2023: Boost for PDP in Okitipupa as former reps member, Omogbehin rejoins party
The hope of winning future elections by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State received a major boost on Monday as a former member of the House of Representatives, honourable Mike Adeniyi Omogbehin returned to the party. Starnews Nigeria reports that Omogbehin represented Okitipupa/Irele Federal Constituency of Ondo State at the Federal House of Representatives in Abuja between 2015 -2019. Popular opinion rated him as the most performing Lawmaker who has ever represented the Constituency to date. He left the PDP for the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in the wake of the Ondo
BREAKING: Senate moves to establish Institute of Culture & Tourism in Oke-Igbo, Ondo State
A bill for the Establishment of the Institute of Culture & Tourism, Oke-Igbo, Ondo State, has been read for the first time at the Senate on Tuesday. The bill was sponsored by Senator Nicholas Tofowomo representing Ondo South Senatorial District on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. According to the Senator, in a chat with Starnews Nigeria correspondent on Tuesday, “Tourism activities capture a considerable high percentage of GDP for many countries; hence I decided to present a bill for the establishment of the Institute of Culture and Tourism to improve sustainability in the tourism industry of Nigeria
Northern group kicks against zoning 2023 presidency
As PDP zoning committee submits report to NWC THE opposition against the zoning of the 2023 Presidency continued on Monday with a coalition of over 60 Northern groups, describing it as undemocratic. The CNG warned that any political party which takes any step to block the window for the possible emergence of a northern presidential candidate will be rejected. The organization also threatened to revoke the property of any person in the north who may decide to obey the one-month sit-at-home directive issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra. Spokesman for the group, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman said this at a
Zuckerberg apologises to users after losing $7bn in hours as Facebook, others suffer downtime
Silicon Valley techpreneur Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s flagship products offline, Bloomberg reports. Starnews Nigeria had reported that since 04:25pm on Monday, users visiting Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were confronted with error messages. At least over three billion online users were frustrated and unable to connect all over the world due to the shutdown. Chief Technology Officer at Facebook, Mike Schroepfe, tweeted, “Sincere apologies to everyone impacted by
Pandora papers implicate Peter Obi, nine other Nigerians
Civil rights groups on Monday berated politicians and the elites as 10 Nigerian politicians were implicated in the Pandora Papers for tax evasion. They were among hundreds of individuals from other countries indicted by the papers for hiding their wealth and assets in offshore locations to evade taxes. Civil rights organisations including Transition Monitoring Group and the Centre for Public Accountability, in separate interviews with The PUNCH, said report showed deep rooted corruption in Nigeria. The Pandora Papers is an investigation based on one of the biggest-ever leaks of financial documents which exposed a hidden world of shielded wealth belonging
