Driver crushes LASTMA official to death in Lagos
A driver has crushed an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Jamiu Issa, to death in the Lekki-Ajah area of the state. It was gathered that the yet-to-be-identified driver was driving against traffic when he rammed into the LASTMA official, who wanted to arrest him for the traffic offence. Some Lagosians were said to have pursued the driver...
Buhari on plane crash: I’m shocked beyond words
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the tragic and unfortunate death of two officers in a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) plane crash in Kaduna. Reacting to the death of Flight Lieutenant Abubakar Alkali and Flight Lieutenant Elijah Haruna Karatu, the President said: "I am shocked beyond words by the demise of these two promising young men who risked their...
APC not immune to defeat in 2023 – National Chair
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has warned that the ruling party is not immune to defeat in the 2023 general election. Adamu, while speaking at the party`s 11th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, said lack of unity in some of the party`s state chapters could cost its electoral victory in 2023. He...
Governor sends 97 clerics to Hajj to pray against banditry
A few days after he distributed more than 200 Cadillac 2019 model to traditional rulers in Zamfara State, Governor Bello Matawalle has sent 97 clerics to Saudi Arabia on Lesser Hajj on Wednesday to go and pray for a stoppage of banditry. The state government stated that the prayer voyage is part of its decision to diversify strategies to restore...
Buhari: I pardoned Dariye, Nyame due to life-threatening ill-health
President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why it pardoned two former governors - Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame - jailed for corruption. The Presidency in a statement on Wednesday by Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu, stated that President Buhari only exercised his constitutional mandate in the pardon granted to the former Governors of Plateau and...
Arsenal stun Chelsea with 4-2 win
Arsenal ended their three-game losing streak on Wednesday with a 4-2 win against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The Gunners led twice in the first-half and were pegged back on both occasions, but showed character to push on in the second half. Eddie Nketiah bagged Arsenal's third before Saka wrapped things up with a late penalty. Nketiah was given the nod ahead of...
Adeyanju: APC encouraging corruption with N100m form
Popular political activist and convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, says the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would encourage looting and corruption, following the exorbitant fees for the party’s nomination forms. The Star had earlier reported that the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, pegged the party’s nomination forms at N100m for the president, Senate at N20...
Assistant Police Commissioner slumps, dies on duty
An Assistant Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa State, ACP Emmanuel Idowu Asufi, has slumped and died in the state. Asufi, who was in charge of Administration in the Bayelsa State Police Command, was said to have died while on official duty on Tuesday. It was gathered that the ACP collapsed and died at the police headquarters in Ovom community, Yenagoa, the...
Kano commissioner rejects Ganduje’s order, resigns from cabinet
The Kano State Commissioner of Planning and Budget, Nura Muhammad Dankadai, has resigned from Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s cabinet. This is contrary to the governor’s directive which stopped his Chief of Staff, Haruna Makoda, and three commissioners from resigning from their positions. Governor Ganduje had earlier directed all political appointees seeking elective positions ahead of the 2023 general election to resign from...
@NEC: What Buhari told APC leaders about PDP, 2023, security
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja urged leaders and members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to be more mindful of the pitfalls that led to the ouster of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015. “The PDP thought that only time could remove them, and the time actually came. They thought it was impossible to lose elections. “We...
