Day: January 19, 2022

The All Progressives Congress has said it will begin the sale of forms for aspirants vying for its national positions ahead of the National Convention from February 14. National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, announced this in a statement he issued on Wednesday in Abuja. He said, “The APC…

Aisha Umar, a female Internally Displaced Person (IDP) in Borno State, has taken her life after allegedly being raped by an official of an International Non-Governmental Organisation (name withheld). The deceased, who was into menial jobs for survival, was reportedly lured to the apartment of the suspect at 303 Housing Estate, near Dalori IDP camp,…

  The controversies in a viral sex video clip of singer, Tiwa Savage are yet to abate. The activities in the video have been used as one of the questions in an examination paper in a university. In the first-semester examination 2020/2021 academic session of the Federal University, Lafia, Nassarawa State, Faculty of Arts, Department…

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has said that the Nigeria Police Force is deploying technology in virtually all areas of its operations in tackling new waves of banditry and kidnapping in the country. According to him, the Marine unit had been reactivated, the crime section digitalised, drones have been acquired while the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has countered a claim by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that Permanent Voters’ Cards have expired. Tinubu had made the claim while addressing women leaders of the APC who paid him a visit in Abuja, on Tuesday. The former governor of Lagos State also lamented…

The Nigerian Senate has rescinded its decision on Clause 84 of the Electoral Bill, 2021, which deals with the procedure for the conduct of Political Party Primaries following observations by President Muhammad Buhari on the said provision and his decision to withhold assent. The Senate in late 2021 passed a version of the bill and…

JUST IN: Court declares attack on Nnamdi Kanu illegal, awards him N1 billio   The Abia State High Court on Wednesday ordered the Nigerian government to pay Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu N1 billion, after declaring invasion of his home as unconstitutional. The Nigerian Army had in 2017 broke into the residence of Mr Kanu…

NEC Recommends ₦302 Per Litre Petrol Price By Februar[appbox firefoxaddon ] The federal government may increase the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), better known as petrol, to N302 per litre in February 2022 as part of the recommendation of the National Economic Council (NEC) in November 2021. TheCable understands that this is part of…

Former Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will give its presidential ticket for the 2023 general elections to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Speaking on Tuesday at the ongoing 2022 annual lecture of the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation in Kano State, the former governor while referring…

Owo/Ose Rep Facilitates Blocks of Classrooms to Constituency In a bid to further enhance the learning activities and his passionate intervention in developing education sector, as well as fulfilling his electoral promises to the people of Owo/Ose Federal Constituency, Hon. Timehin Adelegbe, a member of the House of Representatives, Abuja, is set to commission numerous…

The price of rice in the Nigerian market is expected to fall as the country launches 13 pyramids of rice paddy, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The price of rice, a staple food in Nigeria, began upward trend when the Nigerian government closed the Seme border between Nigeria and Benin Republic in August 2019. The…