The Kano State Hisbah Board has raided and shut down a sports betting shop as part of its ongoing enforcement efforts during the holy month of Ramadan. The Hisbah officials shared images of operatives sealing the premises on its official Facebook page. The Deputy Commander of Hisbah in Kano, Sheikh Mujahideen Aminudeen, also confirmed the…
Super Eagles and Fulham midfielder, Alex Iwobi, says he is yet to learn the reintroduced Nigerian national anthem. The newly re-adopted anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” was written by Lillian Jean Williams in 1959 and composed by Frances Berda. It was replaced by “Arise, O Compatriots” as the national anthem of Nigeria on 1 October…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the spokesperson for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Femi Soneye, has resigned. A statement personally issued by Soneye on Saturday said his resignation was to allow him to focus on personal businesses. “I extend my heartfelt gratitude to you all for the unwavering support, professionalism, and genuine commitment you’ve…
The controversy ignited by the allegations of preferential treatment given to Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, is yet to end, as the investigation panel set up by the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Monday, August 11, probed the veracity of the claim. At the Independent Investigative Panel on the alleged corruption,…
Dangote Refinery will stop loading petroleum products for Nigerian market as the renegotiation of the naira-for-crude deal is not recording significant progress. However, sources told TheCable that refinery will continue to load for export as it currently sources all its crude stock from the international market in dollars. The refinery sells to Nigerian marketers in…
A 12-member delegation from Benin Republic’s Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) has visited the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on a study tour. The delegation, led by Sacca Lafia, CENA president, included national commissioners, directors, and senior staff. They were received on Monday by Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, alongside other commission members at INEC headquarters…
Senator Ned Nwoko has alleged that there is a coordinated gang up to criminalise him in the international community using his ongoing spat with his wife, Regina Daniels. He, however, said he current stories being circulated about his spat with Regina Daniels are fabricated and amount to criminal defamation, and those behind the smear campaign…
The Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has restored the full statutory rights of the Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, abolishing the new traditional councils in Edo South created by the last administration. He also backed the Federal Government’s Gazette, which gave the ownership of the returned artefact to the Oba’s palace, which was looted…
A former Senate President, Senator David Mark, and ex-Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, have been appointed as the interim Chairman and Secretary, respectively, of the African Democratic Congress, the coalition platform being positioned against President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 elections. According to multiple reliable sources who were present at the just-concluded meeting on…
The Kano State High Court on Friday sentenced a housewife, Fadila Adamu, to death by hanging for kidnapping and throwing an eight-year-old girl into a well, causing her death. The defendant, who lives in the Sabuwar Gandu Quarters, Kano, was convicted of kidnapping and culpable homicide. Delivering judgment, Justice Yusuf Muhammad-Ubale ruled that the prosecution…