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Nduka Obaigbena, founder of THISDAY and Arise TV, created time to taunt Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, at the burial of his mother in Delta state at the weekend. Obaigbena mocked Wike when he hosted some guests who attended the funeral of Margaret Obaigbena, his mother, on Saturday, in Owa-Oyibu, Delta state. […]

Two children were killed as a two-storey building collapsed in the Bariga area of Lagos state on Sunday. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said the building is located on Adeleye Street, Ladi Lak. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, LASEMA permanent secretary, confirmed the death of the children, adding that some adults sustained injuries […]

Walid Jibrin, chairman of the board of trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it’s unfair for the party’s presidential candidate and national chairman to hail from the same region.  Jibrin said this on Sunday when he featured on Sunday Politics, a programme on Channels Television. Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate […]

Hassan Nasiha, deputy governor of Zamfara, says Bello Turji, the notorious bandit kingpin in the state, has embraced peace overtures by the government. He disclosed this while speaking at a conference on security organised by the Students Union of Medina University, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday. According to him, the erstwhile bandit kingpin […]

Four reverend sisters have been abducted by gunmen in the Okigwe-Umulolo axis of Okigwe LGA of Imo state. TheCable understands that they were seized while on their way to a thanksgiving mass in the LGA. Zita Ihedoro, secretary-general of The Sisters of Jesus The Saviour Generalate, confirmed their abduction in a statement […]

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says comments made by Ned Nwoko, a lawyer and business magnate, regarding the Paris Club refund were “blatant lies and half truths”. There has been controversy over consultancy fees amounting to $418 million from the Paris Club refund. Nwoko, on Saturday, alleged that the consultancy fee owed by […]

Osita Okechukwu, director-general of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is not a unifier due to his violation of the concept of power rotation between the south and north. While fielding questions from journalists in Abuja on Sunday, Okechukwu said the breach is the genesis of the rift between […]

Bayo Onanuga, a former managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Dele Alake, a former commissioner of information in Lagos state, and Festus Keyamo, minister of state labour and employment, will head the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council. While Onanuga was appointed director of media and publicity, Alake was […]

Goni Aisami, an Islamic cleric, has been killed by a gunman suspected to be a soldier in Yobe state. Dungus Abdulkarim, the state police spokesman, told NAN the incident occurred at about 10pm on Friday after Aisami gave a ride to a person who claimed to be a soldier attached to the 241 […]