Don’t Sell Tinubu For Pot Of Porridge – MURIC Urges Northern Muslims To Keep ‘Midnight’ Deal
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has urged Northern Muslims of their nighttime deals over Asiwaju Bola Tinubu urging them not to sacrifice…
NSCIA Urges Donations To Turkey, Syria Earthquake Victims
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of its President General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday sought donations in aid of the…
World Bank Chief David Malpass To Step Down
World Bank chief David Malpass announced Wednesday he would step down by the end of June from his position…
Graduate Drowns In Abuja Hotel Pool
Promise Ekong, a graduate, who completed her one-year mandatory National Youth Service about two months ago, has drowned in a swimming pool of Stanzel Grand Hotel in Gwarinpa, Abuja. Late Ekong, an…
Saudi Arabia to host FIFA Club World Cup in 2023
FIFA has chosen Saudi Arabia to host the 2023 edition of the Club World Cup scheduled for the period of 12 to 22 December. The world football governing body made the announcement on Wednesday, three days after Real Madrid lifted the…
PDP Snubs Makinde, Constitutes Presidential Campaign Council In Oyo
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a new twist on Wednesday as the Presidential Campaign Council inaugurated a committee in Oyo State, excluding Governor Seyi Makinde, a member of…
Police arraign man for allegedly swindling commercial sex worker
The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 22-year-old businessman Abdulrazak Lawal, in a Kado Grade I Area Court, Abuja,…
Naira Scarcity Violence: Obaseki Calls For Oshiomhole’s Arrest
Governor Godwin Obaseki has asked security agents to arrest his predecessor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, over the naira scarcity protest which lead to the deaths of some persons in the state. Addressing…
‘Thank you for giving Nigeria your son’ — Buhari hails Osinbajo’s mother at 90
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Olubisi Osinbajo, mother of the vice-president, on her 90th birthday. In a statement by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesperson, on Wednesday, Buhari…
Nigeria’s oil production rises 1.9% to 1.258 mb/d — OPEC
Nigeria’s oil production has risen month-on-month, MoM, by 1.9 per cent to 1.258 million barrels per day, mb/d, in January 2023, from 1.235 mb/d recorded in December 2022. The figures excludes Condensate. The Organisation of Petroleum…
Why I rejected Buhari’s proposal to extend old naira deadline – El-Rufai
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has explained why he refused to accept the fresh resolutions proposed by the federal government on the naira redesign policy. that the federal government proposed…
PHOTOS: Sanusi visits Kano 3 Years after dethronement
Dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II visited the state for the first time since his dethronement. Recall that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje dethroned him three years ago. Sanusi, it was gathered, visited Kano to…
Sanwo-Olu threatens to prosecute those rejecting old naira notes
The Lagos State Government has joined the dispute at the Supreme Court against the rejection of old naira notes in Nigeria. The governor also warned those rejecting the old notes to desist from doing so or…
No apologies, Tinubu has character required for Nigeria — Wike
AHEAD of the presidential elections, Governor Nyesom Wike has said All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, possesses the character and courage required for Nigeria. Wike…
Oluomo: Why Lagos REC will not be redeployed – INEC
Ahead of the forthcoming general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has expressed confidence in the capacity of its Resident Electoral Commissioner REC in Lagos State, Mr. Segun…
BREAKING: PDP chieftain, Dapo Sarumi’s aide shot dead in Lagos
Police in Lagos State have commenced an investigation into the death of Toyin Adeniji, one of the aides of prominent Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Chief Dapo Sarumi. Adeniji, 47, was reportedly shot dead by…
Return €233,000 ransom, court orders Evans
The Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square has ordered kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, known better as Evans, to refund the sum of €233,000 ransom he collected from one of his victims,…
Buhari to extend validity of old naira notes till April 10
President Muhammadu Buhari is considering extending the validity of old naira notes by 60 days, TheCable understands. This is to avoid disobeying the order of the Supreme Court of Nigeria which ruled that…
Two Nigerians asks court to compel INEC to allow use of TVCs for voting
Two Nigerians, Kofoworola Olusegun and Mr Wilson Allwell have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the use of Temporary…
2026 World Cup: FIFA confirms automatic entries for 3 countries
FIFA has confirmed that three countries, Canada, Mexico and the United States of America, will automatically qualify for the 2026 World Cup finals. In a joint North American proposal, the three countries were…
Our 22 years loyalty to PDP unprofitable – Enugu traditional rulers tell Atiku
Traditional Rulers in Enugu State have told the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Atiku Abubakar, that their support and loyalty for the party over the past 22 years have only been…
Nigerians owe North 4 more years in presidency – Ango Abdullahi
Elder statesman and former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Professor Ango Abdullahi, has said Nigerians still owe the Northern part of the country four more years in the presidency. Abdullahi…
Naira Scarcity: ‘Protesters’ Gunned Down Outside CBN Office In Edo
Four persons, including a nursing mother, were on Wednesday, killed in Benin, the Edo State capital, as angry residents barricaded the gate of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in protests over…
Naira Crisis: Buhari Meets Tinubu At Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday held a closed door meeting with the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.…