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A teacher who asked her teen student if he would love to play naked hide and seek, has been arrested after she also sent nude photos to the 17-year-old student on Snapchat. Kelsie Schmidt, 22, who taught math at Beulah High…

Samuel Ortom, the Benue State governor, has cried out against alleged threats from the government, saying the Federal Government should be held responsible if anything happened to him. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the governor…

Zimbabwe’s president on Monday said he was “appalled” by a televised report showing abuses by security forces in a continuing crackdown. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, on his official Twitter account, said was unhappy at the…

A Nigerian man identified as Shehu Audu on Twitter has been issued a quit notice by his landlord for being a staunch support of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. S According to…

Nigerian man has narrated a unique incident that he witnessed recently when Nigerian women farmers were asked for their account numbers. The Twitter user said that when it was time to pay the women their allowances, rather than…

The Academic State Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, received the certificate of operation for Nigerian University Pension Management Company, NUPEMCO, from National Pension Commission, the regulatory agency for the country’s…

Following the retirements of seven former Deputy Inspectors General of Police by Acting IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, six new DIGs have been appointed. The new DIGs, four of them former Assistant Inspectors General of Police and…

The battle over which presidential candidate, the Action Alliance, AA, will support in 2019 may have come to an end following the declaration by the national chairman of AA, Kenneth Udeze to support All Progressives Congress, APC,…

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said  IPOB will hold a  referendum  on the  sovereign state of Biafra on  February 16,  a date the Independent National Electoral Commission has set aside for…

The Nigeria Customs Service is seeking a reduction in the tariff for imported vehicles from the current rate of 70 per cent of the cost of such vehicles to 45 per cent. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col Hameed Ali (retd.)…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, on Monday, announced that three international airlines have moved into the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa. FAAN made the announcement via its Twitter handle, while sharing…

Is President Muhammadu Buhari right to suspend Justice Walter Onnoghen and install Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN)? This is the “puzzle” the Senate is asking the Supreme Court to resolve. …

Former Governor of Ekiti state Ayodele Fayose has declared that he was not surprised by today’s verdict of the tribunal on the petition filed by the PDP and its candidate, Prof Kolapo Olusola. “The judgement was already in the…

Ahead of the emergency meeting of the National Judicial Council (NJC) on Tuesday, the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) has sent a list of criminal allegations against Water Onnoghen to the body, TheCable can…

Lawmakers in the Lagos state house of assembly have accused Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of the state, of incurring expenditure from the 2019 budget without presenting it to the assembly. At plenary on Monday, the aggrieved…

Earlier today, the Senate filed a case in the highest court of the land, the Supreme Court, seeking its interpretation on whether President Muhammadu Buhari acted within the provision of the constitution in his suspension of the…

Abortion is a “terrible’’ drama but women who go through it must find mercy rather than castigation, Pope Francis said on Monday. “To really understand the drama of abortion you have to be in a confessional, (it is) terrible,’’…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has reportedly taken the decision to push back the start date of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations by a week. The continental tournament is now set to begin on June 21 instead of June 14…

A group, Igbo Reawakening Forum (IRF) has distanced itself from the endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, by the Ohaneze Ndigbo. The body said the decision by the…

Mauricio Pochettino claims trophies “only build your ego”, with the Tottenham head coach eager to point out that continued involvement in the Champions League is of greater importance to Spurs. While earning plenty of plaudits…

The main opposition political party in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it is not bothered by the high turnout of people at rallies organised by the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), saying the…

Dubai International Airport said it retained its top global spot in 2018 after serving the largest number of passengers for the fifth year in a row despite falling short of its target. Traffic at the major transit hub rose…

A video of Ghanaian lesbian couple doing their own ‘thing’ has popped up on social media and as usual, it is fast trending with the majority of online users expressing their views about the leaked video. In the viral video…

TEXT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE, ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED, IN ABUJA ON MONDAY, 28 JAN 2019 Gentlemen of the press, thank you for once again honouring our invitation. 2 …