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A lawyer, Femi Falana, has asked the Lagos division of the Federal High Court to stop the Nigerian army from continuing the “operation positive identification” exercise which was scheduled to commence across Nigeria Friday. Mr Falana is also asking the court to declare the exercise illegal. The exercise entails the demand of valid means of identifications from […]

Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, on Saturday, admitted the presence of evil spirits in the Government House. The governor made the statement at the Province of the Niger, Anglican Prayer Rally of Anambra State (APRAS) 2019, with the theme “The Righteous shall Flourish like Palm Tree”, held at the Dr. Alex Ekwueme square, […]

Ikengboju Gboluga, the lawmaker representing Okitipupa/Irele federal constituency, has appointed 60 of his party supporters as personal aides. In a statement by Israel Fagbemigun, his media consultant, Gboluga said the appointments were in recognition of their contributions to his election. The lawmaker, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the appointees […]

International auctioneers are to sell the $40 million (about N14.4 billion) jewellery recovered from former Petroleum Resources Minister Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) hinted on Thursday. The agency’s Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, said auctioneers would also sell off the luxury houses recovered from the former minister and other fraud suspects. […]

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has said that the challenges which the country is experiencing in the area of kidnapping, armed robbery, and other crimes would reduce if the Federal Government could have the courage to sustain the partial border closure for two years. He said this on Friday in […]

The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has refused to answer a question on why the anti-graft agency has failed to probe the former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, over cash-carrying bullion vans seen at his home on the eve of this year’s presidential election. The armoured vehicles usually deliver […]

China just switched on the world’s largest 5G network… The country’s three state-run telecom operators launched services for the next generation wireless technology on Friday. China Mobile (CHL), China Telecom (CHA) and China Unicom (CHU) are all offering 5G plans that start at 128 yuan ($18) for 30 GB of data per month, giving Chinese internet users access to the ultra fast […]

President Donald Trump has said that his wife of 14 years, Melania, wouldn’t cry if he got shot in an assassination attempt. Online medium, Politico, reports that the President spoke in Washington at a dinner for some Republican heavy weight fundraisers. Together, Trump and Melania are parents to 13-year-old boy, Barron. “The president made the prediction […]

World Drug Report 2019 has put drug use prevalence in Nigeria at 14.4 percent of the population, representing 14.4 million Nigerians aged 15 to 64 years. This was revealed on Thursday in Kaduna by registrar of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), Elisha Mohammed, when critical stakeholders gathered to brainstorm on alarming statistics on drug […]

The Supreme Court of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday declared that women in Nigeria who have clitorises longer than 7,5 centimetres (3 inches) can now be legally considered as men. This was a very controversial ruling which however led to jubilation A 36-year old Isioma Adeyemi had requested to change her legal status from female to […]

Apple is warning owners of older iPhones and iPads that if they don’t update their devices to the latest iOS software by Sunday, they won’t be able to connect to the internet. IPhone and iPad products from 2012 and earlier will need the update before midnight UTC on November 3 in order to maintain accurate […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos State Sector Command, says it will commence “Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence” from Nov. 4, as part of efforts to enforce collection of abandoned licences in its offices. In a statement on Thursday in Lagos, DRC Olabisi Sonusi, the Acting Sector Public Education Officer, quoted the Sector Commander, […]

Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the arrest of Ismaila Mustapha better known as Mompha and Hamza Koudeih, his associate, is a landmark achievement. Mompha was arrested in Abuja on October 18 while Koudeih was arrested in Lagos state on Tuesday. Mompha and Koudeih are alleged to have […]

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has dismissed as “incorrect” the notion that President Muhammadu Buhari engages in frequent trips. Oshiomhole, who fielded questions from journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, said President Buhari was yet to match former President Olusegun Obasanjo regarding the number of foreign trips. He […]

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are at risk of losing their homes as entire cities sink under rising seas over the next three decades, according to researchers. The findings, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, put nearly three times as many people in coastal areas at risk from flooding than previously thought, and are […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has said that he fought a good fight and will not relent for Nigeria and democracy. Atiku’s comment is coming on the heels of the dismissal of his appeal at the Supreme Court. The apex court had earlier on Wednesday, dismissed the appeal filed […]

Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson, a retired Nigerian army brigadier-general and the first governor of Lagos state, is dead. Family sources told TheCable that Johnson died on Wednesday around 4pm. He served as governor of Lagos between May 1967 and July 1975 during the military regime of Yakubu Gowon. He became a director of construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the ruling of the Supreme Court, dismissing the appeal brought before them by Atiku Abubakar and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has afforded the country the ‘right to move on’. President Buhari who is away in Saudi Arabia for the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference, was quoted […]