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FG, CCECC sign $6.68bn agreement for Ibadan-Kaduna rail
The federal government has signed an agreement of $6.68 billion with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) for the construction of the Ibadan-Kaduna railway segment of the Lagos-Kano Railway Line. Rotimi…
Oil hits $80 — but Nigeria loses 200,000b/d as Shell declares force majeure
Goood news: oil prices hit $80 a barrel on Thursday for the first time since November 2014. Bad news: Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on Thursday declared force majeure on the exports of Nigeria’s major crude oil, the…
Eko Disco decries high rate of attacks on workers
THE management of Eko Electricity Distribution company has decried the spate of violent attacks on its workers on their lawful duties by some people claiming to be protesting against poor state of power supply or billing errors in their…
Drug Abuse : Nigerian First Lady Aisha Buhari Speaks on Tramadol, Codeine, others
Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has condemned cases of drug abuse across the Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has condemned cases of drug abuse across the country while receiving members of the Association of Lady…
Miyetti Allah exonerates FG, blames governors for farmers-herders crisis
Baba Ngelezarma, national secretary of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has blamed governors for clashes between herdsmen and farmers. The clashes have led to the loss of many lives and destruction…
Saraki and I have no link with ‘cultists’, says Kwara gov
Abdulfatah Ahmed, Kwara governor, says neither him nor Senate President Bukola Saraki have any link with the suspected cultists arrested in Ilorin, Kwara. During plenary on Tuesday, Saraki had accused Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general…
BREAKING: Confusion as soldiers storm Rivers police station over colleague’s death
Aggrieved soldiers stormed Rumukpakani police station in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, on Thursday over the death of one of their colleagues. A resident told TheCable that a policeman opened fire on a soldier after a heated…
Manager of Dangote Cement plant shot dead
Manager of Dangote Cement plant in Ethiopia has been shot dead, ahead of his visit to the country today. The country manager and managing director of Dangote Industries Plc, Ethiopia, Deep Kamra, has been reportedly shot dead by…
Principal tie pupils to crosses, flog them for lateness in Ogun
A Principal in Ogun State is in hot waters after he was caught tying students to crosses and flogging them for lateness. The Proprietor Afolayan Joseph and the yet-to-be-identified principal Principal of Metorite Standard School,…
Senator ‘loses’ police security after criticising IG Idris
A senator, Emmanuel Bwacha, has told his colleagues how police security detail was withdrawn after he criticised the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. Mr Bwacha narrated his ordeal while contributing to an allegation raised…
Quintuplets parents get N500,000 monthly for a year
The lucky parents of the first set of quintuplets born in Lagos State this year will get N500,000 monthly for one year, courtesy of the governor’s wife, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode. Mrs Ambode announced the donation of her monthly allowance…
Let’s rescue Ekiti from PDP – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari last night urged the Southwest caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to take the mission to rescue Ekiti from the opposition Peoples Democratic Partry (PDP) seriously. The President spoke during a…
FEC okays $995m, N15.45b for roads
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved $995 million and N15.45 billion for two roads. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola briefed State House correspondents at the end of the meeting presided over…
Governors demand closure of filling stations in border communities, accuse NNPC of fraud in payment…
State governors have accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of fraudulently doubling the nation’s daily petrol consumption from about 30 million to 60 million litres. The governors made this known on Wednesday…
EFCC detains senator for receiving N303m vehicles
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the lawmaker representing Akwa Ibom North-East senatorial district, Senator Bassey Akpan, for allegedly receiving vehicles worth N303m from oil magnate, Babajide Omokore, who is…
I didn’t beg to be VP, I can leave at short notice – Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday night said he would rather vacate his office as the nation’s Number Two man than compromise his Christian faith.Osinbajo stated this while responding to posers raised by some Christian leaders at…
After nine days in EFCC custody, court sends Jonah Jang to prison
A Plateau high court has remanded Jonah Jang, senator representing Plateau north senatorial district, in prison. Jang, who has been in custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), since May 7, was arraigned before…
Police reply Saraki, warn him against jeopardising murder investigations
The police have confirmed the transfer of suspects linked to a string of killings in Kwara State to Abuja. But police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, said the transfer was not because of Senate President Bukola Saraki. He, however,…
Saraki Vs IGP Idris: Senate sets up committee to meet Buhari
The Senate has set up a nine-member committee to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari on an allegation that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, is trying to implicate the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.The lawmakers arrived…
INVESTIGATION: Inside a Multi-Million Dollar ‘Defence Contract Fraud’: Suspects arrested in Israel…
On Sunday, March 18, the Israeli police arrested three senior officials of Israel Shipyard on charges of bribing government officials in Nigeria. The company’s Vice President for Marketing, Oded Breier, was one of the suspects…
Again, court grants ex-NSA Dasuki bail
Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has granted fresh bail to former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki, who is re-arraigned before the court on the alleged arms fund diversion. Mr…
Lawmakers’ allocation increased, INEC’s slashed — highlights of Budget 2018
The national assembly finally passed the 2018 budget on Wednesday, about six months after President Muhammadu presented it. In November, Buhari had proposed N8.6 trillion as the appropriation for the 2018 fiscal year, with N3.5…
Lagos police commissioner orders prosecution of doctors who reject gunshot victims
Imohimi Edgal, commissioner of police in Lagos state, has directed all area commanders and divisional police officer in Lagos to prosecute any medical practitioner who rejects gunshot victims on the grounds of the lack of police report.…