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Michael Lana, a former attorney-general of Oyo state, says Lekan Balogun, a former senator, is unfit to be crowned as the next Olubadan of Ibadan. Saliu Adetunji, the Olubadan of Ibadan, breathed his last at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, in the early hours of Sunday. The monarch, who was the 41st king […]

Inibehe Effiong, human rights lawyer, has faulted the arrest of residents and security guards of Magodo Brooks estate by Hakeem Odumosu, Lagos commissioner of police. On Saturday, the police commissioner, who was attending a social event at the estate, ordered the arrest of four security guards over their “refusal to allow” him entry […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state has taken a swipe at Shehu Sani, a former senator representing Kaduna central, over comments credited to him. While declaring his intention to contest the Kaduna governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sani had said if elected, he “will clean […]

There is that epochal moment — a landmark happening that defines a person’s life. Some people are the main characters when this significant moment happens. However, some are outshined by a bigger star in this all-important moment. Bashir Tofa happened to be one in the latter group of individuals who have been relegated to […]

Just as the world was celebrating the transition to a new year, news filtered in that Salihu Adetunji, the Olubadan of Ibadan, had passed on. Adetunji, who was crowned as the 41st Olubadan in March 2016, died at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo state in the early hours of Sunday. He […]

The presidency says visitors to the presidential villa in Abuja will be required to take rapid COVID tests before they would be allowed in. Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, confirmed the development to state house correspondents in Abuja on Sunday. Rapid COVID tests are designed to tell in a few minutes if someone […]

The presidency says there are no issues between President Muhammadu Buhari with the national assembly over alterations in the recently signed 2022 budget. According to the presidency, “innumerable lies” are being spread about the president’s disagreement with the parliament. TheCable had reported that Buhari expressed reservations on “worrisome changes” made by the […]

Hakeem Odumosu, the Lagos state commissioner of police, on Saturday, ordered the arrest of four security guards for their “refusal to allow” him into Brooks Estate, Magodo. Adekunle Ajisebutu, the state police spokesman, confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday. Ajisebutu said the statement was to debunk reports making the rounds […]

There was a fire outbreak on Sunday at the South Africa parliament building in Cape Town.  The fire broke out on Sunday morning and is said to have severely damaged the old assembly wing, including the chamber. In a statement, Moloto Mothapo, spokesperson of the parliament, said the cause of the fire […]