2023: Ogun Elders Council endorses Abiodun’s second term bid
Governor Dapo Abiodun’s re-election bid received a boost on Friday as the Governor's Elders Advisory Council officially endorsed his second term bid. Giving the position of the Council, its chairman, Chief Oluleye Okuboyejo, in a proclamation he read at the Oba's Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, particularly commended the Ogun State governor for the increase in the ease of doing business index. This,...
2023: Osinbajo, Tinubu, S’West govs, ministers in closed-door meeting
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-West are currently meeting in Lagos, strategizing on how the region will be able to present a formidable front in its quest to produce the presidential candidate of the ruling party in 2023. Major presidential aspirants from the zone are attending the meeting holding at Lagos House, Marina. The Star reliably gathered...
Police nab fake soldier in Lagos
The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a fake soldier, identified as Samuel Msughter, around the Epe-Ijebu Road area of the state. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure via a statement on Friday. The statement was titled, ‘Arrest of fake soldier’. Hundeyin noted that the suspect specialise in escorting goods in full army...
Kaduna govt partners UNICEF for health, education delivery
Kaduna State Government says it will partner with UNICEF for a comprehensive quality service delivery to the people in the areas of health, education and nutrition. The state deputy governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, said this while receiving the UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Mr Peter Hawkins, on Friday. Balarabe said Kaduna State Government is a strong unit of human capital development where...
Tinubu endorses Sanwo-Olu for second term
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has endorsed Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for a second term in office. Tinubu made the endorsement as he raised the hands of Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat at an APC stakeholders’ meeting in Ikeja, Lagos on Friday. The former Lagos State Governor said Sanwo-Olu and his deputy had built an unbreakable...
2023: Amosun, Boroffice pick APC presidential forms as Yerima joins race
Former Ogun State Governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun; Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu; and the senator representing Ondo North Senatorial District, Ondo State, Ajayi Boroffice; have obtained the N100 million presidential nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) The APC presidential aspirants picked the nomination forms on Friday to vie for the presidential ticket of the ruling party...
2023: Emefiele picks N100m APC presidential forms
Associates of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Friday, obtained the Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the CBN Governor to contest the 2023 presidential election. The APC presidential forms were picked on behalf of the CBN Governor at about 11 am. Emefiele joined a long list of other presidential...
Police arrest 3 Kwankwaso supporters over clash with Wali’s loyalists
The Kano State Police Command says it has arrested three suspects over their involvement in the clash between supporters of ex-Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart in the state, Ambassador Aminu Wali. The Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, confirmed the arrest on Friday. Kiyawa gave the names of the suspects as Malam Dahiru Haruna,...
Arteta extends Arsenal’s contract
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has signed a new three-year contract that will keep him at the club until 2025. The 40-year-old Spaniard took over at the Emirates Stadium in December 2019 following the dismissal of Unai Emery. Arteta is close to taking the Gunners back into the Champions League after a five-year absence, with the side currently fourth in the Premier...
Buhari ignores South-East leaders’ plea to release Kanu
President Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu must defend himself in court. Buhari said this while responding to appeals for the release of the detained IPOB leader. The South-East traditional, religious and political leaders made the appeal during a Town Hall meeting with the President in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital...
