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Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama has expressed appreciation to the Saudi Authority for the release of Zainab Aliyu, who was held for alleged drug trafficking offence. Ms. Zainab Aliyu and…

Workers in Cross River have protested the payment of May salary on the first day of the month by Governor Ben Ayade. Mr Ayade has consistently paid the May salary on the first day of the month in the last…

Following the release of the Nigerian student, Ms Zainab Aliyu, detained by Saudi Arabia government for alleged drug trafficking, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Northern State chapter, Tuesday commended President…

THE Oyo State government will yesterday opened  discussions with labour leaders on the modalities for the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage, it was learnt. It is coming on the heels of Governor…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday reiterated that no part of the country, regardless of its geographical location or political leaning, would suffer neglect during his administration. Buhari…

Twenty-six people have been feared killed and several others critically injured following a Boko Haram attack on a village in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Our correspondent gathered…

Legislators raise estimates by N90b SOME OF the figures Ex-militants reintegration (N65b) Zamfara intervention (N10b) Basic Health Care (N51.219b) Ex-Airways workers (N22.682b) Ex-heads…

A Nigerian man has been left in shock after he discovered through a mandatory DNA test at the US Embassy that a kid he calls his own is not his son. According to Rita Ebiuwa who shared the story on Facebook, the man…

A tricycle rider and four others were feared killed in an early morning train accident which occurred at the Iju Ishaga area of Lagos State. Dependable source revealed that the accident occurred in the early hours…

The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has begun the issuance of the new 10-year passport booklet which can counter damage, counterfeit and forgery This was revealed at the agency’s headquarters, Abuja.…

The Federal Government has secured the release of Zainab Aliyu who was arrested in Saudi Arabia for alleged drug trafficking. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, disclosed this at a…

Traders in the Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday shut down activities to protest the planned installation of female and male market leaders “Iyaoloja” and “Babaloja” respectively in the hub. The…

The senate has passed a sum of N8.916 trillion as estimates for the 2019 budget as against N8.83 trillion earlier proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The new budget figure was passed after Danjuma Goje, chairman…

Despite being born in Britain, one of Lee Rigby’s killers is reportedly making a bid to serve the rest of his sentence in a Nigerian jail with a VIP wing. 37-year-old Michael Adebowale, who is serving a 45 year…

An Avengers fan in China has allegedly cried so hard that she had to be rushed from the Cinema to the Emergency Room, while watching the new movie with friends. The 21-year-old Chinese woman, known by a pseudonym…

Ghanaians are angry and have vowed to take the law into their hands against Nigerians at Kasoa Chinese in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra region, Ghana, for kidnapping and killing a…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, has intervened in the death sentence handed over to a Nigerian Lady Zainab Aliyu in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking. President Buhari orders became necessary when reports from…

The United Nations and National Population Commission, NPC, yesterday, disagreed over Nigeria’s current population figure.While the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, in its 2019 state of the world population report said…

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says Nigeria’s population has hit a new high of 201 million! In its 2019 state of the world population report seen by TheCable, UNFPA said Nigeria’s growth rate…

Facts have emerged on how Aisha Abba Kyari, daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, secured her recent appointment as an Assistant Vice President at the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority…

The Edo state government says it will dealt with parents and guardians whose children are found loitering around during school hours. The state government gave the warning yesterday as it announced that public and…

On Saturday, the media office of Senate President Bukola Saraki announced his appointment as Ambassador-At-Large by an organisation known as the ‘International Human Rights Commission' (IHRC), painting the…

AFRICA’S foremost businessman and Aliko Dangote Foundation Chairman Alhaji Aliko Dangote donated at the weekend a 2,160-bed space hostel complex to the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna State.…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a criminal charge against Bauchi State governor-elect, Senator Bala Mohammed, at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He is…