Former Niger Delta militant leader Asari Dokubo has warned US President Donald Trump and the American military against any threatened incursion into Nigeria over alleged Christian genocide, saying they would all die if they attacked. In a viral Facebook video, the ex-leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF) said US soldiers would be…
President Bola Tinubu has celebrated his wife and First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu at her 65th birthday anniversary addressing her as the love of his life and steadying anchor. In a statement personally signed by President Bola Tinubu he says “Oluremi Mi, as you celebrate your 65th birthday today, I honour not only the love…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will commence nationwide continuous voter registration (CVR) in the first quarter of 2025. The electoral body said the exercise will commence at the LGA level and later extend to registration areas. In a memo dated November 20, 2024, sighted by TheCable, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, the commission’s secretary, asked…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minster of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has urged the judiciary to expedite hearings in cases involving terrorism, human trafficking, kidnapping and other violent crimes, stressing that the judiciary must support national efforts to combat insecurity. The AGF made the appeal on Monday in Abuja during the ceremony marking…
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has decried Illicit Financial Flows, IFFs out of Nigeria, noting that it was contributing to the worsening revenue problem of the country. The Managing Director of the global institution, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, who stated this at the ongoing 2025 Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington DC,…
Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has been released from the Kuje Prison after meeting the bail conditions granted by a Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja. Sowore, alongside Nnamdi Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, and 11 other protesters, were arrested by operatives of the Nigeria…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday received Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, at the State House in Abuja. Soludo, who arrived for a closed-door meeting with the president, was seen wearing a cap emblazoned with Tinubu’s insignia. Wearing red traditional attire, the Anambra governor completed the look with a branded white Faze cap. Soludo has served…
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has suspended 87 government officials for failing to attend an official function. Those suspended include commissioners, senior special assistants, special assistants, and permanent secretaries. The governor, in a statement on Monday night signed by his spokesperson, Monday Uzor, said they were suspended for failing to attend an important government…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Saturday’s by-election for Ibadan North Federal Constituency, Adewale Haastrup Olatunji has lost his polling unit to his counterpart from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Fola Sunday Oyekunle. Olatunji voted at Unit 27 in Ward 10 Saturday morning. According to the results announced at the…
The Christ Apostolic Church, CAC Oke Isegun, Eruku, Kwara State, on Sunday, held a special service inside its blood-splattered auditorium, praying for the safe return of kidnapped members and the repose of those killed during Tuesday’s brutal bandit attack. The church on Sunday officially confirmed that 38 worshippers were abducted, contrary to earlier claims circulating…
