GAC: Why we won’t pick Sanwo-Olu’s replacement
The Governance Advisory Council (GAC) has denied that it has settled for replacement for the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. GAC, the highest political organ in Lagos APC, made this known while reacting to a report stating that the advisory council had found a replacement for the incumbent governor in the state’s Head of Service, Hakeem Muritala Okunola. The Council, in...
EFCC detains VON DG over N1.3bn contract fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained the Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, over N1.3 billion contract fraud. As at 10:30p.m. on Saturday when The Star spoke with sources at the anti-graft agency, the chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was still in custody. It was learnt that the VON DG arrived EFCC headquarters...
DisCos: Why Lagosians are experiencing power outage
The electricity firms – Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) and Ikeja Electric (IE) Plc – servicing Lagos consumers have attributed the outage currently being experienced in the state to a drop in power generation. The DisCos made this known in statements issued on their social media pages on Saturday, regarding the state of power supply to their customers. EKEDC said the...
Soludo: Politics has become big business for drug barons, fraudsters
The Anambra State Governor-Elect, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has lamented the state of Nigeria’s politics, declaring that it has become big business for some criminal elements. Soludo, who won the November 6, 2021 governorship election in Anambra State, said many barons of drug trafficking or internet scamming have flocked into politics as the next easy alternative. The former Governor of Central Bank...
110 abducted Chibok schoolgirls still unaccounted for – Borno community
The Kibaku (Chibok) Area Development Association (KADA) on Saturday in Abuja indicated that 110 of the 276 girls abducted in April 2014, are still unaccounted for. President of KADA, Dauda lliya, at a press conference, said of the 276 girls abducted, 57 escaped from their abductors. He added that parents and the community have continued to be subjected to persistent and...
Police arrest three teenage boys for killing girlfriend for ritual
Three teenage boys have been arrested in Oke Aregba area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, after they were caught burning the head of a girl, said to be in a relationship with one of them, for money ritual. It was gathered that the boys were arrested in the early hours of Saturday after a community security guard, one Segun...
PSC: We won’t surrender our mandate on police recruitment to IGP
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said that the recruitment of police officers remains the constitutional responsibility of the Commission, saying the right was affirmed by a judgement of the Federal Court of Appeal. The Commission made this known in reaction to the protest which led to the Thursday’s shut down of the PSC headquarters in Abuja over the takeover...
NCC alerts Nigerians on new methods to hack phones
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has called the attention of Nigerians to a Short Messaging Service (SMS) Android malware, TangleBot, which is installed on phones by internet fraudsters to defraud unsuspecting internet users. According to NCC, the malware takes complete control of a mobile device, including access to banking data as it reaches the deepest recesses of the Android operating...
Prof opts for no-case submission in electoral fraud case
Prof. Ignatius Uduk of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) is set to plead a no-case submission as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, concluded its prosecution at the Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo, in the alleged electoral fraud case against him. Prof. Uduk of the Department of Physical and Health Education (UNIUYO) who was engaged...
Pastor Ibiyeomie curses ‘yahoo boys’
The founder of Salvation Ministry, Pastor David Ibiyeomie, has rained curses on internet fraudsters, popularly called ‘Yahoo boys’, and culpable policemen allegedly taking “bribe” to stop their arrest. Pastor Ibiyeomie, in a viral video watched by The Star, said the internet fraudsters would get into car accidents because their fraudulent activities have led to the death of many victims who...
