Ambode urges youths to get PVC ahead 2023
Former Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, has urged youths in the state to get their Permanent Voters' Cards (PVCs) ahead of the 2023 general election. Ambode gave the admonition via a post on his Facebook page on Tuesday. The former governor, who has been politically reserved since he left office in 2019, said power remains in the hands of the...
Bandits abduct 38 in Katsina
Bandits operating in the Faskari forest of Katsina State have abducted 38 persons from Ruwan-Godiya Village in Faskari Local Government Area of the state. The incident happened on Monday night, 31st January. According to Mallam Jijirma Usman Faakari, three persons were wounded during the attack which lasted about two hours (from 7:30p.m. to 9:30p.m.). The Star learnt that not less than 50...
Buhari launches N62bn HIV Trust Fund, 1.7m Nigerians on treatment
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja launched a N62 billion trust fund to help Nigeria end AIDS as a public health threat and place more people living with HIV on treatment annually. As at today, 1.7 million Nigerians are on HIV treatment. Speaking at the launch of the HIV Trust Fund of Nigeria (HTFN), the President pledged that his administration...
U.S. expands visa services, re-introduces ‘drop box’ applications in Nigeria
The United States Mission in Nigeria has expanded its visa services to assist non-immigrant visa applicants in Nigeria who qualify to renew their visa. The new services take effect from February 1st. “This new application procedure will begin in February at the U.S. Consulate in Lagos and will be extended shortly thereafter to the U.S. Embassy in Abuja. "The number of qualified applicants...
It is finished! Don Jazzy laments losing Rihanna to A$AP
Mavin Records Chief Executive Officer, Michael Collins Ajereh, widely known as Don Jazzy, has reacted to pregnancy news of Barbadian singer, Rihanna. Rihanna, who is a well-known crush of Don Jazzy, broke the internet on Monday with pictures of her baby bump while strolling in New York City with her rapper lover, A$AP Rocky. However, the Mavin Record boss, who reacted to...
Suspect: Brewery officer promised me N30m for human parts
A 35-year-old Timothy Odeniyi was on Sunday arrested with human parts in Ondo town, Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The suspect was paraded on Monday in Akure, the Ondo State capital, by the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps. He allegedly killed a man, severed his body parts and buried his remains in a...
Jennifer: My battle with Atiku over divorce, assets, threats
Jennifer Abubakar, the third wife of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has explained why she parted ways with the former Vice President. She gave insight into why she asked for divorce from Atiku, how the former vice president ejected her out of Abuja and Yola houses, how she took over the Dubai house and the threats from the politician. Jennifer gave a blow...
El-Rufai seeks Theatre Command to tackle banditry in Kaduna, Zamfara, others
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has called for establishment of a Theatre Command similar to that of the North-East, to tackle the security situation in the five states of the North-West and Niger State, bedevilled by banditry. The governor who made this known on Tuesday, while receiving the 2021 annual security report, presented by the state Commissioner for Internal Security...
Ben Bruce’s mother, Margaret, dies at 95
The matriarch of the famous Murray-Bruce family, Margaret, is dead. She died at the age of 95. His son, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce of Silverbird Group, announced that Margaret passed on at 4:40a.m. on Tuesday. He wrote: “Life. Indeed, like sand in the wind, today it’s here, tomorrow it’s gone. My mum is gone. She died at 4:40a.m. this morning. My gem of...
Ecobank battles Vigeo, Osibodu in court over N8.7bn debt
Ecobank Nigeria Limited has dragged a Lagos businessman, Mr. Victor Osibodu and his company, Vigeo Limited, before a Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged N8.7 billion debt. At the resumed hearing of the matter on Monday before Justice Yellin Bogoro, Ecobank's lawyer, Dapo Akinosun (SAN), informed the court that his client has 111 exhibits attached to the court’s process. Akinosun...
