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The convoy of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was involved in an accident en route to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Friday. A source disclosed this to TheCable, saying one of the outriders in the convoy of Nigeria’s number two citizen died in the accident. The vice-president was said to be heading to the airport ahead […]

The Presidency on Thursday reacted to purported attack on Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari in Kebbi State. Buhari was in Kebbi State on Thursday to declare open the Argungu Fishing and Cultural Festival. The president’s security was breached by a young man who moved briskly and menacingly towards him while taking photograph with host Governor Atiku […]

The deposed Kano emir, Muhammadu Sanusi, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order for his release from the post-dethronement detention and confinement. Mr Sanusi was deposed following a resolution of the Kano State Executive Council on March 9, on allegations of insubordination. Following his sack, he was taken […]

Europe appears to have been largely blindsided by President Trump’s announcement yesterday that the US was suspending travel from 26 European countries. Several European ambassadors in Washington tell CNN they didn’t know this was coming, despite having been in contact with the administration over the past few days. One ambassador in DC said there was […]

The Attorney-General of Kano State, Ibrahim Muktar, on Wednesday said the state government did not banish the deposed Emir of Kano, Alhaji  Muhammadu  Sanusi II. Muktar said the state government was clear in its press statement on Monday that Sanusi was deposed, but never made any reference to any banishment. The Kano AG said this […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has no involvement whatsoever in the dethronement of HRH Muhammadu Sanusi II from the position of Emir of Kano, a press statement from the presidency has stated. Many Nigerians including a former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwanso, believe Mr Buhari supported Mr Sanusi’s removal by the Kano State Government. In a statement, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on health workers to be patient with his regime to address their demands as the country tackles coronavirus. He stated that the outbreak of the disease had posed fresh challenges for the economy, especially the impact on crude oil revenue. Buhari made the appeal in Abuja when members of the […]

British MP Nadine Dorries, a minister in the health department, has tested positive for coronavirus, she said in a statement on Tuesday. “I can confirm I have tested positive for coronavirus… and have been self-isolating at home,” said the Conservative MP. Health officials are now trying to trace where she contracted the virus and who […]

A former social media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Reno Omokri, has mocked the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, over his ordeal. Omokri alleged that Sanusi as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria in 2014 stated that $20bn was missing from the nation’s coffers. He said the scandal contributed to the […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday declared a two-week warning strike against non-payment of salaries of lecturers not enrolled in the Federal Government’s Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System. National President of the union, Biodun Ogunyemi, who read the declaration after the ASUU National Executive Council meeting held in Enugu, said the warning […]

There was tragedy in one of the Nigeria Professional Football League games on Sunday as a Nasarawa United player, Chieme Martins, slumped and died. According to witnesses, Martins slumped after a collision with a Katsina United player, on Sunday afternoon, and efforts to revive him by the medics and subsequent rush to the hospital were […]

The Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has described the regime of the President Muhammadu Buhari as the worst in the history of Nigeria. Oyedepo said this on Sunday while delivering a sermon during the second service of the church at the Faith Tabernacle, Ota, Ogun […]

Pope Francis has cancelled his main public appearances to avoid crowds gathering to see him and will stream them on the internet from inside the Vatican because of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy. The Vatican said the pope would not address crowds from a window overlooking St Peter’s Square and would not hold his general […]

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 consultations had been going on in  the states,  with meetings scheduled to take place next week on how […]

The national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has played down the possibility of President Muhammadu Buhari not being satisfied with his leadership. Mr Oshiomhole told journalists Thursday he had no way of knowing the president’s perception of him, as he could not “read him.” The APC leader said this as the party faces […]

A Birmingham crown court in the United Kingdom on Friday sentenced Michael Oluronbi, a Nigerian pastor, to 34 years in prison. Oluronbi was convicted of raping some children for a period of 20 years. He was said to have committed the act during religious bathing rituals he claimed would wash their sins away and cleanse […]

Fifty years after his administration ended a brutal civil war with the Igbo, former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), confessed, yesterday, that the Igbo nation had been marginalised in Nigeria’s polity. Gowon, who spoke at a public event organised by Igbo Leadership Development Foundation, called for the adoption of appropriate measures to ameliorate […]

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said that the Federal Government will soon stop the salaries of its workers not captured on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System. She said this in Kano State at the 2020 management retreat organised by the Office of the Accountant General of the […]