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Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho, has been reportedly released from custody in Benin Republic. In July 2021, Igboho was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic over alleged falsification of his passport. Prior to his arrest, the Department of State Services (DSS) had declared him wanted for allegedly stockpiling […]

Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe state and now-ousted chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker committee, took steps to scuttle the party’s national convention scheduled for March 26, TheCable can report. Amid the crisis in the ruling party over the national convention, Buni had held on tightly to the position of […]

A federal high court in Abuja has restrained the national assembly from taking any further step regarding section 84 (12) of the newly amended electoral act. Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, gave the order on Monday while delivering ruling in an ex parte application brought by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the […]

The federal government says it has officially opened a bid for proposal on the national carrier. The aviation ministry disclosed this on Monday in a statement shared on the official Twitter handle. Last week, Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, announced that the government would issue requests for proposals to intending investors.  […]

The Lagos police command says it has arrested the driver of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle which was boarded by Ayanwola Oluwabamise, the late 22-year-old fashion designer. ‘Bamise went missing after she boarded a BRT vehicle from Chevron Bus Stop, Ajah to Oshodi around 7pm on February 26. During the journey, […]

Ayanwola Oluwabamise, a 22-year-old lady who went missing after boarding a bus rapid transit (BRT) in Lagos, has been found dead. TheCable had reported that Oluwabamise, a fashion designer, went missing after she boarded a BRT at Chevron bus stop, Ajah area to Oshodi, Lagos around 7pm on February 26. The 22-year-old […]

Abubakar Sani Bello, governor of Niger state, says he has been acting as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker committee “for a while now”. Bello said this on Monday after presiding over a meeting of the party’s national caretaker committee at the APC national secretariat in Abuja. “Acting […]

The federal government says it will not tolerate the recruitment of Nigerians into the Ukrainian army to fight against Russia. On February 24, Russian troops invaded Ukraine after Vladimir Putin ordered a special military operation in Donbas, a separatist-held region in the country. Since the invasion, there have been reported casualties from […]

Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), has asked a federal high court in Abuja not to remand him in prison. Kyari was on Monday, arraigned alongside Sunday J Ubia, Bawa James, Simon Agirigba and John Nuhu who are members of the police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). Others are Chibunna Patrick […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 90 new cases of Lassa fever have been recorded in the country. According to the agency’s latest situation report for February 21 to February 27, the new cases were recorded in 12 states with Ondo, Edo and Bauchi accounting for a majority of the cases. […]