DSS: Criminal gangs plotting bomb explosions like Jonathan’s era
The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm over plots by criminal elements to return the country to the pre-2015 era (Goodluck Jonathan’s era) reminiscent of IED attacks on soft and hard targets. Public Relations Officer of DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, made the disclosure in a statement made available to The Star on Tuesday. Afunanya said: “Though there are...
E-Money sponsors Portable to London as singer announces UK tour
Popular Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, well known as Portable, has been sponsored to London, United Kindgdom by famous socialite and businessman, Emeka Okonkwo, fondly called E-Money. Portable made this known via videos and pictures shared on his Instagram page. The singer, who was seen with E-Money at the airport, also announced on Tuesday that he would perform in three cities while...
Group to APC: Probe forgery allegations on Akwa Ibom congress
A pro-All Progressives Congress group in Akwa Ibom State, Defenders of Akwa Ibom APC, has drawn the attention of the national leadership of the party to reports on the alleged forgery committed by officials of the newly inaugurated state leadership of the party in Akwa Ibom State. The group in a statement issued on Tuesday drew reference to a story...
Kogi gov pays N100m for APC presidential forms
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Tuesday paid N100 million for his All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest the 2023 presidential election. Director, Media and Publicity, Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mrs. Yemi Kolapo, disclosed this in a statement. Kolapo said the governor paid the required N100 million for the purchase of the forms early on...
N2.5bn debt: CBN contests order to pay 110 disengaged ABU staff
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Tuesday, before the National Industrial Court, contested the court’s order to pay 110 disengaged staff of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, that were sacked in 1996 their entitlements. Joined in the suit as respondents are the 110 disengaged staff, ABU, Zaria, the Minister, Federal Ministry of Education and the Attorney General of the Federation...
Protest over planned relocation of PDP primaries’ venue to barracks
By CHIDI OKOH Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates in Akwa ibom State have expressed deep concern over the planned relocation of the party’s governorship primary election slated for May 21, 2022, to Army barracks, Ibagwa in Abak council area of the state against the Uyo township stadium which had been the acceptable venue over the years. It was gathered that the...
@50: AfDB invests $45bn across 40 countries
The African Development Bank (AfDB) through the African Development Fund (ADF) has invested $45 billion in 2,750 operations across 40 African countries. The Bank in a brochure titled ‘50 Voices, 50 Stories: Celebrating the impact of the African Development Fund over five decades,” said this on its website on Tuesday. AfDB said that since the creation of the fund in 1972,...
S’Court nullifies Andy Uba’s participation in Anambra guber election
The Supreme Court has nullified the participation of Andy Uba in the November 2021 governorship election in Anambra State. Uba was the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A five-member panel of the apex court, in a judgment on Tuesday, held that the APC breach its guidelines for the conduct of primaries and thus, failed to conduct valid primary...
Ex-Senate President Ebute leads NASS Forum
Former Senate President, Senator Ameh Ebute, has been nominated as the National Leader of National Assembly Senators and Hon Members Forum. The national co-coordinator of the Forum, Barr. Tony Mike Akpan, made the nomination known via a statement issued and made available to The Star on Tuesday. He noted that Senator Ebute, being the most senior Senate President in Nigeria currently,...
2023: 250 female aspirants obtain PDP forms
Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Women Leader, Prof. Stella Effah-Attoe, has said that 250 female aspirants had bought the party’s Expression of Interest forms for the 2023 general election. Effah-Attoe said this at a meeting she held with some of the aspirants at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Monday. She urged the women to aim at winning elections and...
