Yesterday, Hon. Kevin Solomon Olaolu, the Senior Special Assistant on Student Affairs to the Ondo State Governor graced the highly anticipated Leadership Symposium organized by the National Association of Ondo State Students (NAOSS). The event, held at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, witnessed the presence of student leaders, government officials, and stakeholders from across…
No fewer than 40 people are trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed on Saturday in the Sabon Lugbe area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. As of press time, sympathizers and emergency workers are on-site, working to rescue those still caught beneath the debris. The building, reportedly under construction, collapsed in the…
Professor Samuel Ogunwale Ogundiran, a renowned academic and Professor of Educational Administration and Planning, has congratulated Muslim faithful in Ibarapa North, Ibarapa Central Federal Constituency, Ibarapa land and Oyo state in general on the successful completion of the 2025 Ramadan fasting. In a heartfelt message on Sunday, Professor Ogundiran expressed his warmest congratulations to the…
The Department of State Services, DSS, and the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, are reportedly probing how Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi central, attended the Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU, meeting in New York without official nomination. Sources said the probe is seeking to uncover how she secured accreditation, who facilitated her trip, and whether her participation…
Barely 48 hours after a tanker explosion rocked Jigawa state and killed over 90 people, another incident has been reported along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Confirming the incident, the Federal Road Safety Corps said no life was lost in the tanker explosion that hit the Ibafo axis of the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday. According to the…
The national assembly is considering a bill proposing an increase in the value-added tax (VAT) from 7.5 percent to 10 percent. VAT refers to a consumption tax on goods and services levied at each stage of the supply chain where value is added. In the executive bill seen by TheCable on Sunday, the national assembly…
The Lagos State Taskforce has declared the habitual conduct of blocking roads for parties or religious events as illegal, warning those involved will face the full weight of the law. The agency in a statement on Tuesday signed by its Director, Press & Public Affairs, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, condemned “this practice entirely”, an act it said…
Oil marketers are seeking to deal directly with the Dangote Petroleum Refinery instead of buying the company’s Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. Dealers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria and the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria said they had…
Some of the less privileged and needy in Rivers State were yet to exhaust their joyous mood from the cheerful visitation by the Operatives of the C4i Strike Force when the same Unit led by its Commander CSP Julian W. Igbudu in fulfillment of his promise, kicked off the year with a heartwarming and cheerful…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will this morning, arraign the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, before the Federal High Court in Abuja. Bello will be docked before trial Justice Emeka Nwite, on a 19-count charge that borders on alleged N80.2billion fraud. It will be recalled that Justice Nwite had…