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Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, says security institutions in the country need a complete overhaul which will result in conformity with global best practices. Ganduje said this on Friday in Ibadan, the Oyo capital, at the 2022 alumni lecture of the University of Ibadan. According to NAN, Ganduje, who had earlier attended […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says its national convention will hold on March 26 as planned.  Ismaeel Ahmed, youth representative and spokesperson of the caretaker/extraordinary convention planning committee (CECPC) disclosed this on a Friday at a media briefing in Abuja. Ahmed, who was responding to a letter addressed to the party by […]

The defence ministry of India says it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan. The incident was said to have occurred on March 9 and India blamed it on a “technical malfunction”. In a tweet on Friday, the defence ministry said the Indian government will investigate the incident. “On March 9, 2022, […]

The G7 leaders and the European Union have agreed to further impose economic sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine.  The G7 countries include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.  In a statement on Friday, the White House said this would further isolate Russia from the global […]

Nigerian naira traded at N581 per dollar on Friday at the parallel section of the foreign exchange market. The figure is lower by N3 or 0.5 percent from the N578 it traded last week. Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs), popularly known as “abokis”, who spoke to TheCable in Lagos, said one dollar exchanged […]

The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) says its researchers have identified three candidate drugs to be repurposed for the treatment of Lassa fever. Abdullahi Mustapha, director-general of NABDA, disclosed this on Friday in an interview with NAN. Mustapha said scientists at the genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics department of the agency, led by […]

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country is on its way to victory against Russia. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has claimed hundreds of lives, while millions of persons have fled to neighbouring nations since the war started on February 24. Speaking in a televised address on Friday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine has […]

Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), has ordered that every officer on patrol duty must wear the approved police uniform. In a statement on Friday, Muyiwa Adejobi, the acting police spokesperson, said Baba expressed dismay at the “flagrant violation of the approved Nigeria Police Force dress code” by officers on routine operations. […]

Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, has installed Olalekan Balogun as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland. The governor presented the staff of office to Balogun during the ceremony which took place on Friday at Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the state capital. Makinde had on February 14 approved Balogun as the 42nd Olubadan. […]

A magistrate court in Lagos has remanded Andrew Nice, driver of the BRT vehicle boarded by Bamise Ayanwola, the late 22-year-old fashion designer. TheCable had reported that Bamise went missing after she boarded a BRT bus driven by Nice at the Ajah axis of the state on February 26. Nine days later, […]