A high court sitting in Etinan local government area, Akwa Ibom state, has nullified the practice of excluding female children from family inheritance. Pius Idiong, judge of the state high court, while delivering judgment in a suit marked: HET/3A/2019 said the practice of female disinheritance is unconstitutional. In the suit, one Michael Patrick Noah and […]
A soldier with the Nigerian army school of armour in Bauchi has killed himself, military sources have told TheCable. The soldier, whose name was given as Bello Useni, was at his duty post at the Obienu barracks in Bauchi, when he suddenly cocked his rifle and shot himself in the stomach. The incident happened around […]
Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Thursday gave an account of his loss during the #EndSARS protest which was hijacked by hoodlums in October last year, disclosing that the hoodlums who invaded his palace, carting away his staff of office also stole a sum of $2 million and N17 million belonging to him. The monarch […]
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has called on the Federal Government to seek support from neighbouring countries in the fight against insurgency. Zulum said this on Wednesday at the North East Governors’ Forum held in Bauchi, the state Bauchi state capital, noting that joint action is required to end the insurgency. “Again, I want to […]
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, says President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to shoot whoever seen with AK-47. Shehu stated this in an interview with the BBC. The presidential aide said Buhari also ordered a clampdown on bandits who had refused to surrender. “The president has […]
Reliable Sources on Wednesday evening revealed that Pastor Yikura of Ekiliziyan Eyanuwa a Nigeriya, EYN (Church of Brethren in Nigeria), Pastor Yikura have regained his freedom from his abductors suspected to be members of insurgents. Recalled that the Man of God, Yikura, a pastor, was given a seven days ultimatum for is family to respond […]
The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers in Nigeria has called off its nationwide strike after an engagement with the Kogi State Governor , Yahaya Bello . The AUFCDN President , Muhammad Tahir, said the strike was called off following the Federal Government ’ s promise to pay N 4. 75bn compensation, ensure protection […]
Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti, says the country needs “more prayers” to tackle the prevalent insecurity. Fayemi, who is also the chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), spoke on Tuesday when he led some of his colleagues to Zamfara state. The visit came after the release of 279 students kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School, […]
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has reacted to the National Security Council’s decision to declare Zamfara State as a no-fly zone. The National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno (rtd), disclosed this at the end of National Security Council meeting on Tuesday. Monguno also announced that the federal government had banned mining activities in the […]
The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) says it prefers that farm produce go to waste rather than tolerate continued attacks on its members in the south. Awwalu Aliyu, an official of the union, who spoke to TheCable in Kano on Tuesday said the decision not to supply food to the […]
