Breaking: FG lifts suspension on Twitter after seven months
The Federal Government has lifted the suspension on micro blogging site, Twitter, in Nigeria after approval by President Muhammadu Buhari. The decision was announced by the Chairman, Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi. The government had on June 4, 2021, suspended Twitter barely two days after the social media platform deleted a...
New Law: Herdsmen risk 14-year jail term, N5m fine in Benue
Benue House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Amendment Bill 2017. The amendment proposed a 14-year jail term with an option of N5 million fine for anyone who engages the services of an under aged child to break the law. The new law equally stipulates various fines for confiscated livestock which includes N50,000 fine per...
Pwajok oversees NAMA as FG redeploys Directors, SAs in aviation agencies
The Federal Government on Wednesday effected some changes in the nation’s aviation sector. The Managing Director of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Capt. Fola Akinkuotu, has been replaced with a former Director of Operations in the agency, Lawrence Pwajok. The five-year tenure of Akinkuotu ended on Sunday, January 9, 2022. Pwajok, who retired from service in December 2021, was directed by...
Divided APC govs parley over National Convention as party speaks
To resolve the crisis tearing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) apart over the conduct of the National Convention, governors elected on the platform of the party are meeting tonight in Abuja. The Star learnt that the APC governors will decide on the way forward for the party and resolve various issues surrounding the delay in the announcement of the...
Between Tinubu and Buhari’s favoured successor
By OLUDAYO TADE The market for 2023 politics has been declared opened by the son of Abibatu Mogaji who is also the ceremonial national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT). The Asiwaju of Lagos State had visited the president to intimate him of his intention to vie for the number one position in...
Buhari: Mass killings of innocent people by bandits extremely unfortunate
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday described the mass killings of innocent people by retreating bandits in Zamfara State as “extremely unfortunate”. The President, who described the recent incident as a very sad one for the nation, reiterated his earlier commitment to tackle the monster of terrorism head on, giving assurances that the besieged communities and other Nigerians will not be...
Police arrest suspected killer of UniJos student
The Police Command in Plateau has arrested one Moses Oko, 20, for allegedly killing Miss Jennifer Anthony, a 300-Level student of University of Jos. Mr. Bartholomew Onyeka, the Commissioner of Police in the state, presented the suspect to journalists on Wednesday in Jos. The body of Jennifer Anthony was found at Domus Pacis lodge in Jos on Saturday, January 1, with...
Gunmen attack Plateau community, kill 3-month-old baby, 17 others
No fewer than 18 people including a three-month-old baby lost their lives in the attack on Ancha community in Miango chiefdom of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau by gunmen. National Secretary, Iregwe Development Association, Mr. Danjuma Auta, told journalists on Wednesday that the attack which lasted for over two hours on Tuesday night led to the killing of 18 people...
World Bank: Inflation, debt, inequality may endanger Nigeria’s recovery
The World Bank has projected that a rise in inflation, debt and income inequality could endanger the recovery in emerging and developing economies, which Nigeria was a part of. It also projected that Nigeria’s growth to strengthen to 2.5 per cent in 2022 and 2.8 per cent in 2023. The World Bank said this in Washington at the presentation of its...
Guinness Nigeria appoints Emmanuel Difom as Finance Director
The Board of Directors of Guinness Nigeria Plc has approved the appointment of Mr. Emmanuel Difom as the Finance and Strategy Director of the company. The appointment took effect from 1st November 2021. The appointment was approved at the Board’s meeting held on 26th October 2021. The appointment and approval were contained in a Notice to the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), the...
