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The management of the Abia State University Uturu, ABSU, has banned students from driving private vehicles on campus. The ban was contained in a press statement issued Tuesday by the Registrar, Dr. Acho Elendu. The action is believed to be part of efforts to avoid an ostentatious show of affluence or flagrance display of ill-gotten […]

Senator Rochas Okorocha says President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to take on the case he has with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He said this on Thursday while responding to questions from State House reporters after a closed door meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The former Governor of Imo […]

CNN’s top boss, Jeff Zucker, on Wednesday resigned from the network after he didn’t disclose a romantic relationship with another senior executive at the company. Zucker has been at the helm of the affairs of the cable network for nine years. He told colleagues in a memo that his relationship with CNN’s executive vice president […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will today embark on a four-day trip to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, for the 35th Ordinary Session of Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said Buhari will join other African leaders in finding solutions […]

Emirates Airlines has announced the resumption of its flights to Nigeria. The announcement came less than 24 hours after the Federal Government approved the resumption of flight operations between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Daily Trust reports that the federal government had, through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), communicated the approval to the UAE while […]

There was tension at the Shehu of Borno palace in Maiduguri when a yet-to-be-identified policeman gunned down Donatus Vonkong, a Warrant Officer of the Nigerian Army attached to the Operation Hadin Kai. Multiple sources confirmed the incident to Daily Trust, on Wednesday, saying the policeman was under the influence of alcohol. The development caused pandemonium […]

The Senate on Wednesday advised the Federal Government to evolve and implement holistic reforms in the Nigerian Police Force. It believes employing more able-bodied personnel, injecting more financial resources for the purpose of procuring arms, ammunition, and other policing gadgets, as well undertaking regular training will ensure efficient policing in the country. This formed part […]

The Catholic Church in Nigeria has said as an institution it will not endorse candidates in the coming 2023 general elections. It, however, said it encouraged its members to register, participate in party politics, contest and vote in elections. The church also condemned the delay in signing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. The Priest in […]

The Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has called on the members of IPOB, to avail themselves in the ongoing peacemaking process. This was Kanu’s stand as revealed to newsmen in Owerri, on Monday by his lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor after they had visited Kanu last Thursday at the Department of […]

The immediate past governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode after a long silence since leaving office in 2019, has asked Nigerian youths to register and get their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to vote in the 2023 elections saying power is in their hands. Ambode made this known in a post shared on his official Facebook, […]

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. […]