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The raid on Trademore, an estate located in the suburb of the federal capital territory (FCT), has stirred up a controversy. Adewale Adenaike, chairman of phase 3, Trademore Estate, Lugbe, had said DSS officers in a joint operation with American soldiers arrested a suspected terrorist in his community. The estate chairman said […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says there is no need to panic over the recent concerns raised on possible terror attacks in parts of the country. Speaking on the security alerts issued by the US and the UK to their citizens in Nigeria, he said the recent travel advisories from the the foreign countries should […]

The court of appeal in Abuja has granted a stay of execution on its judgment which discharged Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led by Haruna Tsanami, granted the application filed by the federal government pending the hearing […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the arrest of a suspected terrorist in an Abuja estate. Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesperson, said this in an interview with TheCable on Friday. Afunanya said the operation was, however, not done in collaboration with soldiers from the United States (US). “No joint operation between […]

Kenneth Okonkwo, spokesperson of the Peter Obi presidential campaign council (south-east), says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should prosecute Atiku Abubakar.  Okonkwo, who made the remark in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday, said the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should have been disqualified for “ethnic profiling”.  […]

The court of appeal in Abuja has overturned a judgment which sacked David Umahi as governor of Ebonyi state. On March 8, Inyang Ekwo, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, sacked the governor and his deputy, Eric Igwe, over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives […]

Bayo Onanuga, director of media & publicity for the Tinubu-Shettima presidential campaign council, says Banji Akintoye should not plunge Nigeria into crisis with his “divisive” statement. On Thursday, Akintoye, leader of the Yoruba Nation agitation, said Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is not contesting for the people’s interest […]

Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, says the beneficiaries of the 774,000 special public works (SPW) scheme are not people from the moon. On Wednesday, the senate committee on public account commenced an investigation into the SPW programme after lawmakers argued that nobody from their constituents benefitted. The committee […]

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., has sacked three top Twitter executives. The development is coming less than a day after completing the acquisition of Twitter, and also after Musk promised not to fire workers. The top executives sacked include; Parag Agrawal, chief executive officer; Ned Segal, chief financial officer; […]