Climate Action: How women joined forces to kick out coal miners from Benue community
Ibagwa is a community in Owukpa, Ogbadibo LGA of Benue state. Owukpa is a coal-rich area with mining activities going on in different communities — and Ibagwa is one of them. Owukpa Consolidated Mines Nigeria Limited, a coal exploration, development and mining company, established in 2003 has been mining in the community since […]
Sultan confirms sighting of moon, says Ramadan begins Saturday
Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, has confirmed the sighting of the moon signalling the beginning of Ramadan. In a live broadcast on Friday, Abubakar announced that the Ramadan fast will begin on Saturday. The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) also announced the development in a statement on Friday. […]
FAKE NEWS ALERT: No ban on Abuja stadium by FIFA, says NFF
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has denied reports that the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, has been banned from hosting football games by FIFA. Some reports had earlier claimed that the world’s football body has placed the sanction on the Abuja stadium following the stampede that ensued in the aftermath of the World Cup […]
Adeyinka Grandson, Yoruba supremacist, bags 54-month jail term for inciting racial hatred
Adeyinka Grandson, the convener of the Young Yorubas for Freedom (YYF), has been sentenced to four and half years in prison for promoting racial hatred. In August 2019, TheCable reported that Grandson, a UK-based Nigerian of Yoruba descent, was arrested in London over his social media posts against some ethnic groups in Nigeria. […]
World Cup 2022 draw: Spain, Germany get ‘group of death’ as Ghana faces Portugal
Spain and Germany, two European powerhouses, have been drawn together in Group E ahead of the FIFA World Cup later in the year. The draws were held in Qatar on Friday evening. Both European sides squared off in the final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa where Spain prevailed […]
Court strikes out suit challenging CBN’s cashless policy
A federal high court in Lagos has dismissed a suit challenging the legality of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s cashless policy. Akintayo Aluko, the presiding judge, gave his ruling on Friday in a suit filed by one Victor Onyegbado who claimed the policy was unconstitutional, and that it subjected him to restrictions. […]
Gunmen ‘bomb’ home of Imo commissioner
Gunmen, on Thursday, reportedly set ablaze the home of Ford Ozumba, commissioner for labour, employment and productivity in Imo state. The attack was said to have occurred in the commissioner’s hometown in Umuhu-Okabia community, Orsu LGA of the state. The attackers reportedly threw petrol bombs into the compound. Confirming the incident […]
Police defuse IED in Kaduna community — ‘fifth in less than a month’
An improvised explosives device (IED) has been found in Shanono, a community in Rigasa, Igabi LGA of Kaduna state. The IED was reportedly concealed in a bucket at the same spot where another one was discovered the previous day. An anti-bomb squad deactivated the IED in Shanono on Thursday and no one […]
Appeal court dismisses Ogbuoji’s suit seeking Umahi’s sack over defection
The court of appeal sitting in Enugu has dismissed the suit seeking the removal of David Umahi and Eric Igwe as governor and deputy governor of the state. Henry Njoku, a high court judge in Ebonyi, had on February 28 dismissed a suit brought by Sunny Ogbuoji, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate […]
Amid FX scarcity, naira trades N587 per dollar at parallel market
Nigeria’s official currency, the naira, has maintained stability against the US dollar at the parallel market for the past week. The development comes amid the lingering forex scarcity in the country. Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs), popularly known as ‘abokis,’ told TheCable that naira traded at N587 to the dollar. The […]