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A lawyer for R. Kelly said Tuesday the disgraced R&B singer needs more time to appeal his conviction after contracting COVID-19 in jail. In new court documents on Tuesday, Kelly’s attorney Jennifer Bonjean requested a two-week extension for the appeal of his conviction, citing his coronavirus diagnosis, the Chicago Tribune reports. “It is vitally important that Mr. Kelly meaningfully participate […]

The Senate has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to stop landlords in the Federal Capital Territory from demanding advance payment of one-year rent from their tenants. The legislation is titled, ‘A bill for an Act to Regulate the mode of Payment of Rent on Residential Apartments, Office Spaces, etc, in the FCT and […]

The United States embassy in Nigeria has lifted the restriction on drop box service or interview waiver for those renewing visas in the country. The interview waiver was suspended for Nigerian applicants in May 2019. But according to checks by TheCable on Monday, the suspension on the interview waiver has been lifted. Applicants must, however, be applying […]

Former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has said there is nothing like police brutality in Nigeria. According to him, what is referred to as police brutality is a situation where youths are brutalising youths, because the policeman accused of brutality is also a young person and his actions are borne out of frustration. […]

The Federal Government Sunday asked the youth to use its empowerment scheme to employ themselves. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, according to a statement by the ministry’s spokesman, Charles Akpan, said this at the weekend in Awka, Anambra State, during the ministry’s empowerment scheme for 3,000 youths. “The era where beneficiaries leave […]

Regardless of anyone’s opinion about him, Terhemen Anongo, 44, popularly called, ‘Doc K’ or ‘Bob Korna’ in the Gboko area of Benue State, feels good about his decision to sever his testicles. Anongo, in an interview with Daily Trust correspondent in Makurdi, said he severed his testicles to avert sexual urge, noting that his decision […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has expressed optimism that it would not disappoint residents in the conduct of the forthcoming Federal Capital Territory Area Council election scheduled for February 12, and the 2023 general elections. INEC’s National Commissioner for North Central, Sani Mohammed Adamu, made this known during an INEC FCT election monitoring and support […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerians of a new high-risk, critical and text messages-based malware, TangleBot, infecting Android mobile devices. TangleBot employs more or less similar tactics as the recently-announced notorious FlutBot SMS Android malware that targets mobile devices, the commission said in a statement on Saturday. “TangleBot equally gains control of the […]

The United Kingdom High Commission in Nigeria has reacted to Nigerians’ quest for the review of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) which mandates Nigerians seeking to study or work in the United Kingdom to sit and pass the test. On Saturday, in a response to an earlier enquiry by Premium Times shared by the head of communications […]