Internet Fraud: EFCC Nabs Army Deserter, 38 Others In Osun, Kwara
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arrested a former soldier, Adebisi Jamiu and 33 youths in Osogbo, Osun State capital for their alleged…
Naomi Campbell welcomes first child at 50
Naomi Campbell, British supermodel cum actress, has given birth to her first child — a baby girl — at the age of 50. The fashionista took…
BREAKING: Two more INEC offices razed
Two more offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been razed by unknown hoodlums. INEC said the two offices in Ebonyi state were burnt down on…
Joshua faces ‘Plan B’ as court ruling puts fight with Fury in doubt
The showdown for the world’s undisputed heavyweight championship between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury seems to have been plunged into doubt following a US…
Minimum wage: Sanwo-Olu increases pension by 33%
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved an increase of 33 per cent adjustments in the pensions of retirees under the Defined Pension Scheme (DBS)…
Buhari hails new era at capital market
President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the historic roles of the capital market in national development and its transition into a new era of increased competitive value creation for stakeholders. At the…
Lagos mobilises lawyers to decongest police cells
State Counsels in the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Lagos State Ministry of Justice were yesterday mobilised to decongest police cells of suspects. The new directive was…
Don’t try to harass Buhari in Paris or we go after your family in Nigeria – Group tells Omokri
A group, the National Youths Coalition, has warned a former aide of the former President Goodluck Jonathan, to jettison his alleged plan to…
Bayelsa monarch Alfred Diete-Spiff flees kingdom
Alfred Diete-Spiff, the traditional ruler of the Twon Brass community in Bayelsa, hosts to Agip’s Crude Export Terminal, has fled his kingdom as the protests against the oil…
Lagos Fourth Mainland bridge to gulp $2.5bn
Lagos State Government on Tuesday said the proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge will gulp $2.5 billion under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement.…
I’m not a Nigerian artiste, I don’t make money here – Burna boy
Grammy award-winning musician, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy, claimed that he is not a Nigerian artiste because he does not make money from Nigeria.…
Abiodun suspends aide arrested in U.S. for alleged $650m fraud
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has suspended his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Special Duties, Abidemi Rufai, following his arrest in New York by the…
Iyabo Ojo reacts to Baba Ijesha’s bail
Popular Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, has vowed not to back down until justice is served in the rape case leveled against another actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as…
Okowa sacks CoS, SSG, commissioners, political aides
Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has dissolved the State Executive Council and sacked all the commissioners and political appointees. Former Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu made…
‘Attack on IPOB an attack on Yoruba nation’ – Igboho warns FG
Self-acclaimed Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho has warned the Federal Government not to attack members of the…
France pledges full support to battle insecurity
France has promised to support Nigeria against the escalating insecurity in the country, the Presidency said last night. A statement by Senior Special Assistant to…
APC primaries: Sanwo-Olu has no anointed aspirants, says Faleke
A member of the House of Representatives, James Abiodun Faleke, yesterday debunked rumours that Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has a list…
IG orders policemen to be ruthless with secession agitators
Acting Inspector-General of Police Usman Alkali yesterday ordered policemen to deal ruthlessly with criminal elements and secessionists who…
Kaduna likens NLC to bandits, threatens to dismiss workers on ‘illegal’ strike
The Kaduna government has likened the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to bandits terrorising the north-west region. Schools and hospitals have been shut since Monday when the union…
Bill to impeach president after 30 days without cabinet passes second reading
A bill seeking to set a 30-day time frame for the president to appoint ministers upon assumption of office has passed second reading in the house of representatives. The bill, which scaled first reading in…
EFCC to quiz top PDP officials over ‘fraud’
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has summoned three senior officials of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over a case of alleged fraud, TheCable can report. In a letter addressed to Uche Secondus,…
BREAKING: Nigeria receives £4.2m Ibori loot
The federal government has received £4.2 million loot recovered from James Ibroi, former Delta state governor, and his family members. On March 9, the UK had committed to returning the £4.2 million loot recovered…
NLC yet to implement minimum wage for own staff — 2 years after
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is yet to implement the new minimum wage of N30,000 for its staff two years after it was reviewed, TheCable can report. TheCable understands…
Workers’ protest, economic sabotage won’t stop sackings — El-Rufai
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has insisted that protests and strike action embarked upon by workers in the state will not alter plans to sack some of them. The governor…