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President Muhammadu Buhari says he rates senate president Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house, “very very low”. Speaking in an interview with state TV, Buhari said the national assembly, as led by Saraki and Dogara held Nigeria to ransom for seven months without passing the budget. “I told Saraki and Dogara that […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says Nigeria should modify its laws such that the 2023 elections would not be a “repeat of what happened in 2019”. Jonathan made this known during a public lecture and presentation of a book titled “Excellence in Governance and Creativity: Legal Essays”. The book was dedicated to Nyesom Wike, Rivers state […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, has fiercely criticised the social investment programmes (SIP) of the administration, saying there was little evidence to show that a good chunk of its budget was judiciously utilised. Ms Buhari said the initiative has failed to reach its intended beneficiaries in at least Adamawa and Kano. Although the programme was […]

An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has discharged and acquitted former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Robert Azibaola, of $40 million laundering charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Delivering judgement on Monday, the judge, Nnamdi Dimgba, held that no credible evidence was adduced to establish the offence of […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned motorists to desist from carrying children in front seats or on their laps while driving. The FRSC Sector Commander in Enugu State, Ogbonnaya Kalu, gave the advice during the National Road Safety Club Day held on Monday in Enugu. Mr Kalu said that the Road Safety Club […]

Nigerians living in the US will be able to register for national identification number as from May 28. Aliyu Aziz, director-general of Nigerian Identity Management Company (NIMC), made the disclosure in a statement made available to TheCable. He said the extension of the registration to Nigerians abroad is in line with NIMC’s mandate to ensure […]

Rochas Okorocha, the governor of Imo State, has vowed that he will become the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria come what may. Okorocha made his conviction public on Sunday during his valedictory thanksgiving service held at the Government House Chapel in Owerri. He said  that his current political travails, particularly the seizure of […]

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone C, Owerri, Imo State, on Friday said it seized nine exotic cars worth N162.1m between March and May, 2019. The impounded vehicles included five 4matic Mercedes Benz cars, a Toyota Hilux, and four other vehicles. The Customs Area Comptroller, Kayode Olusemire, stated that the 2010 4matic Mercedes […]

Twenty students were killed and 17 more are being treated for injuries after a fire tore through a commercial building in Surat on Friday, in the Indian state of Gujarat. The victims were attending classes in a tutoring center on the third and fourth floor of the building when the fire spread, Surat police commissioner […]

The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district, Dino Melaye, has released a new song against the incumbent Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello ahead of the November governorship election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Melaye’s song against Gov. Bello is being released after other ones the senator recorded against his […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday declined comments about whether it had launched an investigation to find out how former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu, came about the bullion vans that drove into his home in February. Nigerians have mounted pressure on the anti-graft office to open money laundering probe against Mr Tinubu, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to order the final forfeiture of $5.7million and N2.4billion belonging to former First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan. It said the money is reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. Moving an application for the final forfeiture, the EFCC’s lawyer, Rotimi […]

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson Friday appointed former President Goodluck Jonathan as honorary Special Adviser on the Bayelsa Education Trust Fund Board. Speaking at the formal launching of the trust fund in Yenagoa, Dickson appealed to Jonathan to use his influence to attract donations to the fund. He said: “Let me commend our leader, the […]

An FCT High Court in Jabi, Abuja on Friday dismissed a suit challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination and eligibility to contest the 2019 Presidential Election for lacking in merit. The court upheld as valid, his nomination and subsequent election contest in a suit which also joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Chairman,  Adams […]

Lionel Messi has said FC Barcelona’s biggest mistake was failing to compete during the 0-4 defeat at Liverpool which sent them crashing out of the UEFA Champions League. The Argentina forward compared the loss to the 0-1 loss his national team suffered against Germany in the final match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says there are plans by some “unscrupulous elements” to implicate him. In a statement Paul Ibe,  his spokesman, issued on his behalf, Atiku alleged that part of the plan is for some unnamed people to perpetrate some crimes and indict him and “senior personalities” of the […]