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Lest I forget, I have been living in the Magodo Residential Scheme II, fancifully called “Magodo GRA” by residents, for 20 years: first as a tenant and now as a homeowner. One day in 2012, I got home and saw a letter hanging on my gate. It was written by a retired Supreme Court […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says ethnicity, religion or class cannot separate Nigeria. Osinbajo said this on Saturday during a courtesy visit to the palace of  Umar Farouk, Emir of Katagum, shortly after attending the wedding of Fatima Adamu, daughter of Adamu Adamu, education minister, in Azare, Bauchi state. Laolu Akande, Osinbajo’s spokesperson, quoted […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will “smoke out” the bandits who killed over 200 residents of Zamfara communities. TheCable had reported how bandits invaded about five communities located in Bukkuyum and Anka LGAs of the state between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Survivors of the attack said the bandits killed over 200 […]

Zainab, the first wife of Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), is dead. A statement by the family said Zainab died in the early hours of Saturday after a brief illness. The nature of the illness was not made known by the family. Zainab Marwa, a […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says the fight against insecurity and other challenges in Nigeria needs divine intervention. Speaking on Saturday at the national prayer session for the country, organised by the Kano state government, Buhari said his administration has been making significant efforts to overcome the security challenges bedeviling the country. Represented by […]

The death toll from the attack by bandits on communities in Zamfara state has reportedly risen to 200. TheCable had reported how bandits invaded about five communities located in Bukkuyum and Anka LGAs of the state between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. According to The Punch, survivors of the attack said the bandits […]

Gaby Kolajo, the owner of Lagos Island — a restaurant in Leyton, United Kingdom — has been fined £10,000 for calling mouldy chicken a special Nigerian meal. In August 2018, Kolajo was ordered to close down his restaurant located at Lea Bridge road after officials of the Waltham Forest council asked him to deal […]