Buhari sacks NEMA DG, appoints replacement
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director General, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Engr. Mustapha Maihaja and appointed a replacement. The new NEMA Director…
Warren Buffetโs Berkshire Hathaway makes $50b loss in Q1
Warren Buffettโs Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported a record $49.75 billion first-quarter net loss on Saturday at the annual general meeting. The loss reflected huge unrealised losses on…
BREAKING: First-class emir dies in Kano
Tafida Abubakar Ila, emir of Rano,ย has died one day after he was admitted to the ย hospital over an unknown ailment. Faithu Bichi, his media aide confirmed this to TheCable, saying he died…
Are ugly ladies more faithful to their men?
Hi esteemed readers! Hope we are keeping safe? Please donโt forget our face masks, if we must go out. I must use this medium to appreciate you for your contributions to this…
Why the world was worried about Kim Jong-Un
Nearly three weeks after North Korean leader Kim Jong Unโs no-show at a key event sparked rumours he was seriously ill or even dead, state media published…
Tackle fake news vigorously – Buhari tells journalists
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Nigerian journalists to find a way to โvigorouslyโ tackle fake news and hate speech. The president said this while congratulating journalists as they mark the world press freedom day for 2020.…
Nollywood actress to sue Sun Newspaper over fake news
Nollywood actress, Christabel Egbenya has expressed disappointment over a news report by Sun Newspaper about her urgent need for a man, even if she will end up as a…
R. Kelly begs to be freed from prison
Disgraced American singer and songwriter, Robert Sylvester Kelly widely known as R. Kelly has made yet another plea to the judge to let him out of jail, claiming he has proof he is…
Six Togolese, Kano returnee test positive for COVID-19 in Oyo
Six Togolese nationals and a doctor who recently returned from Kano are among the latest persons to test positive for COVID-19 in Oyo state. The doctor is a staff member of the University College…
I had a crush on 2baba for a long time โ Mercy Aigbe
Actress, Mercy Aigbe, has revealed that for a long time, she had a crush on โAfrican Queenโ singer, 2baba (formerly 2face Idibia). Aigbe stated this during the week as a…
Between Abba Kyari and Abba Kyari
โIn spite of our age difference, he encouraged me to call him by his first name Abba, but I always preferred Mallam Abba. Forget what anyone might tell you, Mallam Abba was a…
COVID-19: Rate of community transmission in Kano โnow 80 percentโ
Nasiru Gwarzo, head of the presidential COVID-19 task force in Kano, says there is now a high rate of community transmission of COVID-19 in the state. Gwarzo told the BBC Hausa that a high…
Trump should be worried about November
Even amid a roaring pandemic, there are currently two Americas: โUnemployment Americaโ and โStock Market Americaโ, dueling lenses to view the same country. Unemployment America is bleak but…
We didnโt spend N7bn to construct COVID-19 isolation centre.. Itโs fake news – Kogi Govt
The Kogi state government has denied the rumour that it spent N7 billion naira to construct an isolation centre for COVID-19 cases. The isolation center, located at the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, was reportedly damaged by a…
COVID-19: CBN told to withdraw old naira notes from circulation
The Association of Progressive Nigerians has appealed to the Central Bank to withdraw old and tattered naira notes from circulation as the country is battling COVID- 19 pandemics. The group…
Madonna tests positive for coronavirus antibodies
Pop singer Madonna has revealed that she has tested positive for the coronavirus antibodies. Madonna, 61, shared the news on Instagram. โTook a test the other day and I…
โThis breaks my heartโ โ Tolani Otedola reacts to blog post about brother
Tolani Otedola, Nigerian singer and first daughter of business mogul Femi Otedola, has lambasted a news report that described her younger brother, Fewa as mentally unstable. The…
American actor, Sam Lloyd dies
ย ย ย ย ย Popular American actor, Sam Lloyd, who portrayed lawyer Ted Buckland on the comedy, โScrubs,โ is dead. According to CNN, Lloyd died after battling an inoperable brain tumor. He was 56. The showโs creator, Bill Lawrence…
Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds name baby son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas
Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have named their baby boy Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson. The names are a tribute to their grandfathers and two doctors who…
Weโll be in a deeper crisis if VAT is reduced – SGF
Boss Mustapha, the secretary to the government of the federation, says the country will enter a bigger crisis if the rate of value-added tax is reduced. Answering questions on Friday during the daily briefing of the presidential…
Nigeria wonโt return to normalcy until 2021, says NCDC DG
Chikwe Ihekweazu, the director-general of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says Nigeria and the rest of the world would not return to normalcy until next year โ at the very least.ย Speaking at the 24th edition of The…
Clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines to begin in Nigeria – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria has expressed interest to be part of the global solidarity trial of the vaccines being developed to combat COVID-19. Speaking on Friday at the joint national briefing of the…
I became a widow after being popular for the same role โ Stella Damasus
Stella Damasus became a famous Nollywood star at a young age. She was already in the entertainment industry at the tender age of 14. Only few people knew that she…
BRT scraps short-distance tickets, to commute 20 passengers per bus
Primero Transport Services Limited, operator of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos, says it will only be carrying 20 commuters with face masks per bus as from Monday to contain…