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Operatives of the Department of State Security Service (DSS), troops of the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police on Sunday took positions in and around the Nigerian Law School in Lagos. The deployment was to avert break down of law…

Six years after the construction of the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility by the Akwa Ibom State Government, the facility is yet to be put to use by the country. The project cost the state government about $100m to…

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have ejected Chris Giwa from the secretariat of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Giwa and the staff who occupied the NFF secretariat on July 2 have been asked to immediately…

The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) says electricity distribution companies (DisCos) lose an average of N48 per kilowatt hour (KWH) of power as a result of the non-review of tariff. ANED said the lack of…

Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect struck inside a mosque in the Konduga area of Borno state on Monday, killing seven worshippers. Bello Danbatta, an official of the State Emergency Management Agency(SEMA), who disclosed this…

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has extended the operation of the operation of the Joint Task Force set up by the state government to remove all containerised trucks and tankers parked along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, which…

The federal government diverted N28 billion from the Ecological Fund in 2016, TheCable can report. According to the recently released auditor-general’s report for 2016, the federal government termed the fund movements as ‘borrowings’…

The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, VON, Osita Okechukwu, has challenged former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to come clean on his United States immigration status. Okechukwu also gave the indication that Abubakar would not be…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got yesterday a reply to its threat to boycott next year’s elections. You are being hunted by your past, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole told the main opposition…

The Federal Government has vowed to arrest and prosecute the airline travel agents who cancelled the return tickets of 230 Nigerian football fans stranded after the 2018 World Cup Tournament in Russia. The Nigerian Ambassador to…

Germany star Mesut Ozil has confirmed he is retiring from international football with immediate effect.Ozil was criticized by the German Football Federation (DFB) after meeting Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan before the World Cup. The…

•‘Overtures from Buhari, Oshiomhole belated’ A leader of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), Alhaji Kawu Baraje, said yesterday that the group has decided to leave the APC. Baraje and the spokesman of the group, Kassim…

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has been conferred with the title of Wazirin Ilorin. The title was given to the number three citizen by the emir of Ilorin, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, at his palace. According to the senate president,…

Borishade Adeniyi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cheiftain in Lagos, was on Saturday shot dead during a meeting of party members. Chike Oti, Lagos command police spokesman, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday. Oti…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has remitted N7.8 billion to the federal government. Fabian Benjamin, the board’s head, media and information, disclosed the information to NAN on Sunday in Lagos.…

Abu Ibrahim, chairman, senate committee on police affairs, says the fear of indiscriminate arrest and detention by state governors may kill the state and community police bill. The bill which is being sponsored by Ike Ekweremadu,…

Some Nigerians lodged in hotels in China are reportedly stranded after Chinese police allegedly ordered their ejection. In a video which surfaced online, a group of Nigerians gathered in an unidentified location can be seen…

The Media Office of the Ekiti State Governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has asked the outgoing Governor, Ayodele Fayose, to devote the June 2018 federal allocation of N5.52bn to the payment of salaries and other entitlements of workers.…

The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company said that the Lagos State Police Command promised to support the company to boost its revenue generation through debts recovery. Mr Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Corporate…

The Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) has claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC), is tempting its members with “offers” to return to its fold. This was contained in a statement by the R-APC spokesman, Kazeem…

The Nigerian Police Force has dismissed four SARS operatives for armed robbery, kidnapping and unlawful detention, also charging them to court. This was made known in a recent statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer,…

To publish names of recalcitrant debtors this week Corporation’s Amended Act to be ready before December The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has dismissed insinuations that it is planning to use the assets of…

Summarise the story of Ademola Adeleke in the words “from grace to glory” and you won’t be far from the truth. Adeleke, senator representing Osun west senatorial district, on Saturday won the governorship ticket of the Peoples…

MANY private haulage firms have lamented disruption of their operations due to the diversion of articulated vehicles into their parks by “Operation Restore Sanity” Task Force. According to employees of some of the haulage firms who…