Month: May 2019

The Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates has called on the members of the incoming 9th House of Representatives to stick to a choice without a moral burden and questionable history in the coming speakership election or risk a reputation in the face of the entire world.  The coalition, in a statement signed by…

Elders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State, have alleged that former governor of the state, Senator Godswill Akpabio is unfit to become a minister under the next administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The elders, in a letter to President Buhari, which was made available to newsmen yesterday, warned him not to…

A group in Lagos under the auspices of Save Lagos Group (SLG) has lauded the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over his stand against godfatherism in Lagos which was widely believed to be against the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. The SLG convener, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, in a statement…

Ahmad Lawan, majority leader of the senate, says the N13.5 million running cost for senators is justified as a result of the nature of their works. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Saturday, the Yobe north senator said the money is seen as “jumpo pay” because many people do not understand the lawmakers’ functions. Nigerian lawmakers…

The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday lamented that the country had been witnessing what it called escalated despondency, depression and misery since the conclusion of the last presidential election. The party urged Nigerians to support one another at this trying time, in order to check the rising social degeneration, particularly suicide. Its position was contained…

Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has taken a swipe on Femi Adesina, President Muhammadu Buhari’s special adviser on Media and Publicity for allegedly calling Christian leaders who are opposing Buhari and supporting chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s comment against the president as false prophets, witches, wizards and marabouts. Femi Adesina was alleged to have claimed in…

Ahead of Wednesday’s swearing in of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term, the presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, in this interview with Daily Trust unveiled key things the president will do in his second term. The president will be sworn in for a second term on Wednesday. What should Nigerians except?  Nigerians should expect renewed…

Starnews has obtained the full list of elected candidates in Zamfara state following the judgement of the Supreme Court as officially released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.  Mr. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, made the announcement during a press conference in Abuja on Saturday. NAME OF ELECTED CANDIDATE, GENDER AND THEIR PARTY  Governorship  GOVERNOR: BELLO MOHAMMED…

The Department of State Services DSS has barricaded the country home of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in an attempt to arrest him.  The DSS want the former President to defend his allegations raised in accusing Buhari of plotting to use Boko Haram, herdsmen to Islamize Nigeria. Obasanjo, who spoke on the topic, “Mobilizing Nigeria’s human& natural…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, has rubbished the N500bn Social Investment Programme of her husband’s administration, saying that it failed “woefully” in the North in particular. Aisha, who hails from Adamawa State, said the situation in her home state, as far as the implementation was concerned, was pathetic. She also cited Kano, a highly-populated northern…

The Federal  High  Court  sitting in Owerri has ordered that the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) should not issue a Certificate of Return to Rochas Okorocha as a senator-elect for Imo West. The court, in a suit filed by  Hon. Jones Onyeriri, the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Senatorial  candidate for Imo West, ordered that the status quo…