Weapons dropped by helicopter for my boss inside forest —Bandit suspect

20-year old suspected bandit, Aliu Musa, disclosed on Wednesday that he once watched an helicopter drop weapons for his boss inside Dinya Forest in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. Musa, along with another suspected bandit, Salmanu Isa, 18, were among other suspects paraded for various offences at Katsina Police Command headquarters. In an […]

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How we foiled alleged EFCC’s plot to plant foreign currencies in Ambode’s house -Lawyers

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) allegedly tried implicating Akinwunmi Ambode, former governor of Lagos state, with some foreign currencies, according to some lawyers. Operatives of the anti-graft agency had invaded the Epe residence of the ex-governor on Tuesday. In a statement, Fatai Adebanjo, Busari Olanrewaju and Samson Okuneye, all lawyers, said they stood their […]

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Supreme Court dismisses PDP, Atiku’s appeal over access to INEC server

Nigeria’s Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Atiku Abubakar, its candidate in the last presidential election. In a unanimous judgment, the Dattijo Muhammad-led five-man panel, dismissed the appeal, saying there was no basis to interfere with the earlier decision of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal rejecting the […]

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EFCC raids Ambode’s residence in Epe, Lagos

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives, on Tuesday morning entered the residence of former Lagos Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, raiding the building as part of an ongoing corruption investigation. A top aide of the former governor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, confirmed that EFCC operatives raided Ambode’s home. The residence of Mr Ambode in […]

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Falana, Aborisade, Onovo, others won’t allow dictatorship, call for Sowore, others’ release

Lagos lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana SAN; former presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP), Chief Martin Onovo and human rights activist, Femi Aborisade, yesterday called on Nigerians not to relent in their demand for good governance in the country. Speaking at a symposium organised by Coalition for Revolution (CORE) at Oregun in […]

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Ex-APC’s spokesman, Timi Frank, praises US for exposing corruption in Buhari’s govt

An ex-Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Timi Frank, has praised the United States government for exposing the corruption in the All Progressives Congress (APC) government led by President Muhammadu Buhari. In its recent report, the U.S. Department of State had accused the Nigerian government under the APC of lacking […]

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HoSF Oyo-Ita submits retirement letter to Buhari

Winifred Oyo-Ita, the head of service of the federation, has offered to immediately proceed on retirement in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, TheCable understands. The widow had been under pressure from her immediate family to retire after news reports emerged that she was being probed over an alleged N3 billion contract scam. Although she […]

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Versatile actress, Ronke Odusanya welcomes a baby (Photos)

Versatile Nigerian actress, Ronke Odusanya in the early hours of Monday, August 19, welcomed her first child with her lover she has concealed from the public space. Sharing news of her baby’s arrival with her over 1.2m followers on Instagram, the Nollywood actress expressed gratitude to God for seeing her through the period of pregnancy. […]

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Police, DSS and soldiers barricade CORE symposium venue where Soyinka, Falana billed to speak

Police officers, men of the Department of State Services (DSS) and Nigerian soldiers on Monday morning stormed the venue scheduled for the consultative assembly between members of the Coalition for Revolutionary (CORE) movement and notable activists in Nigeria. The event which was expected to hold on Monday at the Logos Centre, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos, was […]

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As Ministers retreat opens, HoSF, Oyo-Ita absent

Head of Service of the Federation (HoSF), Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, was not in attendance at the two-day Ministers retreat holding in Abuja. Oyo-Ita is currently under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged financial infractions up to the tune of N3billion. Ahead of their inauguration on Wednesday, ministers-designate are attending a […]

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Arewa Northern Action Front joins #RevolutionNow protest, sets Thursday to begin action

A Northern group, the Arewa Northern Action Front, has called on the North to join the ‘RevolutionNow’ protest since, according to the group, President Muhammadu Buhari has continued working with a cabal of Mamman Daura, Ismaila Funtua and Abba Kyari. According to Theworldnews, the Arewa group said that the northern Nigeria has been pushed to […]

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Nnamdi Kanu speaks on Ekweremadu’s assault by IPOB in Germany

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Sunday described the attack on the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, in Nuremberg Germany as a ‘courageous act’. Senator Ekweremadu, who was attending the 2nd Annual Igbo New Yam Festival as a keynote speaker and special guest of honour was beaten up […]

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Senator Ike Ekweremadu escapes IPOB’s mob lynching in Germany

Ex-Nigerian Deputy Senate President but still a Senator, Mr. Ike Ekweremadu, was on Saturday assaulted and disgraced by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Nuremberg, Germany. Ekweremadu was dragged around and stoned with different objects, at the venue of the New Yam festival in the German city. Radio Biafra wrote, “Senator […]

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London Metropolitan Police, DSS petitioned over Buhari’s Cambridge assessment

The London Metropolitan Police Service and the Department of State Services (DSS) have been petitioned to investigate the documents President Muhammadu Buhari tendered at the Nigerian presidential election tribunal. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his party in the February 23 presidential election, had questioned the documents. Buhari’s chief of staff, Abba […]

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Obono-Obla and Oyo-Ita: Buhari presidency stinks – PDP

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday said the President Muhammadu Buhari Presidency was “rotten and reeks of incurable corruption, festering up to every level.” The party made the remark in response to suspension of the Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, Okoi Obono-Obla and the financial misappropriation in the […]

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Lady who defended her sex tape leak days ago got flogged, her hair shaved (Video)

Ghanaian pretty lady who was spotted in a video days ago telling those reposting her sex tape to continue, had her hair shaved and was also flogged by the Chief of Tamale community where she resides in over the leaked sex video. The Tamale lady identified as Kulu received 12 strokes of the cane alongside […]

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El-Zakzaky and wife arrive Abuja, Nigeria

Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shiites, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, have returned to Nigeria after their botched medical trip to India. The couple landed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nigeria on Friday afternoon aboard an Ethiopian Airline. El-Zakzaky and his wife decided to return home without […]

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Buhari gets interim probe report on Obono-Obla

Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Justice, Thursday, confirmed the suspension of chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property, Okoi Obono-Obla, which was based on the interim report of investigation on various allegations leveled against him. In a statement issued by the justice ministry’s Deputy Director, Public Affairs, James Odaudu, he […]

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