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Musiliu Smith, the chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), has resigned from his position. Ikechukwu Ani, PSC spokesperson, confirmed the development to TheCable on Wednesday. According to him, Smith resigned on “health grounds”. The PSC spokesperson said the commission will issue an official statement regarding the development on Thursday. […]

The supreme court, on Wednesday, declared Ifeanyi Odii as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi state for the 2023 elections. In a unanimous judgment delivered on Wednesday, a five-member panel of justices overturned the decision of the court of appeal which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) […]

Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, has demanded the resignation of Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).  Makinde made the demand at the PDP south-west stakeholders meeting in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state. “Our party wants to rescue Nigeria and our candidate is a unifier. He wants to […]

You gain admission into a public university and you have a plan — to study a four-year course, serve your fatherland and begin your pursuit of favour in the labour market in your mid-20s. However, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has other plans.  After a series of industrial actions, you end […]

Commuters plying the Ado-Ilawe expressway in Ekiti state are stranded after a portion of the road caved in on Wednesday morning. The road recently became an alternative route for commuters, including residents of the state, due to the deplorable state of the Akure-Ado expressway. Asiwaju Oladimeji, a resident of the state, accused […]

The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has traced an oil spill from a Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) facility at Peremabiri community, Bayelsa state, to equipment failure.  A JIV is carried out by oil company representatives, community representatives, and appropriate government agencies to agree on the cause, impact, […]

The Labour Party has called on security agencies to place Festus Keyamo, spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, on security watch list. The party was responding to Keyamo’s allegation that Peter Obi, the standard bearer of Labour Party, was planning to fake an assassination attempt by hiring hoodlums donning […]

Ken Starr, the independent counsel whose investigation led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton, former US president, has died. In a statement on Tuesday, Starr’s family said he died of complications from surgery at a hospital in Texas. He died at 76 years. “We are deeply saddened with the loss of […]

Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta and vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says cyberbullying is becoming a trend in relation to comments over the 2023 elections. According to NAN, Okowa spoke on Tuesday at the northern Christian youth assembly summit, with the theme ‘Unifying Nigeria: The Role of Northern Christian Youths and […]