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Gunmen Snatch NECO Question Papers At Kaduna School
There was commotion on Friday when masked gunmen snatched National Examination Council of Nigeria NECO final year examinations papers at Government Secondary School Unguwar…
Lagos Local Government Poll Witnesses Low Turnout
Several reports across Lagos State indicated a low turnout in the ongoing local government election. Voters across the state’s 20 local government areas and 37 Local…
It’s better for us to kill Igboho in Benin than return him to Nigeria for slaughter – Lawyer
Ibrahim Salami, one of the five lawyers representing Sunday Adeyemo better known as Sunday Igboho, says he and other lawyers will never let the Yoruba youth leader get extradited to…
PANDEF asks Igbo leaders to denounce IPOB’s ‘irresponsible’ statement on Edwin Clark
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has asked Igbo leaders to denounce the statement made by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) about Edwin Clark, an Ijaw leader.…
Police handcuff Igboho despite being in cell — Benin lawyer
Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou-based lawyers of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has said the police in Benin Republic handcuffed the hands of the…
Over 300 Nigerians languishing in Italian jail for Mafia-related offences, says ex- Edo commissioner
Former Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism and Diaspora Affairs, Osaze Osemwingie-Ero, has raised the alarm over the illegal detention of over 300 Nigerian youths in…
Igboho seeks asylum in Benin Republic
Desperately wanted by the Department of State Services in Nigeria, with an international arrest warrant hanging around his neck, and facing…
Victim of suspected ponzi scheme commits suicide
•More than 2000 Nigerians affected •I drank poison to take my life —undergraduate victim •Investors alert EFCC, others to assist get their money They…
Provide evidence against Igboho – Beninese court tells FG
A Beninese Court sitting in Cotonou, Benin Republic, has asked the Nigerian government to provide on Monday, whatever evidence it has against Yoruba nation agitator, Chief…
LG Polls: Lagos May Transmit Election Results Electronically – LASIEC
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has said it may transmit the results of the July 24 local government election polls in the state electronically.…
ALERT: Julius Berger to shut sections of Lagos-Shagamu expressway on July 26
Julius Berger Nigeria PLC says it will close sections of the Lagos-Shagamu expressway to facilitate repairs. In a statement issued on Friday, the construction firm said repairs would…
Igboho fights back, sues DSS, Malami for N500b
The embattled Yoruba nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Igboho yesterday made good his threat to sue the federal authorities over the July 2 raid of his Sooka, Ibadan…
Terrorism/banditry: Northerners, Muslims are worst hit, says Dambazau
Former Interior Minister, Abdulrahman Dambazau, has said the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Dr. Matthew Kukah, got it all wrong when he told the US Congress recently…
10 Nigerian pirates jailed seven years for hijacking Chinese ship
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday sentenced 10 Nigerian pirates to seven years imprisonment each for hijacking a Chinese fishing vessel. Jailed were Frank Abaka, Jude…
PHOTOS: Benin Republic’s ‘EFCC’ where Igboho is being held
Sunday Adeyemo, the Yoruba nation agitator better known as Sunday Igboho, is being held at the Economic and Financial Brigade station in Cotonou, Benin Republic, TheCable can report. The…
China donates 470,000 doses of COVID vaccine to Nigeria
The federal government has received 470,000 doses of COVID vaccine donated by the Chinese government. CUI Jianchun, Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, made the donation to Osagie Ehanire,…
Prison Congestion: 50,992 Inmates Are Awaiting Trials — Aregbesola
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has disclosed that custodial centres across the country were majorly congested by inmates awaiting trial, constituting numerous challenges…
2023: Tinubu Could Emerge APC’s Consensus Candidate – Osita Okechukwu
Osita Okechukwu, the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, VON, has said the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, would be in pole…
Man, Mother, Girlfriend Jailed For Internet Fraud In Asaba
A man identified as Gift Kenneth, has been sentenced to jail for defrauding an American lady, Lucinda Ann Garnes Henrichson, of around $902,935, Newspremises reports. He was sentenced…
LG polls: Voters with Temporary Cards can vote – LASIEC
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) says voters in possession of the Temporary Voter Cards (TVCs) are eligible to vote in Saturday’s local government…
Suspected cult members kill Amotekun informant in Ondo
A man believed to be an informant for Ondo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps has been killed by suspected cultists. The incident occurred on Friday evening at Oke Agunla…
Stay away from coronation of Olu of Warri – Ayiri tells Delta monarchs
The Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom Chief Ayirimi Emami has urged the Delta Traditional Rulers Council to ignore an invitation to the coronation of the Olu designate, Prince Tsola Emiko.…
I don’t need your cheques – Buhari tells contractors
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday charged contractors who have enjoyed government patronage as well as other privileged citizens to use their resources to support less…
‘Why Senator Manager knelt before James Ibori’
An associate of Senator representing Delta South, James Manager, has explained why he was seen kneeling before a former Governor, James Ibori, in a picture that has gone viral.…