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The Senate has approved the Federal Government’s request for a $6.1 billion (N2.343 trillion) loan request. The Senate gave the approval on Wednesday after it considered a report from its Committee on Local and Foreign Debt which it earlier directed to work on the loan request. Presenting the report on the floor during plenary, the […]

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation, has narrated a rare encounter with Prophet TB Joshua, late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN). Fani-Kayode, who been tried severally for alleged corruption and abuse of office, said in 2016, Joshua told him that he would be released from prison and it happened. Fani-Kayode spoke […]

The United Kingdom Parliament is set to commence a debate on the repatriation of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from Kenya to Nigeria today (Wednesday). The British government had clarified that Nnamdi Kanu, who was travelling with a British passport, was not arrested within its shores. IPOB had accused the Buhari […]

Lagos Assembly has passed an amended version of the Criminal Justice Law of the State barring the police from parading suspects before the media henceforth. The bill was passed at a sitting presided over by Deputy Speaker, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni, on behalf of Speaker Mudashiru Obasa. Section 9(A) of the newly passed bill states: “As from […]

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 […]