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It will be a great miracle if we pull through 2019 elections – Kukah
Matthew Kukah, Catholic bishop of Sokoto diocese, says it will be “one of the greatest miracles” if Nigeria pulls through the 2019 elections successfully. Kukah said this in an interview published in the April edition of The Africa…
IGP reinstates Kogi police commissioner
Ali Janga has been reinstated as the commissioner of police in Kogi, William Aya, the state police command spokesman, has confirmed. Aya told NAN in Lokoja on Thursday that Janga returned to office on April 3 on the order of Ibrahim…
Nine federal lawmakers die in three years — what’s going on?
Mustapha Bukar, senator representing Katsina north, died on Wednesday, taking the death toll in the current national assembly to nine in roughly three years. The first death was recorded even before the inauguration of the national…
Skepta, British rapper of Nigerian origin, made a chief in Ijebu-Ode
Skepta, a British grime rapper, has been honoured with a chieftaincy title in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state. The rapper was conferred with the title of Amuludun Of Odo-Aje. Skepta, real name Joseph Junior Adenuga, was born in the United…
UK Guardian releases video used in blackmailing Buhari in 2015
According to reports reaching us, The UK Guardian has released a video of how Cambridge Analytica allegedly sought to influence the 2015 presidential election. In the video, graphically violent images were used to portray President…
#BBNiaja: Ebuka responds to claims that Cee-C was his ex-girlfriend
Big Brother Naija host, Ebuka Uchendu has responded to the claim by a social media user that housemate, Cee-C was his ex-girlfriend. According to him, People are obviously very unintelligent and bored. The media personality has been…
2nd year student hangs himself over a lady, shares suicide note (Photos)
According to reports reaching Parrot Nigeria, Many people were left in shock considering how a young student with bright future shamefully took his life because of a lady. The second-year Computer Science student at Chuka University in…
APC governors agree to fund elective convention – Sources
Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have agreed to fund the elective convention of the party, sources told TheCable on Wednesday. TheCable understands that the convention is subject to the reversal of the decision of the…
‘Black Panther’ becomes 10th highest grossing movie of all time
Marvel Studios‘ acclaimed blockbuster movie Black Panther, is currently the 4th highest grossing movie of all time in the North American Box Office and tenth on the worldwide box office. According to Variety, the movie, now in its…
75-year-old Useni declares governorship ambition — 34 years after ruling Bendel
Jerimiah Useni, senator representing Plateau south senatorial district, has declared his intention to contest the 2019 governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Useni made the declaration on…
FG to deregister NGOs over terrorism, money laundering
THE Federal Government has begun the profiling of Non-Governmental organisations (NGOs) with the intention of deregistering those involved in questionable activities. It was learnt that the measure was aimed at curbing money…
Ekiti 2018: INEC issues election notice
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday issued a Notice of Election for the July 14 poll in Ekiti State. The issuance signalled beginning of activities toward the conduct of the election. However, the ban on…
Oyegun loses extension bid as Buhari stays firm
Advocates of extended tenure for All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman John Odigie-Oyegun and others have lost their battle. President Muhammadu Buhari’s insistence on due process and the failure to get more governors into the…
US, UK envoys, Otedola hold talks on economy
OVER breakfast, United States Ambassador to Nigeria Mr. Stuart Symington has urged Chairman of Forte Oil Plc, Mr. Femi Otedola to partner international business to create more jobs for youths. At Otedola’s Ikoyi, Lagos home, the U.S.…
Buhari releases $1 billion to battle insurgency
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the disbursement of $1 billion to fight insecurity. The National Economic Council (NEC) approved the spending last December. Briefing State House correspondents at the end of security…
Facebook says data leak hits 87m users, widening privacy scandal
Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Wednesday that the personal information of up to 87 million users may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. This number is up from a previous news…
Opposition’s candidate, Julius Bio wins Sierra Leone’s presidential poll
The opposition party’s candidate, Rtd Brig Julius Madaa Bio of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) has been declared the winner of the March 31 Sierra Leone Presidential run-off election. According to the result announced by…
EXCLUSIVE: EFCC set to commence mass prosecution of PDP ‘looters’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will soon commence the prosecution of those listed as “looters” in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the federal government, TheCable understands. An EFCC official said…
Three killed as billboard falls on bus in Lagos (Video, photos)
A tragic incident which occurred at Ilasa bus-stop, along the Oshodi-Apapa expressway, Lagos during rush hour, reportedly claimed the lives of 3 people with several others injured after a huge advertising billboard fell on a commercial bus.…
‘Who is Toke Makinwa?’ -John Boyega finally reacts to Toke Makinwa’s assault story
Superstar Nigerian born British actor, John Boyega, has finally reacted to Toke Makinwa’s rant about getting assaulted by one of his bodyguards. Recall that Toke Makinwa had claimed to have been assaulted at a restaurant, Crossroads,…
Lady bounced from Quilox because she doesn’t use an iPhone
Media publicist Yetty sure had a story to tell after she visited Quilox with a friend. According to her, she was bounced because she doesn’t use an iPhone. The ‘gist’ that came with getting bounced from Quilox, was that if you are a…
Bobrisky blasts women who confronted him over his dressing in a bank (Video)
Nigerian cross-dresser, Bobrisky has been captured in a video having a heated argument with some women in a commercial bank somewhere in Lagos. The effeminate was in the bank to make some transactions when a non-fan spotted him…
#BBNaija: ‘Payporte should NOT have uttered a word, the dress is ugly’ – Kemi Olunloyo
Nigerian controversial journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has weighed on the controversy sparked by Big Brother Naija housemate, Cee-C, after cutting a cloth she was given for the reality show’s Saturday night party with a scissors all because she…
BREAKING: Aisha Ahmad, new CBN MPC members vote to retain record-high interest rate
Aisha Ahmad, Edward Adamu, and the two other newly confirmed members of the monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, have voted to retain the record-high benchmark interest rate at 14 percent. According to Godwin…