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The National electricity regulatory commission, NERC, on Wednesday, February 25, 2020, directed all the 11 electricity distribution companies in the country to stop billing consumers who have not been metered, more than 1,800 a month. There has been a public outcry from consumers in the...

South Africa’s graft-accused former president Jacob Zuma returned home on Saturday, February 22, 2020 after a month-long trip to Cuba for medical treatment and declared he was not afraid of prison. Zuma, 77, was slapped with an arrest warrant earlier this month after his lawyers claimed he was...

Abubakar Malami, the attorney general of the federation and minister of justice has asked the Nigerian public to disregard the story that the federal government is to pay Kebbi State governor, Atiku Bagudu, $100 million from the late Sani Abacha loot, describing the report as “unfounded and...

Four officers of the Kogi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, were reportedly kidnapped on Thursday, February 20, 2020, around Ajegwu, Ofu LG, by unknown gunmen. The officers were reportedly on their way to Benue State, to attend a promotion examination...

The Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, the national body of Fulani herdsmen in Oyo state is seeking inclusion of its members in operation Amotekun, a security outfit. Speaking at a public hearing on the Oyo state security network agency bill 2020, also known as...

“My namesake, I commend your relentless counterinsurgency media campaigns against our enemies, on a pro bono basis without a penny from the military. Please sustain the tempo.” – General Yushau Abubakar General Buratai, the above message was sent to me by the first Commander of Operation...

Donald Trump has announced his appointment of Richard Grenell, the current US ambassador to Germany, as the acting director of national intelligence. In a tweet on Thursday, February 20, 2020, Trump named Grenell, a staunch supporter of his policies, into the role which essentially oversees all...

The United States Government has warned that it will recover the over $308 million looted and stashed abroad by the former head of state, the late Sani Abacha if it is re-stolen in Nigeria. The threat followed a February 4, 2020, repatriation pact the Nigerian government signed with … Read...

Tukur Buratai, the chief of army staff, says President Muhammadu Buhari should not be pushed into sacking his service chiefs “because he knows where the problems are”. There have been calls by federal lawmakers and other Nigerians on the president to sack the service chiefs following what...

Iyanya Mbuk, a former Mavin artiste, has been charged with alleged car theft by the Police Special Fraud Unit, PSFU, in Ikoyi, Lagos State. He was on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, taken to court and arraigned before Justice Okikiolu-Ighile of an Igbosere High Court, according.... via The Trent...

Isa Pantami, the ministry of communication and digital economy has directed the Nigeria Communication Commission, NCC, to revise the policy on sim card registration and usage. In line with Section 25(1) of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003, the minister, Isa Pantami, said the National...

Officials of the Lagos state task force broke into apartments at Iyana-Ipaja area of the state to seize motorcycles. The incident, which occurred on Wednesday, February 5, 2020, at Raji Rasaki Street in the area, sparked off violence as youths lit bonfires and formed barricades in the street.…...

Fire has razed a section of the Swali Market, a major market situated in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State. Investigations revealed that the inferno, which broke out in the early hours of Friday, January 24, 2020, completely burnt shops where gas cookers, cloths and other wares, were …...

Hope Uzodinma, Imo State’s new governor-elect, has ordered that all accounts belonging to the state government be frozen with immediate effect. The order, which became effective from Tuesday, January 14, 2020, was contained in a statement released by the director-general, Hope Uzodinma’s...

David Oyedepo, the president and presiding bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, has dismissed some officials for allegedly stealing from the church’s treasury. Oyedepo, who spoke on Saturday, January 11, 2020, during an empowerment summit organised for the church’s ordained workers. The...

The world number three deadliest terrorist organization, Boko Haram, has on Friday, January 10, 2020, kidnapped four armed soldiers and two police officers along Damaturu-Maiduguri road. Military sources who revealed this to TheCable, said Boko Haram attacked the security officers in an ambush...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who was the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in the March General Elections, says 2019 has not been a good year for Nigerians. In a statement by his media office on Tuesday, December 31, 2019, Atiku said … Read more via The...

Boris Johnson, the British prime minister on Friday, November 29, 2019, said that Britain would leave the EU by January 31, 2020, at the latest if his Conservative Party wins a majority in the election in two weeks time. “If we can get a working … Read more via The Trent | Internet...

Boris Johnson, the British prime minister has on Thursday, November 28, 2019, been accused of profiling Nigerians as greedy and materialistic. Johnson is leading the British Conservative party into a general election, which is set to hold on December 12, 2019.... Read more via The Trent |...

Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, has on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, said that he cannot understand why the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Itse Sagay, has continued to attack him, even when he was among those …...