A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has vacated with immediate effect an interim order through which the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) froze the bank accounts in two banks of a firm that traded in cryptocurrency. The firm, Rise Vest Technologies Ltd, is one of the firms offering brokerage services for Nigerians to invest […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says insecurity is now “declining”, and it’s time for the media to “revise” its reporting on security challenges in the country. He said this on Monday, in a message to mark the Eid-ul-Maulud celebration. According to a statement issued by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, Buhari also said security agencies are “effectively” responding […]
Reality TV star, Jackie B, has been evicted from the ongoing Big Brother Naija Season Six. She had been nominated for eviction alongside Pere, Saga, Emmanuel, Liquorose, Whitemoney, Sasky and Jaypaul. Others who have been evicted from the BBNaija Season Six show include Arin, Beatrice, Boma, Jaypaul, JMK, Kayvee, Maria, Michael, Niyi, Peace, Princess, Sammie, […]
The Police Command in Niger State, on Saturday, confirmed that it had rescued the abducted Zone C Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Aminu Bobi, from his abductors. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement issued in Minna on Saturday. Abiodun said that the chairman was […]
The police have deployed their personnel in the headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the federal capital territory (FCT). The development sparked tension around the APC national secretariat, recently christened Muhammadu Buhari House. It is unclear why the police deployed their personnel in the secretariat, but TheCable understands that the law enforcement agency […]
Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has applauded Justice Obiora Egwuatu’s ruling for granting the 12 aides of chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Igboho, bail after spending 32 days in Department of State Services’ custody. Adams, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, described the judgment as a reflection of people’s hope […]
Benin Republic, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), and the President of the French-speaking West African nation, Patrice Talon, will achieve no result, says Pelumi Olajengbesi, counsel for wanted Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. Olajengbesi stated this in a chat with The PUNCH on Monday while reacting to the meeting between Buratai and […]
The Baale of Araromi Village in Ibadan Chief Tafa Apanpa and his wife, have been abducted by some suspected kidnappers. The duo was reported to have been kidnapped by gunmen, who stormed the village located in the Bakatari area of Ibadan, on Tuesday night. Reports have it that Bakatari in Ido Local Government Area of […]
Seven years after the Federal Government amended the Pension Reform Act, which stipulated that employers should remit 18 per cent of workers’ monthly emoluments into their RSAs, the government is yet to comply with its own law. The Pension Reform Act promulgated in 2004 had stipulated that workers and employers should contribute 7.5 per cent […]
Wakili Damina, chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeroa (MACBAN) in Kogi state, has been abducted by gunmen. Adamu Abubakar, Kogi MACBAN secretary, said Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army uniform. He said the abductors, numbering about eight, came in a white bus at about […]
