The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II has been dethroned. This was announced at a special sitting of the Kano executive council chaired by Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state today Monday March 9th. Usman Alhaji, secretary to the state government, who announced the dethronement, said it is with immediate […]
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has announced a second case of Coronavirus in Ogun state. Ehanire announced this today Monday March 9 at a press conference in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Ehanire briefed reporters at the boardroom of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, where […]
A 37-year-old woman identified as Hauwa Ali has been arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board for reportedly marrying two husbands. The lady was arrested at her residence in Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state, after her 45-year-old first husband Bello Ibrahim filed a complaint. While Hauwa insisted that her […]
Nollywood actress, Idemudia Etinosa has taken a swipe at the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman over his recent comment about bleaching. The cleric had described those who bleach as fraudsters in a recent sermon at the headquarters of his church in Auchi, Edo State. Apostle Suleman […]
A Nigerian man took to Twitter to celebrate getting admitted into the university after 8 years of leaving secondary school. @ambitioushayzed revealed that he wrote 3 WAEC and 5 JAMB examinations before getting admitted into University of Ilorin. Sharing photos from his matriculation ceremony, he tweeted;
Democratic presidential candidates on Tuesday night got into a series of angry and personal attacks on each other during the presidential debates in Charleston, with leading candidate Bernie Sanders attacking Mike Bloomberg for being a billionaire, Elibaeth Warren accusing Bloomberg of telling an employee who got pregnant to ‘kill it’ […]
Task force officials of the Rivers State government have been accused of beating a man to death in an altercation which occurred on Tuesday February 26. Though the identity of the man reportedly beaten to death by the operatives of the state task force on street trading, illegal markets and motor […]
A bill seeking immunity from prosecution for serving members of both states and federal legislature has passed a second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill sponsored by Representative Odebunmi Olusegun, seeks to alter Section 308 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. It was supported by majority of […]
The Nigerian Police Force, Ogun State Command, has dismissed the SARS officer involved in the killing of footballer Tiamiyu Kazeem. Olaniyi Ogunsoro, a Special Anti-Robbery Squad officer, was dismissed for the part he played in the death of Remo Stars assistant captain Tiamiyu Kazeem, who died on Saturday, February 22, 2020. According […]
The Katsina State Police Command has busted a notorious syndicate of bandits, kidnappers, and armed robbers terrorizing Malumfashi, Faskari, Dandume, Bakori, Kankara and Sabuwa LGAs and neighbouring Kano and Zamfara states. The Commissioner of Police, CP Sanusi Buba, who made the disclosure while briefing newsmen at the command headquarters […]
Some residents of Garkida community in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa have accused the Nigerian Air Force of doing nothing while they were attacked by Boko Haram insurgents last week. The villagers told TheCable that the NAF authorities were informed on time about the attack, but they are still shocked that the […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has ignited a new round of controversy after allegedly giving an anti-kidnapping manual to Very Important Personalities (VIPs). Daily Trust reported that the manual which provided tips against kidnapping, was conveyed to the Central Bank governor, Godwin Emefiele through a letter dated January 17, 2020, and acknowledged […]
The former Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has called for the reform of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), days after a Remo Stars player identified as Kazeem Tiyamiyu (Kaka) was allegedly killed by some operatives of the security outfit deployed to Sagamu-Abeokuta road. In […]
Activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, has written an open letter to the Delta state government for immediate action to be taken as members of a community in the state hace concluded plans to barnish a young woman who reported her husband after he allegedly had sex, impregnated and procured an abortion for their […]
Kim Jong -un, North Korea leader has reportedly rejected the UK’s request to rescue Britons trapped in a coronavirus quarantine despite claims the country is virus-free. This comes after the British Government wrote to the North Korean government for permission to evacuate quarantined Britons’ after Kim Jong-un’s regime banned […]
The Chinese government on Monday passed a proposal to ban the eating and trading of all wild animals, a move aimed at ‘safeguarding public health and ecological security’ after health experts linked the coronavirus epidemic to the consumption of wild animals. The official Xinhua news agency said the proposal was […]