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Meet Nigerian Army’s First Professor, Lt-Col Abubakar-Surajo Imam
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has conferred the title of a professor on Abubakar-Surajo Imam, a lieutenant-colonel and Head of the Department of Mechatronics Engineering at the institution. Imam is now a professor…
Over 60 terrorists killed as fight breaks out in Boko Haram, ISWAP camps
No fewer that 60 fighters from Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) groups have been killed during a renewed infighting in Borno. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on…
”Don’t believe ‘audio promises’ by President Tinubu” – Nigerian students caution ASUU
A civil rights movement representing Nigerian students, the Students Solidarity Group Against Fee Hike, has expressed scepticism regarding the purported cancellation of the 40 per cent Internally Generated Revenue (IGR)…
Ekundayo Opaleye, former Ondo military governor, is dead
Ekundayo Opaleye, the former military governor of Ondo state, is dead. Opaleye died in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, on Saturday morning of a heart attack. During his lifetime, Opaleye served between August 1986 and…
Anxiety creeps on Nigerians as yuletide season knocks
Since the beginning of the month of November, the 46-year-old Chudi Ebenezer, a Lagos-based Computer Engineer, has been worried and nervous over his financial situation especially as the yuletide season is just a…
Emulate Weah, congratulate Tinubu – LP faction tells Aiku, Obi
The Lamidi Apapa-led faction of Labour Party has called on its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to borrow a leaf from the Liberian election by…
Judgment on Kano poll: We’re challenging ‘robbery’ at Supreme Court — Gov Yusuf
Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has described the Appeal Court judgment, sacking him from office as robbery, saying he would challenge the ruling at…
No Student Will Drop Out Of School Under My Govt – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has reiterated that no student would drop out of tertiary institutions as a result of his or her inability to pay tuition under his government. Tinubu said this during the 33rd convocation…
The Mistake We Used To Nail Kwankwaso, Gov Yusuf – Ganduje
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Gnaduje, has opened up on what his party used to nail Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State. The Independent National Electoral Commission…
‘N2bn for rechargeable fans, N18m for chickens’ — Funso Doherty tackles Sanwo-Olu…
Funso Doherty, a Lagos-based chartered accountant, and politician, has claimed that the Lagos State Government (LASG) allocated in its 2023 budget N400 million for a charter plane, 440 million for SUVs, N7…
FG begins payment of N585 million fine for release of 4,000 inmates nationwide
The Federal Government has flagged off the payment N585 million release fine for 4,000 inmates as part of its effort to decongest the correctional facility in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of…
Inflation: Expect further devaluation of naira, says EIU
High inflation and the gap between the official and parallel market rates of the naira will continue to fuel exchange rate instability and result in periodic devaluations. This is as the country grapples with an…
Why we detained NAF personnel in Kaduna- EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has explained the circumstances surrounding the arrest and detention of some military personnel in its Kaduna facility on Monday. Vanguard recalls that during the raid,…
How Pramod Mittal, Global Steel owner, got a bailout with $496m Ajaokuta settlement claim –…
Pramod Mittal, chairman of Global Steel Holdings Ltd (GSHL), is effectively getting a helping hand — and a possible way out of financial distress — from Nigerian taxpayers, Bloomberg is reporting. GSHL, with…
‘It can’t stand’ — NNPP to challenge appeal court verdict sacking Abba Yusuf
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) says it will explore all legal means to reclaim its mandate in Kano state. Oladipupo Olayoku, the NNPP spokesperson, told TheCable that the party would “pursue the matter to a…
Insecurity: I’d have relocated my mum to Abuja if Diri had lost, says Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan says he would have relocated his mother to Abuja, the nation’s capital, if Duoye Diri, the governor of Bayelsa, had not been reelected. Jonathan spoke on Friday when he visited Diri in…
Police Release Naira Marley, Sam Larry From Custody
The Lagos State Police Command has released Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley and Samson Erinfolami Balogun, known as Sam Larry,…
Impeachment: Court declines Akeredolu’s plea to vacate interim order, adjourns suit indefinitely
On Friday, the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court refused to grant an application by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State asking it to vacate its…
BREAKING: Tinubu cancels 40% IGR deduction from varsities
President Bola Tinubu has cancelled the controversial deduction of 40 per cent of Internally Generated Revenues from federal universities across the country. The President who was represented by the Minister of…
FG to shut Adeniji/Adekunle, Third Mainland Bridge ramps on Monday
The Federal Ministry of Works on Friday announced total closure of the four ramps on Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, for repairs starting from 7.00 a.m. on Nov. 20. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Mrs…
Appeal Court Affirms Bauchi Gov’s Election
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed the appeal challenging the election of Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi State. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Mohammed winner of…
Tinubu Heading For Germany, 48 Hours After One-Week Oversea Trip
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will, on Saturday, leave Abuja for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G-20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference on November 20, 2023, hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The president will…
Judgement: Panic In Kano As Parents Rush To Pick Children From School
There was tension in Kano on Friday as parents and guardians rushed to pick their wards in schools. A head teacher of one of the private schools in Normandsland area of Fagge Local Government in Kano told Daily Trust…
BREAKING: Appeal court upholds judgment sacking Abba Yusuf as Kano governor
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State. The panel upheld the verdict of the tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay which sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023. The…