed at Freeman Road, Lagos Island on Saturday. The incident was confirmed by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), noting that one person was also rescued from the collapsed building. The Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, South-West, Ibrahim Farinloye, disclosed that the building under construction collapsed during torrential rainfall. He added that emergency...
Ganduje, Sule to Tinubu: Your achievement in Lagos recommends you for 2023 presidency
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, and his Nasarawa State counterpart, Abdullahi Sule, have said achievement of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, as a governor of Lagos State has recommended him for the 2023 presidency. The two governors said this on Friday when Tinubu, a two-term former governor of Lagos State, visited...
ASUU: We won’t call off strike despite payment of arrears
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the union will not call off its ongoing industrial action despite the payment of minimum wage arrears by the Federal Government. ASUU made this known via a circular issued by the University of Lagos (UNILAG) branch of the union on Saturday. The circular was titled, ‘Payment of minimum wage arrears’. It read: “The leadership...
De Bruyne named Premier League Player of the Season
Manchester City midfielder, Kevin De Bruyne, has been voted the Premier League's Player of the Season. De Bruyne has enjoyed his most productive Premier League campaign, scoring 15 goals and providing seven assists. The Belgian previously won the accolade in 2020, while Mohamad Salah claimed it in 2018. It is the third successive season that a City player has received the prize...
Blasphemy: 6 houses, 7 shops razed in Bauchi — Police
The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that irate youths set six houses and seven shops ablaze in the crisis that erupted at Katanga Community of Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Friday. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Wakil, made this known via a statement on Saturday. Wakil noted that some community members also sustained injuries...
