Author: Olumide Akinrinlola

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated former First Lady of Kebbi State, Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu on her election as President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). The President described Shinkafi-Bagudu as a renowned paediatrician with a distinguished career in public health. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to…

The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Organised Private Sector have called for the immediate reversal of the hike in the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. Retail stations of NNPC raised the price of petrol to N1,030 from N897/litre in Abuja, and in Lagos it…

Soldiers attached to the Ojo Cantonment Barracks led by a yet-to-be-identified colleague, who was accosted for driving against the traffic around Volks Bus Stop, along the Ojo Iyana Iba Road area of Lagos State have stabbed a policeman, Saka Ganiyu, to death. PUNCH Online gathered that the soldier, who was not wearing his uniform, while…

The commander of 3 Brigade Kano, Brigadier General M.A. Sadiq, has been detained in a military police guardroom in Abuja over alleged diversion of rice palliatives, selling of military equipment, including generator sets and operational vehicles, to scrap yards. Sources who spoke to DAILY NIGERIAN on the condition of anonymity said the Nigerian Defence Headquarters…

The Federal Government, through the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, has commenced the process of appointing new Permanent Secretaries to fill vacancies in eight states. A memo from the OHCSF, signed by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack, on October 7, 2024, indicated that officials currently…

The Lagos State Government has clarified that the recent Federal High Court ruling in Abuja, which bars the Directorate of Vehicle Inspection Services from stopping vehicles, impounding them, or imposing fines on motorists, does not apply in Lagos. The judgment, delivered on October 2, 2024, by Justice Evelyn Maha, stemmed from a fundamental rights enforcement…

There is strong indication that violence may erupt in Ajowa-Akoko in the Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State, following the killing of goats in the agrarian community. Starnews NG exclusively learnt that hundreds of goats were killed while the perpetrators of the act consumed the slain goats without the knowledge of the…

A brewing scandal is unfolding in Ondo State, with timber traders alleging that Adeboye Taofiq Ewenla, popularly known as Adedibu, a Special Assistant to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Forestry (Ondo Central), demanded a N30 million bribe before they would be allowed to operate. The accusation has sparked outrage among the traders, who are now gearing…

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday lamented the increase in the menace of brain drain rocking Nigerian universities and other critical sectors of the country. To tackle the trend, it called on the Nigerian government to increase its yearly budgetary allocations to solve infrastructural decay and enhance monthly enumerations of lecturers. It also mandated its relevant…