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Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum, is being protected in the UK. The ex-minister had relocated to London shortly before former President Goodluck Jonathan handed over... Read more via...

Mohammed Bello Adoke, the former attorney-general of the federation, says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) desperately manufactured evidence to implicate him in the bribery allegations over the Malabu/OPL 245 transaction.... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/36eX7Bx...

Joseph Hayab, a cleric, has urged the federal government to take urgent and decisive action against Boko Haram insurgents. Hayab said this in reaction to the killing of Lawan Andimi, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika local government area of Adamawa state, by the...

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Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), was expelled from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, in 1979 after reportedly leading a violent protest against the use of alcohol in the school.... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2N98vc8 Get More Nigeria...

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has accused the federal government of alleged plans to kill Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, its leader. El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, arrived in Nigeria from.... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2Z3Kg1y Get More Nigeria Metro News

The management of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi has announced the closure of the varsity in honour of the students who died as a result of a heavy downpour..... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2KB3Z3A Get More Nigeria Metro News

President Muhammadu Buhari will inaugurate his new cabinet on Wednesday, August 21. Babatunde Lawal, permanent secretary, cabinet affairs office, said the swearing-in will follow the induction retreat for.... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2ZCJhGJ Get More Nigeria Political News

Femi Otedola, Nigerian business mogul and philanthropist, has taken to his social media platforms to congratulate Nana Otedola, his wife, on her birthday.... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2YBPbKL Get More Nigeria Metro News

Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, has directed the immediate suspension of the medical director at the Umaru Shehu Ultra-Modern Hospital alongside four medical doctors who were absent when he visited the hospital on Tuesday night.... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2Yz3ifR Get...

One of the workers of Action Against Hunger, a non-governmental organisation in Borno state, has spoken from captivity. Insurgents had attacked a convoy of aid workers in Damasak, Borno state, last week, killing a driver before kidnapping six aid workers.... Read more via TheCable –...

Uchechukwu Ogah, ministerial nominee from Abia state, says Nigeria has all it takes to feed the entire world. He said this while responding to questions from senators during the screening of ministerial nominees.... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2M96nRq Get More Nigeria Political News

Sounds of gunshots rocked the air as members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) returned to the streets of Abuja on Tuesday. The IMN members, who are demanding the.... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2XZYg0p Get More Nigeria Metro News

Odion Jude Ighalo has won the highest goal scorer award at the just concluded 2019 Africa Cup of Nations on Friday night. The Super Eagles star scored five goals in the.... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2XUODjG Get More Nigeria Sports News

A video showing Wilson Dauyegha, minority leader of the Bayelsa house of assembly, attacking Jotham Amos, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, has surfaced online..... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2Y0Filu Get More Nigeria Political News

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) says it will hold President Muhammadu Buhari responsible if any northerner is attacked in the south.... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2XYaeTB Get More Nigeria Political News

Amaju Pinnick, president of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), wanted to kick out Ahmad Ahmad as president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), so he could take over, insiders have.... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2Z2w7Cw Get More Nigeria Sports News

The office of the secretary to the government of the federation (OSGF) has released the new official portrait of President Muhammadu Buhari, rendering his first term portraits obsolete.... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/32Bnocu Get More Nigeria Political News

An army commander and at least 20 soldiers have been killed in an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in Yobe state. The troops were ambushed on their way from Borogozo in Yobe where the.... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2JNYnT1 Get More Nigeria Metro News

Members of the private sector under the aegis of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) says N6 trillion revenue has been lost to the Apapa gridlock..... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/32pPB6h Get more: Nigeria Business News