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‘I never said so’ — Yemi Kale debunks report on being pressured to falsify economic data
Yemi Kale, former statistician-general of the federation, says he “never said” he was pressured to publish false data on the economy. Kale spoke to TheCable on…
Sunday Igboho Speaks From Prison, Vows To Actualize Yoruba Nation
Embattled freedom fighter, Sunday Igboho has insisted on actualizing Yoruba nation. Igboho explained that Benin Republic enjoys more stable electricity than…
APC LG Congresses to hold nationwide on Saturday
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) says the party’s local government congresses will hold on Saturday nationwide as scheduled. The APC CECPC National…
Four Men Gang-raped Me For 21 Days – Teenager
The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested one Mr Ahmed Muktar and two others for alleged abduction and rape of a 19-year-old girl. The…
Governor Ortom Drags Akume To Court
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has dragged the Minister Of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, to court over the allegations levelled against him by…
Court Restrains Buni, Others From Acting As APC Caretaker Committee Members
A High Court sitting in Asaba yesterday restrained Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State and other members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from acting or parading themselves as the…
Strike: We’re Still Consulting, Says ASUU
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has said its members are still consulting on the next line of action as the ultimatum it gave the Federal Government to meet their…
Ex-Minister’s son dies in auto crash, three other children hospitalized
A ghastly road crash has claimed the life of the first son of Hajiya Aisha Abubakar, the former Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment. Two other sons of the minister and a…
Customs, NDLEA, DSS Uncover Hard Drugs Inside Imported Machine At Lagos Port
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Department of State Services (DSS) have uncovered and seized Captagon Pills, a hard…
Only PDP’s NEC Can Suspend Me – Secondus
Against the backdrop of reports that he has been suspended by the Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, suspended chairman of the party, Prince Uche…
NLC threatens industrial action over proposed electricity tariff hike
The Nigeria Labour Congeess has said it would call out workers on industrial action if the Federal Government implemented a proposed hike in electricity tarrifs. It reminded…
Army chief Farouk Yahaya vows to hunt down NDA attackers
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Farouk Yahaya, has vowed to hunt down the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) attackers and assured the military university of enhanced security. Mr Yahaya gave the assurance on Tuesday when he…
IPOB Has Amassed Bombs Across Nigeria – Presidency
The Presidency Wednesday said the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had amassed a substantial stockpile of weapons and bombs across the country. The Senior Special…
73 Students Were Abducted In Zamfara – Police
A total of 73 students were abducted from Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, according to the police. Daily Trust had reported how gunmen invaded the school in Maradun…
‘It’s a continuous process’ — Buhari speaks on cabinet reshuffle
President Muhammadu Buhari says the need for new energy motivated the reshuffling of his cabinet. The president announced the sacking of two cabinet members on Wednesday.…
BREAKING: Students Abducted As Bandits Hit Another School In Zamfara
Gunmen have abducted students of Kaya Junior Secondary School in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Details of the incident are still sketchy but the armed men were…
6 Anambra Lawmakers Abandon APGA, Join APC
Six members of the Anambra State House of Assembly under the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the…
JUST IN: Buhari sacks power minister Saleh Mamman, agric minister Sabo Nanono
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the ministers of power and agric, Peoples Gazette has learnt. The president relieved Saleh Mamman and Sabo Nanono of their cabinet positions on…
CBN names Nwanisobi, 7 others departmental directors
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has confirmed the appointment of Osita Nwanisobi as the Director of the Corporate Communications Department, with effect from August 25, 2021.…
NCDC Boss, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Appointed Assistant DG of WHO
Nigeria’s Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu has been appointed Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) in charge of Health Emergency Intelligence with effect from…
Don’t set Nigeria ablaze with incendiary rhetoric – FG warns leaders
The Federal Government has admonished political, religious leaders and opinion moulders to stop spewing incendiary rhetoric capable of setting the country ablaze. The…
BREAKING: EKO Hospital founder dies after brief illness
One of the founders of the famous EKO Hospital, Dr. Amechi Obiora, is dead. He was the 'O' in the acronym, EKO, derived from Eneli, Kuku, Obiora, the three doctors that…
2.9M Nigerians take COVID-19 vaccines
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has disclosed that 2, 897, 201 people had taken the COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr.…
DSS denies manhandling, harassing Kanu’s lawyers
The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied allegations that its operatives harassed and manhandled lawyers of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr…