Is the boarding house system truly so bad?
I finally watched the trending video about the boy that was abused in boarding house and having read all the arguments for and especially against boarding school i…
If we act in the spirit of Jesus, we shall defeat COVID-19 – Tinubu
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to let kindness reign as they celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Tinubu, in a…
Group wants security votes for traditional institution to curb crime
Ahmad Abdulazeez, National President, Presidential Support Coalition Initiative, an NGO, has advised the Federal Government to make provision for security…
N344m ransom: FG wasn’t part of negotiations, says Garba Shehu
The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Thursday, distanced itself from the negotiation process that led to the release of the abducted 344 students of Kankara school in Katsina State.…
OBITUARY: Lemu, revered judge and scholar who taught IBB and Abdulsalami
Lawyer. Judge. Teacher. Author. Mentor. The list goes on for Ahmed Lemu, renowned cleric who took his last breath on Thursday. His was a life of purpose and…
FG picks NGO to monitor spending of $311m Abacha loot
The Federal Government has picked a civil society organisation, CLEEN Foundation, to monitor the spending of the last tranche of $311m repatriated funds looted by the late Head of…
Afenifre tackles Adefuye over anti-Obasanjo comment
The National Publicity Secretary of the apex Yoruba Socio-Cultural Organization, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, dismissed speculations that former President Olusegun Obansanjo was not a…
Low production pushes up cement price by 35%
The inability to meet market demand for cement coupled with low production volume by major cement companies in Nigeria have driven prices up by 35 per cent. An investigation…
Border reopening: FG not prepared for imported Covid cases, says Tomori
As Nigeria reopens four of its land borders to economic activities, a Professor of Virology, Oyewale Tomori, has called for vigilance on the part of the authorities to forestall fresh…
APC begins certificate forgery suit against Obaseki
The All Progressives Congress on Thursday opened its case of alleged certificate forgery against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The case opened before Justice Ahmed Mohammed after…
Budweiser sends beer to all goalkeepers Messi scored against
Beer company Budweiser has celebrated Lionel Messi’s 644 goal achievement by sending out bottles of beer to every goalkeeper the Argentine has scored against.…
Rabiu Kwankwaso loses father
Former Governor of Kano state Rabiu Kwankwaso lost his father, Alhaji Musa Saleh Kwankwaso, in the early hours of Friday 25th of December 2020. Alhaji Musa Saleh Kwankwaso, the…
COVID-19 new variant in Nigeria ‘not UK type’
THE Africa Centre for Disease Control (ACDC) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have launched an investigation into the nature of the new variant of…
We are waiting for borders to reopen – Traders
About one week after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the reopening of the borders shut one year ago, traders in Seme and Illela border, Sokoto State, said they were awaiting the reopening of the borders to…
Security needs more support to end insurgency – Buhari
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has pleaded for more support for security agencies and more time to end insurgency. He described ending insurgency as problems “beyond…
Cristiano Ronaldo releases cute family photo
The world is celebrating Christmas and footballer legend, Cristiano Ronaldo is giving fans an inside look at his family celebrations for this year. The 35-year-old soccer star took to…
Ex-PDP spokesman Olisa Metuh released from Kuje Prison (Photos)
Olisa Metuh, a former spokesman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), was released from Kuje prison Thursday. He was freed following the order of the Appeal Court which quashed the…
2.1 million vote early in U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia
Nearly 2.1 million people have cast ballots in a U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia that will determine whether Democrats control both chambers of Congress, according to state data…
COVID-19 kills 66 Nigerians in 24 days, new cases top 1,000 again
Sixty-six Nigerians have died of COVID-19 complications since 1 December up till 24 December, according to the latest data from NCDC. The latest six deaths jacked the…
New COVID-19 strain: FG announces fresh rules for UK, South African passengers
The federal government has announced new travel rules for passengers coming in from South Africa and United Kingdom, where a new variant of COVID-19 has been discovered. Sani Aliyu, national coordinator of the presidential…
Three policemen shot dead in Benue
Gunmen have killed three policemen at the residence of Alfred Avalumun Atera, chairman of Katsina-Ala local government area of Benue state. TheCable gathered that some civilians were…
Amotekun killed UI student, attacked union leaders, NANS alleges
THE National Association of Nigerian Students has accused members of the Oyo State Security Agency, Amotekun, deployed in Oyo town of killing a 400-level student of the University of Ibadan, Akolade Gbadebo. The NANS Joint…
BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu recovers from COVID-19 — after 12 days in isolation
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has recovered from COVID-19, after 12 days in isolation. The governor had been confirmed positive for the virus on December 12, 2020.…
CBN revokes licences of seven payment service providers
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the revocation of operating licences of seven payment service providers (PSP), and one switch operator. The apex bank, in an official gazette of the federal republic of Nigeria,…