Presidential election will hold first, INEC insists
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it is standing by its decision to hold the 2019 presidential and National Assembly elections on the same day while the governorship and state legislative elections will come next. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at the quarterly consultative meeting with the media in Abuja on […]
Shehu Sani: Dapchi Means Lessons Not Learnt In Chibok
Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, says it is wrong to claim that Boko Haram insurgents have been defeated. Sani said this while reacting to the abduction of 110 students of Government Girls’ Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state. The senator said the abduction proved that the country had not learnt its lesson from the Chibok […]
Stella Oduah in EFCC net over N9.4bn ‘fraud’
Stella Oduah, former minister of aviation, has been quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an N9.4bn alleged fraud during her tenure. TheCable learnt that she arrived at the EFCC headquarters at 11am to honour a longstanding invitation. The senator representing Anambra north was still being grilled as at 6pm, but it […]
Prepare for 2019 elections Buhari Tells APC leaers
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to brace up for the 2019 elections. He said this on Monday when he hosted top members of the party at the presidential villa in Abuja. Buhari thanked his party men for standing by him despite the “antics of the opposition”. “I […]
NAMA To Enhance Upper Airspace Communications, Begins Routine Calibration Of Navigational Aids
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has concluded arrangements for the deployment of four stand-alone JOTRON high-powered, Very High Frequency (VHF) long range communication radios, each to be installed in Lagos West and Lagos East as well as Kano West and Kano East Area Control Centres (ACCs). This is in line with its commitment towards […]
Boko Haram Not Totally Defeated, But Terribly Degraded – Presidency
The Presidency has admitted that the war against Boko Haram insurgency has not ended, saying the terrorists have not been completely defeated. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said this during his appearance on Channels Television’s political programme, Sunday Politics. Despite the series of attack by the insurgents in […]
Corruption Index: SERAP Asks Buhari To Take Ranking As A ‘Wake-Up Call’
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to see the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) as a wake-up call. Deputy Director of SERAP in Nigeria, Timothy Adewale, made the appeal on behalf of the organisation in a statement signed by him on Sunday in Lagos. Transparency International (TI) had […]
Manchester City Thrash Arsenal To Win English League Cup
Manchester City won the first trophy of the Pep Guardiola era on Sunday, brushing Arsenal aside 3-0 in the League Cup final with the help of an old-fashioned route-one goal from Sergio Aguero. It was an impressive statement of intent from Guardiola’s team at Wembley after a shock FA Cup defeat to lowly Wigan last […]
Lukaku Inspires United Fightback To Beat Chelsea
Romelu Lukaku broke his barren run against top six Premier League opposition and provided the winner for Jesse Lingard as Manchester United came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 at Old Trafford. Victory against his former club was particularly sweet for Jose Mourinho as he got one over on Chelsea boss Antonio Conte, but more […]
Air force Deploys More Assets In Search of Dapchi Schoolgirls
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has deployed additional air assets to the north-east in search of the missing students of Government Girls’ Science Technical College in Dapchi, Borno state. Olatokunbo Adesanya, NAF director of public relations and information, disclosed this on a statement on Sunday. A total of 110 students of the school are reportedly […]
