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A FORMER presidential aide has lost  – temporarily – a big hotel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency seized the hotel, allegedly worth “between N650 million and  N1 billion”, from Mr. Ima…

A plot to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from seeking re-election on account of age and other excuses has been uncovered, The Nation learnt yesterday. Some senior lawyers have been engaged “to embarrass the President” ahead of next…

TWENTY-one suspects have been arrested over the Plateau State killings, according to the special military task force Operation Safe Haven (OPSH). Among them are those found with arms and suspected hoodlums who hijacked the protests…

…as CP assures on security The Lagos State Government will prosecute the owner and driver of the ill-fated fuel tanker which exploded last Thursday on Otedola Bridge inward Ojodu Berger along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The State’s…

… As Alaafin chides Ibadans  Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Monday, presented 36 vehicles to the newly elevated Thirty-six traditional rulers across the State in the recently published elevation of beaded and coronet wearing…

The Enugu State Police Command on Monday evening said it has rescued Pa Michael Obi, the father of Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi, from kidnappers. Spokesman of the Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed in a statement that Pa Obi…

Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, was reportedly summoned to the presidential villa in Abuja on Monday. Idris met with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and walked out of the villa around 2pm without speaking with reporters.…

A large scale crisis is brewing in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), following a court ruling directing the current board of the federation to vacate office for another one to be led by Chris Giwa, who contested an election against…

Former Super Eagles midfielder, Wilson Oruma, has finally narrated his ordeal in the hands of fraudsters, who fleeced him of N2billion. The scammers, the ex-players recalled, had claimed to be in possession of some oil blocs they…

Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), has drected the Commissioner of Police In-charge of Police Mobile Force to relocate to Borno State to resolve the non-payment of policemen's allowances for seven mnths. The mobile…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the current state of the nation’s foreign reserves can support 16 months of imports. According to the Balance of Payments report released on the apex bank’s website, the nation’s foreign…

Chris Giwa has assumed duty as president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). This followed a directive from Solomon Dalung, minister of sport, that Amaju Pinnick, who is currently in Russia for the World Cup should hand over to…

The Chief of Staff to Senate President Bukola Saraki, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, on Monday dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Ahmed who was appointed by Mr Saraki in 2017 said his decision has nothing to do with the Senate…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says the NNPC, First E&P and Schlumberger $724 million oil financing deal will enable Nigeria earn $5.60 billion in taxes and royalty. A statement by NNPC’s spokesperson, Ndu…

Abubakar Baraje, leader of the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), says the group will make its position known to Nigerians before the end of the first week of July. The faction teamed up with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to…

Jimoh Moshood, public relations officer of the Nigeria Police Force, has blamed the industrial action in Borno state on the delay in the passage of 2018 budget. Responding to inquiries by TheCable, Moshood said the allowances of the…

Borno State Police Commissioner Damian Chukwu said he is making frantic efforts to pacify the aggrieved policemen who embarked on an early morning protest in Maiduguri, Borno State capital over unpaid allowances. According to Mr.…

An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court (FHC) has again granted a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, bail with a bond of N100 million. Mr Dasuki was arrested by operatives of the State Security Service in December…

Another round of crisis is brewing in Nigeria football following the directive on Monday by the federal government through the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development that Amaju Pinnick should step down from his position as NFF…

THE plan by the opposition parties to form a grand alliance to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which is certain to present President Muhammadu Buhari as its standard-bearer in the 2019 election, is finally taking…

A Nigerian Edafe Okporo, 28, has shared his story with Yahoo news. The 28-year old who fled to the U.S after his life was endangered due to being a homosexual, opened up on all he had to pass through while he was living in Nigeria.…

There is confusion in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, as police officers deployed to the state on special duty took to the streets, barricading the highway to protest six months of unpaid allowances. The police officers were said…

A former deputy national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Olabode George, on Sunday said he is happy to have resolved his differences with a former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasano.…

General Overseer of Freedom For all Nations Outreach (FANO) Prophet Samuel Akinbodunse‎ has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election. According to him, the president will die if he campaigns. The cleric said this…