Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, says the state of the country’s foreign missions makes citizens “unproud” to be Nigerians. Gbajabiamila spoke on Monday when he met with Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs over the financing of Nigerian embassies. TheCable had reported how the lower legislative chamber invited Onyeama last Thursday […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja launched a N62 billion trust fund to help Nigeria end AIDS as a public health threat and place more people living with HIV on treatment annually. Speaking at the launch of the HIV Trust Fund of Nigeria (HTFN), the President pledged that his administration would continue to […]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has dispelled insinuations about him being the running mate to presidential hopeful, Atiku Abubakar, in the Peoples Democratic Party. According to the governor, no such agreement has been reached between him and any politician. Governor Wike said this on Tuesday during a stakeholders meeting of the Rivers State […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the outcome of the primary election conducted by the Boot Party (BP) to elect its candidate for the Ekiti governorship election. The Commission said the party will not nominate candidate for the June 18 governorship election. INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who disclosed the position of […]
Unknown gunmen have abducted 11 workers of Umunneochi council in Abia State. It was learnt that the council workers were returning from the traditional marriage ceremony of their colleagues at about 5pm were seized by the unknown at Leru , a boundary town between Abia and Imo states along the Enugu – Port Harcourt […]
Ukraine, was said to have experienced extreme cold before he passed on. Rofeeha, Agbolauje’s older sister, had raised the alarm on social media that her family was informed that he was found dead in his room hours after he arrived at the Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine. In a series of tweets shared by […]
An Oyo State High Court has dismissed the suit challenging the consent judgment that nullified the promotion of Ibadan High Chiefs as Obas under the late Senator Abiola Ajimobi led government in the state. The judgement cleared the coast for the appointment of Lekan Balogun as the new Olubadan of Ibadan, The PUNCH reports. […]
The US Mission has commenced expansion of its visa services to assist non-immigrant visa applicants in Nigeria who qualify to renew their visa. It stated that this new application procedure will begin in February at the US Consulate in Lagos. But it explained that the number of qualified applicants who can apply using the […]
The matriarch of the Murray-Bruce family, Margaret is dead. Margaret, mother of Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, passed on around 4:40am on Tuesday. The senator announced her passage in posts on his Facebook and Twitter handles. He said: “Life. Indeed, like sand in the wind, today it’s here, tomorrow it’s gone. My mum is gone. She […]
Edwin Clark, an Ijaw national leader, has asked presidential aspirants from the north to reconsider their ambition. In a statement issued on Monday, Clark asked northern aspirants — including former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Aminu Tambuwal, Sokoto governor, and Bukola Saraki, former senate president — to reconsider their stand on contesting the presidency in the […]
