FG may review workers’ salaries, merge agencies to cut cost ― Finance minister
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, stated that it had directed the salaries committee to review payroll and also review the number of its agencies. Minister of Finance, Budget and National…
Sowore calls for ‘Vote of No Confidence’ on Buhari
Prominent Nigerian publisher Omoyele Sowore and a well-known Nigerian human rights activist, Wednesday called for the passing of ‘Vote of No Confidence’ on President Muhammadu Buhari over his “abysmal performance…
25 Killed In Burkina Faso Attack
A jihadist attack on a village in eastern Burkina Faso this week killed 25 people, while 11 assailants were “neutralised,” according to an official provisional toll released on Wednesday. Two…
Imo Prison Attack: Over 1200 Inmates Still At Large – NCoS
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that over 1, 200 out of the 1, 844 inmates, who escaped from the Owerri custodial centre following the April 5 attack on…
80-Year-Woman, Granddaughter Arrested With Cocaine, Heroine
An 80-year-old woman, Mrs Mary Adebayo, her 19-year-old granddaughter, Funmilola Adebayo and two other ladies have been arrested in Akure, Ondo State by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement…
Afaka students’ release faces setback after allegation of N800k payment, Sources
Efforts to facilitate the release of the remaining 29 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna state, have suffered a setback. TheCable understands that the comment…
BREAKING: Biafra day to hold May 31, says IPOB
Ibe Pascal Arogorn, Owerri The indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) has shifted the date to mark Biafra day from May 30 to May 31. The secessionist group earlier announced May…
How Parents of Abducted Afaka Students Gave ‘N800,000 Transport’ to ‘Fulani Man’ Via Sheikh Gumi
One of the parents of the kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna State, has narrated how parents of the abductees paid N800,000 to a certain…
Jonathan tried to jail me, ignored our friendship – El-Rufai
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said former President Goodluck Jonathan almost put him in prison because he thought he was a threat to his second term ambition. El-Rufai,…
CBN should pay N100m Greenfield students’ ransom before it’s too late – Gumi
An Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, on Tuesday urged government not to take the threat by the kidnappers of students of Greenfield University, Kaduna lightly. Gumi, who stated this in…
Bandits attack Kaduna communities, kill two
State Government said suspected bandits killed two and injured six residents in separate attacks in Chikun and Kajuru Local Government Areas of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and…
Gumi: Boko Haram abducted Greenfield University students — not bandits
Ahmad Gumi, a prominent Islamic cleric, says the students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents. Several students were abducted on April 18 when gunmen attacked the…
Insecurity: Imo Gets New Commissioner of Police
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the appointment of a new Commissioner of Police for Imo State. CP Abutu Yaro is now expected to take over from…
Mob Vandalises Family House Of Suspected Killer Of Akwa Ibom Job Seeker
Youths from Nnung Ikono Obio in Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have vandalised the family house of Uduak Akpan, the suspect linked with the murder of a…
‘Unknown gunman’ escapes, house set ablaze in Imo
Suspected to be one of the hoodlums operating as a group of “Unknown gunmen” popularly know as “Mobutu” from Umuneke, Ugiri in Isiala Mbano local government area of Imo state,…