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Nigeria’s Flamingos have beaten Germany to clinch a bronze medal in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India. The Nigerian ladies defeated Germany 3-2 on penalties at the DY Patil Stadium after the thrilling third-place match on Sunday ended in a 3-3 draw in regulation time. The Flamingoes started the game on […]

Ahmad Gumi, an Islamic cleric, says the naira redesign policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will make kidnappers resort to dollars for ransom. On October 26, the CBN announced that it has redesigned some new naira notes. The apex bank said the new notes include N200, N500 and N1000, adding […]

Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, has pulled out of a deal to allow the supply of grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports. This is coming three months after both the Ukrainian and Russian military delegations signed an agreement to allow Russia to export its grain and fertilisers. The deal, which also involved […]

The abductors of Adigun Agbaje, a former deputy vice-chancellor (academics) of the University of Ibadan (UI), have demanded a ransom of N50 million to effect his release.  Agbaje was kidnapped on Saturday along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway after a gunfire exchange between police officers and the abductors. Adewale Osifeso, the Oyo police spokesperson, […]

More than 140 persons have been killed, while dozens of others sustained injuries following a stampede in South Korea. The incident occurred on Saturday during a Halloween celebration in Seoul, the South Korean capital. While Halloween is traditionally marked on October 31 in some countries, and is a festival associated with warding […]

If you spend too much time on social media, you would swear that emigration, also known as “japa”, is new and peculiar to Nigeria. No, it isn’t. “Japa”, a Yoruba slang that roughly means “to cut loose”. For four decades, Nigerians have been “cutting loose” for economic reasons. The current wave is reminiscent of […]

Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says nobody will remove him from his position. According to Punch, Ayu spoke on Friday while addressing his supporters in Gboko, Benue state. The PDP national chairman has come under pressure of late, with demands for his resignation coming from different quarters. […]

An officer has been killed after police operatives exchanged gunfire with suspected kidnappers along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. In a statement on Saturday, Adewale Osifeso, spokesman of Oyo police command, said during the attack which occurred on Friday, another officer was “badly injured”. TheCable understands that Adigun Agbaje, a former deputy vice-chancellor (academics) […]

Hidayet Bayraktar, Turkish ambassador to Nigeria, says drones and helicopters from Turkey will soon arrive in Nigeria as part of efforts to strengthen the security architecture of the country. Bayraktar spoke on Saturday during the commemoration of the 99th national day of the Republic of Turkey, at an event held in Abuja. […]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), says there won’t be blame games involving past governments if he is elected. Obi said this on Saturday at the flag-off ceremony of the LP presidential campaign in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa state. The LP presidential candidate said he will immediately tackle the […]