2023: Osinbajo promises 7,000 delegates accommodation, feeding
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has promised to provide hotel accommodation and feed 7000 delegates from Niger State during the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary in Abuja. The Special Adviser to the Vice President, Babafemi Ojudu, made the disclosure in Minna, the Niger State capital on Wednesday shortly before the arrival of Osinbajo who was led by Governor Abubakar Sani...
Court remands Catholic Knight, cousin for heroin dealing
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the remand of a Catholic Knight, Sir Basil Okafor, and his cousin, Edwin Okwuchukwu Izuchukwu, in custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over alleged illegal dealing in 2.169 kg of heroin. The presiding judge, Justice Daniel Osiagor, gave the order on Wednesday. The order was sequel to the arraignment of the duo...
Ganduje moves to avert defection of APC concensus deputy gov
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, is making frantic efforts to avert another setback in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state as the concensus deputy governor, Murtala Garo's planned defection becomes imminent. Hon. Garo, the immediate past Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, was said to be unhappy with his adoption as a running mate to the...
Police arrest kidnappers of Greenfield varsity students
The police on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of two suspected kidnappers of Greenfield University students in Kaduna State. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this during a media briefing in Abuja. Adejobi said the suspects confessed to the mindless murder of five of the victims before payment of ransom and eventual release of others. He stated that the two suspects...
Clash: FCT minister orders closure of Dei-Dei market
FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello, has ordered the indefinite closure of Dei–Dei International Market following a clash between commercial motorcyclists and traders in Abuja. Bello gave the order on Wednesday after inspecting the scene of the incident with FCT Commissioner of Police, Sunday Babaji, Director State Security Services, other sister security agencies and top officials of the FCT Administration. Trouble started in...
Army Major commits suicide in Kaduna
A former Battalion Commanding Officer who led the fight against Boko Haram in the North-East, Major UJ Undianyede, has reportedly committed suicide. The Major was said to have killed himself less than 72 hours to the verdict of a court-martial trying him for alleged military infractions during the war. The sources, who confirmed the incident on Wednesday night, said Undianyede killed himself...
Frankfurt beat Rangers to win Europa League
Eintracht Frankfurt won their first European title in 42 years by beating Rangers in Wednesday's UEFA Europa League final in Seville. Frankfurt, who also won the tournament when it was called the UEFA Cup in 1980, came from behind in southern Spain before winning in a penalty shootout. Midfielder Joe Aribo, playing out of position as a central striker, gave Rangers the...
NNPP picks Abba for gov as Shekarau, ex-TETFund boss get Senate tickets
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has chosen Abba Kabir Yusuf and Aminu Abdussalam as its concensus governorship candidate and deputy respectively for Kano gubernatorial election in 2023. Former Kano State Governor and Senator representing Kano Central, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, was also selected to contest his current seat on the platform of the NNPP. A former executive Secretary of Tertiary Education...
EFCC arrests ex-NDDC MD, Ekere, over alleged N47bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Nsima Ekere, over alleged diversion of public funds. Sources within the anti-graft agency told The Star that Ekere was arrested in connection with an alleged N47 billion fraud. Ekere was Managing Director of the agency between 2016 and 2018. The Federal...
2023: APC postpones governorship, legislative primaries
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its governorship and state House of Assembly primaries earlier slated for Friday, May 20 and Sunday, May 22, 2022, respectively. The governorship primaries will now hold on Thursday, May 26, while the state House of Assembly primary election has been fixed for Friday, May 27, 2022. The postponement of the primaries was disclosed via...
