APC holds post-convention NEC meeting Wednesday
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the maiden post-national convention meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) will hold on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. The emergency NEC meeting, which will take place at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, will commence at 10 am. This was disclosed via a statement...
Ricketts-led consortium withdraws bid to buy Chelsea
The Ricketts-led consortium announced on Friday it had withdrawn its bid to buy Premier League club Chelsea, which is being sold by owner Roman Abramovich. The Chicago Cubs owners and their partners opted not to submit a final bid for the Blues, with the consortium members understood to be unable to agree the final composition of their offer. Cubs owners Tom...
Russia-Ukraine war: Latest developments
Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: Russia threatens Kyiv Russia's defence ministry warns it will intensify attacks on Kyiv in response to Ukrainian strikes on Russian soil, after accusing Ukraine of targeting Russian border towns. Russian officials accuse Ukraine of sending two helicopters across the border to bomb a town in Russia's southern Bryansk region, wounding seven people...
Burnley sack manager Sean Dyche
Relegation-threatened Premier League club Burnley announced on Friday they had sacked long-serving manager Sean Dyche. The Clarets are 18th in the Premier League, four points adrift of safety having won only four matches all season. "Results this season have been disappointing and, while this was an incredibly difficult decision, with eight crucial games of the campaign remaining, we feel a change...
Wike: I’ll never settle for vice president position
Rivers State Governor and presidential aspirant, Nyesom Wike, says he will never settle for vice president position ahead of the 2023 general election. “I’m not coming out to negotiate to be vice to anyone, I’m coming out to contest for the number one position in the country,’’ Wike told party chiefs in Benin on Thursday. He lamented the pervading atmosphere of...
Veteran Saxophonist, Orlando Julius, dies at 79
Popular Nigerian Saxophonist, Orlando Julius, has died at the age of 79. The wife of the veteran Saxophonist, Latoya Ekemode, confirmed his death on Friday. She disclosed that Orlando Julius passed out in his sleep on Thursday night. “Yes, my husband passed on late last night, there was no indication that death was coming, he was not ill, he only slept and...
CJN to Buhari: Thanks for not asking for favours
President Muhammadu Buhari says the executive arm of the government will continue to respect the judiciary within the boundaries laid out in the Constitution in order to strengthen the country’s democracy. Buhari said this while speaking at the Iftar (breaking of Ramadan fast) dinner he hosted for the leadership of the country’s judiciary on Thursday night. President Buhari said: “I assure...
Edo monthly IGR hits N3bn
The Chairman of the Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS), Hon. John Inegbedion, has said the service has met its monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) target of N3 billion in the first quarter of 2022, increasing from the previous haul of N2.8bn. This was disclosed during the service’s 2022 quarterly (January-March) performance review meeting held by the management of EIRS...
AKK pipeline project: NNPC to deliver first gas in Q1 2023
The Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work done on the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project, saying the first Quarter 2023 target for the project delivery would be met. The NNPC GMD/CEO, Mallam Mele Kyari, said this when he took the board members on an official tour of Segment A...
Buhari reconstitutes Board of Federal Mortgage Bank
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. This latest development was with a view to repositioning the Federal Mortgage Bank as a core banking institution with core competence in mortgage finance. This was made known via a statement issued and made available to The Star on Thursday by the Senior Special...
