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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday called for prayers for the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, as he goes in for surgery of the colon. In a get-well message to the Pope, reported in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, Sunday night, President Buhari prayed […]

Mexico have defeated Nigeria 4-0 in their friendly match at the imposing Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, simply known as LA Coliseum. The Mexicans scored two goals in four minutes to record the lead in the game played at the 77,500- capacity LA Coliseum on Sunday (Nigerian time). The match is one of the most-attended game […]

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has emerged near the bottom of a list of past presidents ranked by effectiveness. Trump ranked number 41 in the list, sharing the same score (312) as President Franklin Pierce. Only Andrew Johnson and James Buchanan ranked worst with scores of 230 and 227. In contrast, President Barack Obama, the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says the agriculture policy of his administration is paying off as crude oil can no longer sustain the country. Speaking on Friday at the presidential villa in Abuja while receiving Hailemariam Dessalegn, former prime minister of Ethiopia, Buhari noted that his administration reverted to agriculture, owing to the fluctuating prices of crude […]

The Methodist Church Nigeria has passed a vote of no confidence on the British Methodist Church, over the latter’s approval of same-sex marriage. This was disclosed on Friday, in a statement issued by the Director, Media and Public Relations, Oladapo Daramola of the Nigerian variant of the church. According to Daramola, the position of MCN […]

Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Hakeem Odumosu, yesterday, handed down a warning to self-acclaimed Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, not to stage any rally in Lagos,  threatening to deal with decisively with anyone who violates the directive. The planned rally slated for tomorrow at the Gani Fawehimi  […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigerians are the problem of Nigeria, ruling out the influence of ethnicity and religion. Buhari said this while receiving members of the Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group, who visited State House, Abuja, to present a compendium of five years achievements of the administration. The president reflected on the […]

US comedian Bill Cosby was freed from prison on Wednesday, in a blow to the #MeToo movement, after a US court overturned his conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman 15 years ago. The 83-year-old left SCI Phoenix, a state jail 35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest of Philadelphia, after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled […]

A Constitutional Court in South Africa has sentenced former President Jacob Zuma to 15 months in prison for contempt of court. Zuma was found guilty by the country’s highest court after he defied its order to appear at a corruption inquiry centered on his tenure between 2009 and 2018. “The only appropriate sanction is a […]

The British High Commission has spoken on the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Dean Hurlock, a spokesperson of the British High Commission, told TheCable that while they can confirm Kanu’s arrest, he was not picked up in the UK where he is based. The IPOB leader, who is […]

The Federal Government on Monday explained why it has not resume flight to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika gave the explanation during the briefing by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19. He said Nigerian flights had not resumed to UAE because of the discriminatory protocol the Gulf country introduced. The minister […]

The Federal Government has extended the ban on travellers from Brazil, India and Turkey due to the rising COVID-19 cases in those countries by one month. It has also added travellers from South Africa to the list. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on […]

Legal provisions will be utilised to collect taxes on profits made locally by global technology and digital firms not based in Nigeria, but with significant economic presence in the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated this during an interaction with a delegation from the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, led by its President, Adesina […]

A Frenchwoman who admitted to killing her husband after nearly two decades of abuse left court a free woman on Friday evening to loud applause from well-wishers — concluding her ordeal that has appalled many in France. Valérie Bacot was sentenced to four years in prison, with three of those years suspended. She was released because she […]

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has endorsed the idea of the All Progressives Congress (APC ) National Leader, Bola Tinubu, vying for the Nigerian Presidency in 2023. The Olubadan expressed his support while receiving members of the Tinubu Vanguard, a support group for Tinubu’s presidency project in Ibadan on Saturday. A statement by Dr. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday suggested that the effects of drug abuse in the country was worse than acts of insecurity and banditry. The President made the comment at the launch of War Against Drug Abuse at the State House in Abuja. The launch event was held in commemoration of the United Nations International Day […]

US President, Joe Biden has said the sentencing of Derek Chauvin to 22 years in prison, ‘seemed to be appropriate’ for the offence. Biden stated this at the Oval Office in his response to Derek Chauvin’s jail term, BBC reports. On Friday, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill sentenced former Minneapolis police officer, Chauvin to 22 […]