2023: Ex-Speaker quits APC over Kano governorship race
A former speaker of Kano State House of Assembly and governorship aspirant, Hon. Kabiru Rurum, has quit the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). This is in response to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s reported endorsement of his deputy, Nasiru Gawuna, as his successor to be paired with a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Murtala Garo. Kano APC crisis: Ganduje steps...
Fedpoly Ede debunks increase in school fees
The management of Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, has debunked reports of increment in school fees for all students of the institution. The Protocol, Media and Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr. Sola Lawal, made the clarification in a statement on Sunday. Lawal described the allegation as baseless and callous, adding that the allegation that the management of the school...
Buhari: FG, state govts must end killings in Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the federal and state governments must do all that could be done to bring an immediate end to the horrific killings in the country. President said that there had been several breaches, especially in view of the bandits’ attack on Damri, Sabongarin Damri, and Kalahe villages in Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara State. He...
Buhari departs Abuja for Cote d’Ivoire
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday leave for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, to attend the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made the disclosure via a statement on Sunday. Shehu said the conference was aimed at addressing the...
Lagos govt demolishes partially collapsed buildings in Okota
The Lagos State Government says it has demolished a partially collapsed three-storey building along Chris Ngadi Avenue, Ago Palace Way in the Okota area of the state on Saturday. The spokesman of the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Mukaila Sanusi, made this known via a statement on Sunday. Sanusi noted that the Lagos State Building Control...
NDLEA intercepts tramadol, cannabis in Kaduna, Yobe
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted large consignments of psychoactive substances in parts of North-West, North-East, and North-Central regions of the country. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, made this known via a statement issued and made available to The Star on Sunday. Babafemi noted that a drug dealer, Obinna Anene, popularly called Young Alhaji, was...
VIDEO: 2 pregnant women, barber arrested for drug trafficking at Lagos airport
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two pregnant women and a barber at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos for attempting to import and export illicit drugs into the country through the airport. The barber, a Brazilian returnee identified as Nworie Phillip Chikwendu, was arrested on Tuesday, May 3 during an inward...
INEC chair: I remain an umpire, I won’t join presidential race
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has denied the reports making the rounds that he is nursing presidential ambition ahead of the 2023 general election. Yakubu described the reports as a “preposterous proposition”, adding that he will never contest the next year’s presidential election. The INEC Chairman, who said he remains an umpire, reiterated his commitment to...
Buhari’s 2019 returning officer in Gombe, Mailantarki, dumps APC
Khamisu Ahmad Mailantarki, President Muhammadu Buhari's returning officer during the 2019 general election in Gombe State, has dumped the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). Mailantarki was also a founding member of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Gombe State. He, however, announced his decision to dump the APC via a letter addressed to the APC Chairman of Herwagana Ward...
Kano APC crisis: Ganduje steps in, Jibrin ready for parley
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has directed the state leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to immediately take measures for the resolution of the internal differences arising from aspirants seeking to contest election into the Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives. Ganduje gave the directive via a statement issued by the Kano APC Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas,...
