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The Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) has denied claims that the NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, facilitated the return of the dethroned Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, to the ancient city on Saturday. The spokesperson for the office of the NSA, Zakari Mijinyawa, described the claims as false. Mijinyawa, who spoke in Abuja, was…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, couldn’t have returned to the ancient city without the Federal Government’s backing. In a Saturday post on X, Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), warned that any attempt to destabilise the peace of Kano…
Traffic will be diverted along Gbagada-Oworonshoki Expressway, from Alapere-Ogudu-Car Wash and Iyana Oworo inward Anthony/Oshodi, the Lagos State Government said on Saturday. The diversion, according to a Saturday statement by the Deputy Director of Public Affairs, Ministry of Transportation, Bolanle Ogunlola, is due to exigent repairs. “Motorists will be denied access from Ram Seller area…
Former Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, has again expressed backing for the administration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. At the inauguration of the Omoku-Egbema Road in the state on Saturday, Odili told Fubara not to be apprehensive of anyone as the people of the state are with him. READ ALSO: Why I No Longer Have Smooth…
US rapper Nicki Minaj has been detained at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on suspicion of possessing soft drugs, Dutch media reported Saturday. The singer was due to perform a show in Britain later Saturday and posted images on social media of her being questioned by officials. Police confirmed to AFP that they had detained a 41-year-old…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Lagos State to commission the Lagos-Calabar Superhighway, estimated to cost about N15 trillion. The 700 km Lagos-Calabar coastal road is designed to connect Lagos to Cross River, passing through Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom states, before culminating in Cross River. The project, which has caused some…
A gas-laden Iveco truck burst into flames on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday. The truck, without any identifying number, collided at approximately 6:57 a.m. in the vicinity of Ago Igbala, Ibafo area aspect of the roadway. The accident reportedly resulted in a traffic jam between the scene and Arepo on the outbound Lagos sector of…
The Police command of Kaduna State says its personnel have arrested a notorious bandit, Muhammad Bello, an accomplice to Dogo Haliru. This was after the rescue of three kidnapped victims who were abducted along the Kindandan-Dogon Dawa Road, Birnin Gwari local government. In a statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Kaduna Command,…
Professor Dung Pam Sha of the Department of Political Science, University of Jos, has urged President Bola Tinubu to demonstrate commitment to electoral reform by convening a presidential dialogue on elections in the country. He equally appealed to the National Assembly to eliminate all ambiguities in the 2022 Electoral Act like pre-election matters and election…
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to stop its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The court said the humanitarian situation in Rafah had “deteriorated further” since its previous court order, adding the situation there was classed as “disastrous”. It comes after South Africa put in an emergency…
Nigerians have taken to social media to react after a video of Aba residents celebrating the installation of streetlights on their road by the Abia state government, surfaced online. In the video, the residents could be seen dancing in excitement after the streetlights were turned on. However, some online users wondered how people…
Muhammadu Sanusi has been turbaned as the new Emir of Kano for the second time. The ceremony took place on Friday, May 24 2024, at the Kano state government house. The former CBN governor was reinstated as the Emir on Thursday, May 24 following the repeal of the law used to dethrone him by the former…
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti division has sentenced two men Benjamin Joseph,32, and Stephen Orban, 25, to death by hanging for robbing two persons of cash and valuable items. The convicts were arraigned on December 30, 2022, on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery. The charge read, “On…
Nigerian singer Tems has shared throwback photos of herself as a 9-5 worker. She shared the photos on her X handle while responding to a post that preached about people finding their true selves. ‘’people that have quit their jobs to find themselves. what have you found” the post read ‘’It only…
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka has again taken a swipe at the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, who he says is ‘’unfit” to rule Nigeria. In a recent interview, Soyinka claimed that Obi encouraged his followers addressed as ‘Obidients’ to attack him and others with opposing views online in the build-up…
