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The Kogi state government has dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to court over “unsubstantiated allegations” on bailout funds. Over the past months, the anti-graft agency and the Kogi government have been at loggerheads over allegations that the state runs an account in Sterling Bank containing about N20 billion bailout loan. […]

Bisi Akande, former interim chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has alleged that the government of former President Olusegun Obasanjo was reluctant to find the killers of Bola Ige. Ige, former attorney-general of the federation during Obasanjo’s tenure, was killed on December 23, 2001. In his autobiography “My Participations” unveiled […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has received other West African leaders for the 60th Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) ordinary session. The meeting, which began on Sunday morning, will see ECOWAS leaders deliberate on crucial sub-regional and continental matters, including reports on political crises in Mali and Guinea Conakry. According to NAN, […]

Air Peace says claims by aviation authorities in the United Arab Emirates on why the country denied its flight slots are untrue. In a letter addressed to Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, on Saturday, Oluwatoyin Olajide, chief operating officer, Air Peace, described claims by UAE as false and deliberate attempts to damage the […]

Oba Jimoh Oladunni Oyewumi, Ajagungbade III, the Soun of Ogbomoso in Oyo state, has died after 48 years on the throne. Although there is no official statement on his death, a palace source who preferred to be anonymous told TheCable on Sunday that the king joined his ancestors. He added that he […]

The federal government says it will restrict airlines coming from Canada, United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia into Nigeria from Tuesday, December 14. Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, who disclosed this on Sunday in Lagos, explained that it was to reciprocate the travel ban placed on Nigeria over the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. […]

On Friday, the federal government approved COVID-19 booster shots for Nigerians 18 years and above who have been fully vaccinated. Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), said the booster dose offers greater protection and advised Nigerians to visit the nearest health facility or mass vaccination site […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, against endorsing aspirants vying for political offices. Obasanjo gave the advice on Saturday at an event organised to honour Nteranya Sanginga, director-general of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and his wife, Charlotte, with the chieftaincy title of Aare and […]