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Stakeholders worried as Unilag postpones convocation
Some education stakeholders have expressed worries and called for cordial working relationship between management and governing council of the University of Lagos. The stakeholders spoke against…
Boko Haram: Police officers’ wives protest, demand husbands’ redeployment
Wives of police officers fighting Boko Haram in the North-East have told the Federal Government to immediately redeploy their husbands from the battling round. The women, who marched through some streets in Jos dressed in black…
Italy to tell people not to enter or leave regions worst-hit by coronavirus
The Italian government is poised to introduce tough new measures to try and stop the spread of coronavirus, including telling people not to enter or leave the hardest-hit region of Lombardy, according to a draft decree. So far,…
Facebook says it will ban ads for medical face masks
Facebook is temporarily banning advertisements for medical face masks as part of an effort to prevent use of its platform to exploit people’s concerns about the new coronavirus. The ban covers advertisements on the social media…
Senate president felicitates with VP Osinbajo @63
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated with the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, as he marks his 63rd birthday on Sunday March 8, 2020. Lawan noted the many outstanding achievements of Osinbajo as an erudite…
Odion Ighalo the right man for Manchester United – Steve McClaren
Former Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has been described by Steve McClaren as the perfect striker for Manchester United, as the former Old Trafford legend tipped the Nigeria international to be handed a starting role in the…
VP Osinbajo most honest person I have ever met – Gbajabiamila
Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has congratulated Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on his 63 birthday described him as a very courageous and dependable person. In a congratulatory message, the speaker who has known the vice president for…
Nigerian tests positive for coronavirus
Mayor of Washington D.C. Muriel Bowser said a Nigerian who passed through the US capital city has tested positive for coronavirus in neighbouring state of Maryland. She announced this at a…
BREAKING: Adesanya beats Romero to retain UFC title
Nigerian-New Zealander Israel Adesanya has retained the UFC middleweight title, beating Cuban Yoel Romero at UFC 248 in the fifth round. The judges scored the five-round…
Coronavirus: Lagos monitoring 349 persons from endemic countries
The Lagos State government said yesterday it was monitoring 349 people in the State over coronavirus. Those being monitored are from arrivals from endemic countries,…
APC crisis: Buhari steps in, raises three-man liaison team
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to be taking the first step towards the resolution of the crisis rocking it. The crisis is threatening the…
Garrison without its commander: 12 years without Adedibu
In few months time, it would be 12 years since the late Generalissimo of Ibadan politics, Pa Lamidi Adedibu passed on, OZIEGBE OKOEKI recently visited the home of the former strongman of Ibadan…
Lagos-Ibadan rail: Better to delay project than contract coronavirus – NRC boss tells…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation boss has said the possible delay in the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project owing to the outbreak of Coronavirus is better than jeopardising the health of Nigerians. The News Agency of…
Governors shop for Oshiomhole’s replacement
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress took a new twist on Saturday as the governors opposed to the embattled National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, began the search for his replacement. It was learnt that…
BREAKING: NEC meeting not holding onMarch 17 — APC
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday dismissed a notification which stated that the party has called for emergency National Executive Committee meeting. National Legal Adviser, Babatunde Ogala and National…
Igbo may cease to be Nigerians in 2023 if denied presidency – Ezeife
Former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has said that anybody or group that tries to deny an Igbo from emerging the president in 2023 is pushing the…
Okonjo-Iweala appointed member NOT head of SA’s economic council
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, two-time minister, has been appointed as a member South Africa’s presidential economic advisory council. Clarification sought by TheCable from close parties to the economist revealed that she is a member of…
70 trapped as quarantine hotel collapses in China
Around 70 people were trapped after a hotel collapsed in China’s eastern Fujian province on Saturday evening, officials said. Xinjia Hotel collapsed around 7:30 pm (1130 GMT) and around 23 people had been rescued by 9:00 pm,…
Paul Pogba transfer saga takes two good turns for Manchester United
Manchester United are finally holding some aces in the Paul Pogba transfer saga as two significant developments have taken place. The long-running battle between Real Madrid’s president Florentino Perez, who wasn’t keen on acquiring…
UK police review probe into abduction of Dubai ruler’s daughter
British police said Saturday they were reviewing an investigation into the disappearance of the ruler of Dubai’s daughter after a court found that she had been abducted by her father. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, who is…
Cameroon reports second case of coronavirus
Cameroon confirmed its second case of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) and said the patient was quarantined in a Yaounde hospital. Minister of Public Health Manaouda Malachie said the patient is a Cameroonian who was in close…
Liverpool bounce back to beat Bournemouth
Liverpool recovered from back-to-back defeats and conceding the opening goal on Saturday with a 2-1 win over Bournemouth to move to within three wins of ending a 30-year wait for the Premier League title. Callum Wilson’s…
I regret I didn’t start criticising Governor Ayade on time – Agba Jalingo
Journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo, has said that his jailers made life unbearable for him at the Afokang Prison in Calabar where he was detained for 179 days. The publisher of Cross River Watch, who was arrested following an…
South Africa confirms second coronavirus case
South Africa on Saturday confirmed a second case of the novel coronavirus, a 39-year-old woman who had travelled to Italy as part of a group with the first confirmed case. The South African authorities said the woman had come into…