Buhari signs four bills passed by NASS
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to four bills recently passed by the National Assembly. This was made known via a statement issued and made available to The Star on Friday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The presidential aide noted that the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on National Assembly Matters...
Court: FG right on Kanu’s abduction in Kenya, rendition to Nigeria
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday, exonerated the Federal Government on the allegation that leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was forcefully abducted abroad to stand his trial in Nigeria. Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling, held that rendition for the purpose of criminal investigation is allowed. Nyako said since Kanu was on bench warrant,...
Klopp: Guardiola, best coach in the world
Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, said facing Manchester City is the toughest task in football and hailed Pep Guardiola as the world's best coach. Klopp's side visit City on Sunday in a crucial clash in the Premier League title race. Second placed Liverpool are one point behind leaders City with eight games left for both teams. A win for Liverpool would put them...
Russia-Ukraine war: Latest developments
Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: - 39 killed at train station - At least 39 people are killed, including four children, in a rocket attack on a train station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk that is being used for civilian evacuations, according to Ukraine's SBU security service. AFP journalists on the scene saw the bodies...
Buhari speaks on Jonathan’s road crash
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with former President Goodluck Jonathan on the demise of his two personal staff, who died in a road crash. The Star had reported that Jonathan was involved in an auto accident on Wednesday in Abuja. The accident, which occurred on Wednesday evening, claimed the lives of two of Jonathan’s aides. The former President said the accident occurred...
2023: Akeredolu’s wife declares for Imo senatorial seat
Wife of Ondo State Governor, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has declared ambition to run for Imo East senatorial seat ahead of the 2023 general election. Mrs Akeredolu said she is running for Imo East Senatorial District election in 2023 to lead the leadership conversation on behalf of her people. The Ondo First Lady stated this during an interaction with members of the...
VIDEO: I’ve found new lover ― Actress Nkechi
Popular Nollywood actress, Nkechi Blessing Sunday, has revealed that she has found a new lover This is coming barely a few days after the actress announced the end of her marriage to Ekiti-born politician, Opeyemi Falegan. Falegan, in an Instagram live video on Wednesday, announced he had broken up with Nkechi just one year after they got married. The politician said he...
PHOTOS: Troops neutralize Boko Haram terrorists in Borno
The Nigerian Army has said that the troops of Operation Desert Sanity, have neutralized several members of the Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province Terrorists (ISWAP) in Borno State. The army said the terrorists were killed around Kangarwa/Metele in Borno State. The Nigerian Army made the disclosure via a tweet on its verified Twitter handle on Friday. It stated that...
IPOB: Court strikes out 8 counts, begins Kanu’s trial on 7
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out eight of the 15 terrorism and felony charges proffered against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, by the Federal Government. The presiding judge, Justice Binta Nyako, struck out the eight charges on Friday. Ruling on a preliminary objection filed by Kanu, Justice Nyako said counts...
Court jails man 12 months for attempting to steal from Obasanjo
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 33-year-old man, Seun Sowemimo, to 12 months imprisonment without option of fine for attempting to steal from ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Sowemimo whose address was not provided pleaded guilty to the two-count charge of theft and causing breach of peace. The Magistrate, Mrs. Olajumoke Somefun, said that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the convict is...
