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Jide Omokore Bought Luxury Cars Worth Over $8M From Me – Witness Confesses
One of the prosecution witnes of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Olutaye Ayeni, also that chief executive officer, Skymit Motors has said that he sold cars worth worth $8 million to Jide Omokore who bought them…
Why IGP Was Represented At The Senate – Police
The functions, duties and responsibilities of the Inspector General of Police as listed in Section 215 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria can also be carried out as mentioned in section 312 (1) of the Police Act and…
Police recover rocket launcher in Kebbi…arrest 18 robbery suspects
The police in Kebbi State have recovered a rocket launcher in Kaboro, a border community between the state and Zamfara State. The weapon was recovered by operatives while combing bushes for criminal elements. The state Commissioner of…
Ajimobi okays crowns, coronets for 48 Oyo kings
The Oyo State Government on Thursday said it had approved beaded crowns and coronets for 48 kings across the state. Governor Abiola Ajimobi had on August 27, 2017 installed 21 new kings in Ibadan which generated controversy. The action…
How we arrived at Nigeria’s latest population figure — NPC
The National Population Commission (NPC) says Nigeria’s estimated 198 million population figure recently announced by the commission is based on an annual population growth of 3.2 per cent, spanning from 2006 till date.The NPC Chairman,…
El-Zakzaky, wife, two others charged with murder
The Kaduna State Government has charged the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah, and two others with various offences including murder of a soldier. The…
I might’ve been part of herders, farmers’ crisis – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he may have been one of those involved in the herdsmen/farmers’ clashes had he not gone to school. He stated this in a speech he delivered during his two-day state visit to Bauchi State on…
Navy intercepts vessel with 406 illegal immigrants
•Returnees laments hostilities by Gabon Operatives of the Nigerian Navy (NN) have intercepted a foreign vessel carrying 406 West Africans deported by Gabon. The vessel, MV CHIMBA EXPRESS, was intercepted on Wednesday evening…
Lagos Attracts $43billion Investment Proposals In Three Years
The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it attracted investment proposals approximately worth $43billion in the last three years owing to deliberate policies put in place to promote investment and enhance ease of doing business.…
Buhari approves new appointments
The office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has released the statement below to announce new appointments approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. Read full statement below PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI APPROVES NEW…
NBBF signs ‘biggest ever’ sponsorship deal with Total Nigeria
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has signed a sponsorship deal with Total E&P Nigeria. The signing ceremony took place on Thursday at the oil company’s head office in Lagos. The two-year sponsorship deal is worth…
Court sends Melaye’s brother to Kuje prison
Samuel Melaye, younger brother of Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, has been remanded in Kuje prison, Abuja. Samuel was remanded in prison by a chief magistrate’s court in Mpape, after being arraigned for alleged criminal…
Join our party at the ward level – APC tells Ali Modu Sherriff
The All Progressives Congress (APC)has reacted to the planned defection to its party by the former factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and it sounds much like a brutal shade. Sheriff,…
BREAKING: Soldiers, Boko Haram fighters currently exchanging gunfire in Maiduguri
There is currently a serious gun battle between suspected members of the Boko Haram sect and the military in Maiduguri, Borno state capital. Zainab Kamali, a resident told TheCable, that the insurgents struck in Jidari area of the…
Governors set up committee to investigate ‘unremitted’ N20trn stamp duty
The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has set up a three-man committee to investigate the alleged N20 trillion unremitted stamp duty funds to the federation account. The committee, which is chaired by Ibikunle Amosun, Ogun state…
BREAKING: NEC bans movement of herdsmen in Benue, Taraba
The National Economic Council (NEC) has agreed to stop the movement of herdsmen in the country, starting with Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Kaduna and Plateau. At a meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday, the…
Senate asks NNPC to refund N216bn subsidy fund to FG
The senate has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC) to stop further payment of oil subsidies. It also asked the cooperation to immediately refund the total sum of N216 billion said to have been used for subsidy…
Dino Melaye’s kinsmen react to senator’s ordeal
As the lingering crisis between Senator Dino Melaye, lawmaker representing Kogi West, takes center stage in national discourse, leaders from his senatorial district under the auspice of Okun…
13 children and bus driver dead after train hits school bus in India
An accident in Northern India involving a school bus and a train has left 13 children dead, including the bus driver. The students, all aged below 10, were being driven to class in Uttar Pradesh state when a passenger train collided with…
Female monarch blasts Igbos for blaming other ethnic groups for South East woes
The Igbos have been advised to stop blaming Hausa, Fulani or Yorubas for their problems in Nigeria. Her Royal Majesty, Obi Igwe Martha Dunkwu, the traditional ruler of Obodogba village, Okpanam in Oshilili North Local Government of…
Why we’ll not support you – Muslim group tells Shittes
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has given reasons it has been silence over the protest by a sister Muslim group, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN. In a statement signed and forwarded to the media by its Director, Professor…
BREAKING: IG shuns Senate invitation over Melaye saga, accompanies Buhari to Bauchi
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has failed to appear before the Senate over the arrest and detention of Senator Dino Melaye and the killings across Nigeria. The Senate had, on Wednesday, summoned the IGP to appear in…
Senators call for Buhari’s impeachment over $496m Tucano aircraft purchase
Some members of the Senate have asked that the process to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari be started, for failing to get the approval for the withdrawal of $496m from the Excess Crude Account to purchase military aircraft. Senator…