The Katsina State Police Command has made an arrest in connection with a gang targeting commercial tricycle riders, also known as Keke Napep, in the state. The suspect, identified as Umar Musbahu from Daura LGA, was apprehended on May 16, 2024, at Barhim Roundabout in Katsina State capital, around 10:25 pm. According to the Police…
A bill seeking to have Nigerians revert to the old national anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee”, was passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday. The bill which speedily passed through first, second and third reading within minutes, also scaled its second reading on the sacred floor of the Senate. And while many Nigerians ask…
General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, who has led Chad’s military junta for three years, was sworn in as president on Thursday after an election victory contested by the opposition. Deby officially won 61 percent of the May 6 vote that international NGOs said was neither credible nor free and which his main rival called a…
A former Central Bank of Nigeria governor and the 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, says it will take a while to for the Nigerian economy to bounce back from 10 years of mismanagement. He said that realistically, it requires more than six months or one year for the economic mismanagement of the last 10 years…
Four years after Muhammadu Sanusi II was deposed as the Emir of Kano, Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has reinstated him to the throne. The governor announced the decision at the Art Chamber of the Kano State Government House, around 5:16 pm on Thursday, after signing the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Bill…
A policeman has died and five others were injured on Wednesday, May 22, in Jos, Plateau State. Recall that the Plateau State Government, through Executive Order Number 3, banned the indiscriminate display of wares and goods within the business area to ensure a free flow of traffic. On Wednesday, officials of the Jos…
A popular MC in the South East, Dady Saints, better known as Obyno Saint, has died. The MC died on Sunday, May 19, on the day he was to celebrate his birthday. He had planned a big party and sent out invitations, with fliers to that effect posted online. Sadly, the party never held. Friends…
At least five people were killed and dozens others injured when a part of a stage collapsed on May 22 during a campaign rally in Mexico. The rally was attended by a presidential candidate who escaped injury, according to officials. Terrifying video shows a strong gust of wind forcing the top of the…
Police Operatives serving in the Nsukka Sector of the Enugu State Command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad, have arrested a ‘’masquerade” popularly called Oriokpa, caught on tape physically assaulting a female victim at Ugwuoye Junction, Nsukka. The man behind the masquerade costume was later identified as Ugwuoke Ebube “m”, aged 22, of Enugu Road, Nsukka. …
The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has again rejected the Federal Government’s new offer of ₦57,000 minimum wage. The Organised Labour rejected the government’s fresh offer, the third proposal in about a week when negotiation talks resumed on Wednesday. However, the NLC and the TUC shifted…
Elvert Ayambem, the speaker of the Cross River state house of assembly, has been impeached. Ayambem was impeached during plenary on Wednesday over allegations bordering on financial misappropriation and incompetence. The impeachment notice, which was seen by TheCable, was signed by 17 members of the assembly. There are 25 members in the Cross River assembly….
Bandits have killed the wife of a pastor of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Rev. Daniel Bawa in Kwassam community, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. One Dinah Haruna, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday, May 21, said the pastor’s wife was kidnapped alongside seven others at Kakude. Details of the incident are still sketchy…
The man who died after suffering a heart attack when the Singapore Airlines flight on which he was travelling hit severe turbulence has been named. Geoffrey Ralph Kitchen, 73, is believed to have been hurled from side-to-side when the plane was struck by treacherous conditions at 37,000ft above the Indian Ocean. The plane, travelling from…
Police have arrested one Miracle for allegedly defiling his 8-year-old nephew and 4-year-old niece in Ekpan community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. Activist, Comrade Israel Joe, who confirmed the incident on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, said the suspect confessed to the crime, saying that he was taught homosexual acts in primary school….
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied allegations that he was starving Palestinians in Gaza as a method of war. ICC prosecutor Karim Khan announced Monday that he had requested arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders and two Israeli politicians – Netanyahu and Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant – on allegations of war crimes and…
Investigators of the Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a woman, Janty Emmanuel for allegedly abusing the Nigerian currency. She was arrested on Monday, May 20, 2024 following intelligence that spotted her spraying Naira notes at a social event . Upon arrest, the suspect was shown the video…
