Month: May 2019

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has released a new age classification in Nigeria, Starnews has learnt. The launch of the Revised National Youth Policy, 2019 took place in Akure, Ondo State on May 24, 2019. Igbere TV reports that the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, in a foreword presented…

A contestant for the position of president of the Senate in the incoming 9th session of the National Assembly, Ali Ndume, has said that declaring a candidate for the seat of Senate President by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is a breach of Nigerian constitution and that of his party, APC. Ndume said what…

The PDP House of Assembly Candidate for Ondo West Constituency II in the last general election, Hon. Oladapo Abiola is set to embark on another round of Empowerment Programme for his constituents with over 300 people penned as beneficiaries. The Empowerment will cut across various groups, ranging from Artisans, Farmers, Trader Unions and the less…

The Chief Steward to the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, John Achagwa, has allegedly committed suicide. Achagwa committed suicide at the Presidential Lodge in the state’s Government House in Maiduguri. The Chief Steward was said to have greeted his colleagues at the lodge at about 1: 44 pm on Tuesday before he went back and…

A Prosecution witness, on Tuesday, told an FCT High Court that he pleaded with Sen. Dino Melaye not to drink the substance he had in his hand when he threatened to commit suicide on April 24, 2018. Testifying, a police sergeant with the Inspector-General of Police Special Tactical Squad, Sgt. Alwo Mohammed, said, “I pleaded…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari should blame himself and not the leadership of the National Assembly for the delay over the passage of 2019 budget into law. Buhari, who had on Monday signed the 2019 budget into law, had later at night passed a vote…

Following the loss of Zamfara state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), fresh crisis have again hit the party as the Deputy National Chairman, North, Senator Lawali Shuaibu has called for the immediate resignation of the National Chairman of the party, comrade Adams Oshiomhole. In a…

With less than 24 hours to Wednesday’s inauguration, the outgoing Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has handed over the reins of leadership to the incoming governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Deputy Governor-elect, Dr Obafemi in a private meeting held at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.  In a post-meeting briefing held with State House correspondents,…

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday went down memory lane, reviewing his career in the military and said it was hellish even as he recounted that he lived through the momentous events, particularly in 1966, which witnessed coups, counter-coups and later a civil war. The president spoke during a pre-recorded interview aired by the Nigerian Television Authority…

Agency Report The National Assembly Joint Committee has raised concern over Federal Inland Revenue Service’s (FIRS) 2019 projected estimate of non-oil revenue tax collection of N146.54 billion. The co-chairman of the committee, John Enoh, and other members of the committee raised the concern at FIRS’s budget defence in Abuja on Monday. The committee sought to…