The Catholic church has banned Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), from commenting on partisan politics. In a letter to Mbaka, a copy of which was obtained by TheCable, Callistus Onaga, Catholic bishop of Enugu diocese, also converted the adoration ministry to chaplaincy. Unlike in the past where Mbaka solely oversees […]
By Abdulgafar Alabelewe, Kaduna Northern Youth Groups under the auspices of Arewa Consultative Youth Movement and Arewa Youth Assembly have described resolution of the Southern Governors Forum to ban open grazing in their region as confrontational, divisive and capable of triggering crisis between herders and farmers in the region. The youths also expressed support for […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has asked all Managing Directors of banks, their deputies and Executive Directors to submit their asset declaration forms. The Nation learnt they have up to two weeks to do so or risk 10-year jail term. The top executives are first on the list of bankers expected to declare their […]
The naira, on Friday, fell at the parallel market to N502 to the dollar as speculations continue to hamper forex market operations. At the importer & exporter (I&E) window, it traded moderately to close at N411.12 per dollar. The local currency, which closed at N499 to a dollar on Thursday, lost N3 at midday trading […]
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has sacked all special advisers, senior special assistants and special assistants in his administration. According to the Commissioner of Information who briefed newsmen at the government house in Owerri the Imo state capital on Friday, the dissolution was the outcome of the recommendation by a commission earlier set up by […]
A trailer conveying cows to an unknown destination in Akwa, Anambra State on Friday crushed five persons to death. Many private vehicles waiting for the traffic light were also destroyed at the accident, which occurred at Kwata junction. An angry mob however later set the trailer and its contents on fire. Anambra Police spokesman, Ikenga […]
Facebook has slammed a two-year ban on Donald Trump over his role in the insurrection on Capitol Hill. The social media giant had initially suspended the former US President indefinitely. Trump, who had falsely claimed that he defeated President Joe Biden in last year’s election, had charged his supporters to take over the US Congress […]
Alkali Baba, inspector-general of police (IGP), says the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) remains proscribed, and as such, nobody is expected to belong to the group. Speaking with journalists after he was confirmed by the police council on Friday in Abuja, Baba said the force will deal with law offenders. “There are peculiarities, like I […]
Newspapers and Magazines Distributors Association, under the umbrella body of newspaper distributors and vendors, Aba branch, on Friday, protested incessant intimidation, harassment and arrest of its members by security operatives in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State. The vendors, irked by the arrest of Anthony Acho, a 77-year-old colleague by the police, threatened to […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that no corps member is being mobilised for war. The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, had stated on Thursday that, in line with the National Defence Policy, corps members were like soldiers on reserve. He said this is because their education, exposure and sophistication could […]
