Troops rescue six students abducted from Zamfara varsity
Troops of the Nigeria Army (NA) have reportedly rescued six female students of the Federal University of Gusau abducted by bandits in Zamfara. An unspecified number of students of the university were reportedly abducted in the early hours of Friday from their rented lodge in Sabon Gida, Bungudu LGA of the state. […]
Supreme court left with 11 justices as Amina Augie retires
Amina Augie, a supreme court justice, has retired from the bench having reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. Augie’s retirement further depletes the number of justices at the apex court to 11. In July, the number of justices at the supreme court was reduced to 12 after the death of Chima […]
Presidency retracts claim on Tinubu being first African president to ring NASDAQ bell
The presidency has retracted its previous claim that President Bola Tinubu was the first African leader to ring the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) bell. On September 11, the president was invited by the United States Chamber of Commerce to ring the closing bell at the stock exchange market, based […]
Cardoso, deputy CBN governors assume office ‘after taking relevant oaths’
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said Olayemi Cardoso has assumed office as the acting governor of the apex bank, as he awaits the approval of the senate. In a statement on Friday, Isa AbdulMumin, director, corporate communications at CBN, said Cardoso took the relevant oaths of office at a brief ceremony held […]
Naira continues free fall, hits N995/$ at parallel market
The naira has plunged further against the dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market. Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs), who spoke to TheCable on Friday, quoted the naira at N995 to the greenback at the street market. The figure represents a depreciation of N15 or 1.53 percent from […]
Shankar becomes first child in UK to receive kidney transplant without life-long drugs
Aditi Shankar, an eight-year-old girl, has become the first child in the UK to receive a kidney transplant that does not require her to take long-term immunosuppressants. Immunosuppressants, also known as anti-rejection drugs, are required after a transplant to help prevent the immune system from attacking or rejecting the donor organ. The […]
Tribunal dismisses APC’s petition, affirms PDP’s Caleb Mutfwang as Plateau governor
The Plateau state governorship election petition tribunal has affirmed Caleb Mutfwang as the duly elected governor of the state. In a judgment delivered on Friday, the tribunal dismissed the petition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Nentawe Yilwatda, for lacking in merit. On March 20, Idris Amali, the Independent […]
I’m willing to become unpopular to reform Nigeria, says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu says he is determined to follow through on his promise of reforming Nigeria, even if it earns him an infamous reputation. Tinubu spoke while meeting with António Guterres, United Nations (UN) secretary-general, in his office at the UN headquarters in New York, United States, according to a statement issued on […]
Newspaper Headlines: FG may pay N1.68trn fuel subsidy, marketers forecast N900/litre
Reports of the police exhuming the corpse of Ilerioluwa Aloba, the late Afrobeats artiste known as Mohbad, and completing an autopsy on the body, permeate the front pages of Nigerian dailies. Source: Top Stories