Ibe Pascal Arogorn A spokesman for the People Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, has assured Nigerians that the opposition party is stable and unwavering, even in the face of recent defections by some of its governors and lawmakers. While appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Mr. Ologbondiyan said the ruling All […]
The hope of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), regaining freedom through British intervention has been dashed. Kanu, a holder of Nigerian and British passports, is currently being held at the Department of State Services (DSS) custody in Abuja. He was arrested in Kenya on Saturday and extradited to Nigeria the […]
Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has condemned the alleged killing of a Nigerian Footballer, Kelvin Igweani, by the UK police. Dabiri-Erewa said this in a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of NIDCOM, in Abuja on Wednesday. Igweani, who was believed to be a […]
Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Farouq Lawan today June 30, 2021, convicted and sentenced the duo of Jude Ameh and Ademola Aderibigbe on a one-count amended charge of theft. The convicts were said to have connived and fraudulently stole the sum of N11, 360,000 (Eleven Million Three Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira […]
An amendment bill seeking to increase the fine for the illegal importation and sale of firearms, from N1,000 to N1 million, has been passed by the senate. The bill titled, ‘Firearms Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2021’, was passed on Wednesday after the senate considered the report of its committee on judiciary, human rights and legal […]
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has directed the immediate sack of all zonal education supervisors serving in the state’s secondary and primary schools. The governor also directed authorities concerned to reshuffle serving headmasters and principals of both junior and senior secondary schools. Umahi also directed that all the education secretaries on leave are to […]
The British High Commission says it is “in the process of seeking clarification” from the federal government regarding the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Dean Hurlock, a spokesperson of the British High Commission, disclosed this in a message sent to TheCable on Wednesday. Kanu, who is also a […]
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), has raised the alarm that terrorist organisations like the Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) were recruiting and radicalising vulnerable Nigerian youths through social media. Monguno made raised the alarm at the ongoing second United Nations High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism […]
Usman Baba, inspector-general of police, says the force is working on efforts to provide better security in the country. Advertisement Baba stated this on Wednesday when he appeared before the house of representatives committee on police affairs. According to the IGP, the police under his watch will ensure that Nigerians sleep with their “two eyes […]
The Hisbah, an agency saddled with the responsibility of enforcement of Shariah doctrine in Kano State, on Wednesday, announced ban on use of mannequins to display clothes by tailors, supermarkets and boutique owners in the state. This was just as the agency warned that the agency would embark on raiding of those places to remove […]
