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Suspected Internet fraudsters (Yahoo boys) arrested in Imo
The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested eight suspected internet fraudsters at different locations within Owerri, Capital of Imo State. It was learn…
Breaking : Third coronavirus case confirmed in Lagos
The Lagos State Ministry of Health has confirmed that there is yet another case of the ravaging coronavirus in Lagos, Nigeria. The patient is said to be an independent case not connected with the ind…
How Pro-Oshiomhole Governors Saved APC National Chairman
Facts have emerged over how the plot to oust the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, was foiled yesterday by some governors of the party sympathetic to…
Zulum urges Buratai to take insurgency battle to terrorists hideouts
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has called on the Nigerian Army to take the ongoing war against insurgency in the North East to the insurgents’ enclaves to clear the remnants of the terrorists in …
Minimum wage: Organised labour gives 7 days ultimatum
The Organized Labour in Rivers State has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Rivers State government to meet up its demand or face industrial action. The seven-day ultimatum, which began on Monday, M…
34 undergradutes, Others arrested during cult meeting
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested 34 cultists at their hideout in Gwako, Gwagwalada Area Council in Abuja.DSP Anjuguri Manzah, Police Public Relations Officer, said the suspec…
Banker docked over alleged $200,000 theft
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) ,yesterday arraigned a 36-year-old banker, Oluwaseye Adu, before Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on one count-charge of stealing.The EFCC alleged t…
Coronavirus : UEFA Propose Concluding Champions League And Europa League In Four Days
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) will consider a plan that would see the Champions League and Europa League finish in just four days following the coronavirus outbreak in Europe. It…
Togo, Benin, Niger Owe Nigeria 30 Billion Naira For Electricity
The Republics of Togo, Niger and Benin owe Nigeria a total of N29.97bn for the electricity supplied to them from January to September last year, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commi…
$22.7b loan : Court told to stop President Buhari immediately
The Coalition of Opposition Political Parties, CUPP, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to court to stop him from borrowing the proposed $22.7 foreign loan. The lenders, Presidency, and …
Coronavirus now in 27 African countries (Full list)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there are now over 300 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Africa. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, stated that 27 countries have been affe…
Court Ruling : Mixed feeling among APC staff as Oshiomhole returns
The reinstatement of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has been greeted with mixed feelings by the members of staff at the party’s national secre…
13 inmates freed from Akwa Ibom correctional facility
About 13 inmates in the Akwa Ibom State Correctional Centre were on Monday, granted pardon by the Presidential Committee on Correctional Reforms and Decongestion, led by its Chairman, Justice Ishaq B…
Coronavirus : Canada shuts borders to all countries
In a bid to fight the coronavirus pandemic, Canada has shut its borders to all countries except the United States of America (USA). This was announced by the country’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau,…
FBI Arrests 13 Nigerians Over $30 Million Cyber Fraud
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has arrested thirteen Nigerians over alleged $30 million money laundering scheme in the United States. Disclosing this in a statement obtained by Thecable, t…
6 Soldiers killed after Boko Haram Ambush in Banki, Borno State
Suspected members of the Boko Haram on Sunday morning ambushed Nigerian troops in Banki area of Borno State killing six soldiers.Military sources confirmed that the attack occurred close to Banki jun…
Nigerian doctor abroad dies of coronavirus
The Minister of State for Health, Adeleke Mamora, has revealed that a Nigerian doctor, Olumide Okunuga, has died in Canada after contracting coronavirus. Mamora stated this while speaking to reporter…
Tyson Fury faces 8 years ban from boxing over doping allegations
UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) will investigate Tyson Fury and his cousin Hughie Fury, after Martin Carefoot claimed that a member of the boxer’s team offered him £25,000 to lie about how they each failed a d…
Traders in Onitsha market lament the return of fake drug cartel, alerts NAFDAC
Traders in the once banned popular Onitsha drug market, at the Niger Bridgehead have raised alarm over plans by fake drug dealers to take over the market and return to business. Some traders in the m…
French priest gets 5-year jail term for sex assault on boys scouts
A Catholic priest was given a five-year jail term Monday for sexually abusing boy scouts in his care several decades ago, a case that roiled the French Church over claims he was shielded from p…