Buhari appoints Adeniran as Statistician-General/NBS CEO
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Semiu Adeyemi Adeniran as the substantive Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The appointment is with immediate effect, according to a statement made available to The Star by Sufuyan Ojeifo, Special Assistant (Media) to the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning.. This...
Dane sentenced to death for killing Nigerian wife, daughter
A Lagos High Court in Igbosere, on Friday, sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his wife, Zainab, and daughter, Petra. Nielsen, 54, was convicted by Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile on 2-count charge of murder brought against him by Lagos State Government. He was sentenced to death on both counts. In a five-hour judgement, Okikiolu-Ighile held that oral...
2023: Again, PDP adjusts dates for primaries
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has adjusted the dates for the primaries ahead of the 2023 general election. The main opposition party made this known via a statement issued by the PDP Publicity Secretary in Lagos State, Hakeem Amode, on Friday. Amode noted that the party’s primary elections for the State Houses of Assembly and...
Russia-Ukraine war: Latest developments
Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: Russia homes in on Lugansk Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu says Moscow is nearing full control of the separatist region of Lugansk in eastern Ukraine. "The liberation of the Lugansk People's Republic is nearing completion," Shoigu says. After some 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the port city...
Monkeypox spreads as France, Germany, Belgium report first cases
France, Belgium, and Germany on Friday reported their first cases of monkeypox, joining several other European and North American nations in detecting the disease, endemic in parts of Africa. Monkeypox was identified in a 29-year-old man in the Ile-de-France region, which includes Paris, who had not recently returned from a country where the virus is circulating, France's health authorities said...
CITAD calls on gender-based violence victims to speak up
A non-governmental organization, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has called on the victims of gender-based violence and their relatives to speak up about their challenges to enable perpetrators face the consequences of their actions. CITAD's Gender Officer, Zainab Aminu, made the call during the NGO’s monthly media briefing in Kano. Aminu, who was represented by Fatima Baba, stated that...
INTERVIEW: How we’re revolutionising revenue services in Kaduna – Abubakar
From generating about N12 billion in 2015 when the Malam Nasir El-Rufai administration assumed office, Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) had raked in over N50 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2020. Last year, it also surpassed its target as the Executive Chairman, Dr. ZAID ABUBAKAR explained in this interview. Abdallah Yusuf Abdallah reports: Last year, Kaduna State...
Tambuwal lifts curfew in Sokoto, bans all forms of procession
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has lifted the curfew imposed on the state due to the recent killing of a student of the State College of Education, Deborah Samuel, over alleged blasphemy. The latest development was disclosed via a statement issued on Friday by the Sokoto State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Isa Bajini-Galadanchi, noting that the lifting of the 24-hour curfew...
PDP members to Ayu: Don’t circumvent consent judgment on Ogun
Some aggrieved members of the Ogun State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have raised the alarm over alleged plot to jettison, circumvent and violate the consent judgement which resolved the protracted factionalisation of the party in the state. The members warned that if not quickly addressed by the party's National Chairman, Senator Iyiorcha Ayu, and other members of the...
Ogun guber: 4 aspirants write Adamu, call for direct primaries
Four governorship aspirants on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State have called on the party's national leadership to employ direct mode of primaries to choose the gubernatorial flagbearer for the 2023 polls in the state. The aspirants include Arc. Owodunni Opayemi, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, Mrs Modele Sarafa-Yusuf, and Barr. Biyi Otegbeye. The four gubernatorial hopefuls are billed...
