DEFAMATION: AFE BABALOLA, DELE FAROUNBI SUPPORTERS CLASH IN COURT Supporters of human rights lawyer, Mr Dele Farotimi, and those of legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), clashed on Tuesday at the Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Confusion erupted after the adjournment for ruling on the bail application of Farotimi to December 20, 2024. Babalola had dragged Farotimi to …

GOVERNOR’S SISTER SHOT BY ARMED ROBBERS DIES Atsi Kefas, a younger sister of Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State, has died four days after she was shot by armed robbers. Atsi, 44, died in a private hospital in Abuja while receiving treatment for her injuries from the robbery attack Suspected bandits on Thursday morning attacked a vehicle in which Jummai …

ATIKU, PETER OBI HAVE LEARNT THEIR LESSONS – AIDE HINTS ON MERGER Paul Ibe, the spokesperson to the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has said that his principal and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, have learnt their lessons in the last general election and would unite to kick out the “incompetent and …

3,270 NIGERIANS GAINED AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP VIA MILITARY SERVICE – US Nigeria has ranked fourth among countries whose citizens were granted U.S. citizenship through military naturalization between 2020 and 2024. During the period under review, the United States naturalised over 52,000 military service members across different countries. According to data obtained from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Monday, 3,270 …

I’LL GO AFTER BAD NIGERIANS, THEY’RE IN TROUBLE – TINUBU President Bola Tinubu has vowed to ensure that “bad” Nigerians face the full wrath of the law. Tinubu warned that bad actors, whether within or outside Nigeria, would be brought to justice. The President, represented by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, spoke at the graduation ceremony for the Executive …

NAIRA APPRECIATION MAY FORCE PRICE REDUCTION, INFLATION DECLINE – ECONOMISTS Nigerian economists are optimistic that the Naira’s appreciation against the dollar, if sustained, may lead to a drastic reduction in the prices of imported goods, by extension the country’s headline inflation, which stood at 33.88 percent in October, 2024.The Chief Executive Officer of SD & D Capital Management, Gbolade Idakolo, …

YOU CAN REMOVE KEMI FROM YOUR NAME – SHETTIMA TELLS UK PARTY LEADER Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has accused the newly elected leader of the United Kingdom Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, of disparaging her country of origin, Nigeria. He made the statement on Monday during the 10th Annual Migration Dialogue at the State House in Abuja. Shettima said, “Kemi Badenoch, …

COURT REFUSES YAHAYA BELLO’S BAIL APPLICATION The Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Tuesday, refused to grant a bail application filed by the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, saying it was filed prematurely. Justice Maryann Anenih, while delivering the ruling said, having been filed when the 1st defendant was neither in custody nor before the court, this instant …

TURMOIL IN FIRST BANK AS OTEDOLA WIELDS BIG STICK Folake Ani-Mumuney was asked to resign as First Bank’s global head of marketing and corporate communications by Femi Otedola, the chairman of the holding company, insiders have told TheCable. A top employee of the bank informed TheCable that Otedola was “seriously irked” when he learned that a whopping sum was spent …

PORT HARCOURT REFINERY OVER 90% COMPLETED– NNPCL The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, says the new Port Harcourt refinery is over 90 per cent completed. The Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPCL, Mele Kyari, stated this on Monday when labour leaders from the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, visited the facility in Rivers …

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE: RETALIATE IF YOUR HUSBANDS SLAP YOU – EMIR SANUSI TO DAUGHTERS The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, says he always tells his daughters when they are getting married that if their husbands slap them, he expects them to return the slap.The emir said wife beating, domestic violence form 45 per cent of cases across nine …

10,000 NIGERIANS DETAINED FOR IMMIGRATION OFFENCES IN 2024 –SHETTIMA Vice President Kashim Shettima has revealed that at least 10,000 Nigerians were detained for immigration offences in African and European countries this year. He however applauded the contributions of Nigerian immigrants to the global economy, saying Nigeria accounts for the highest of all diaspora remittances in West Africa. Apart from diaspora …

32 STATES, FCT RECORD ZERO FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN 2024 A total of 32 out of 36 states and the FCT attracted zero capital importation (foreign investment) in the first 9 months of 2024 up from 27 states in the whole of 2023. This is according to the latest Capital Importation data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for the …

NIGERIAN SOLDIERS LAMENT: WHILE WE:RE IN BUSH FIGHTING TERRORISTS, OUR FAMILIES IN BORNO BARRACKS SUFFER LACK OF ELECTRICITY, WATER SUPPLY Some Nigerian soldiers at the 7 Division Maimalari military cantonment in Maiduguri, Borno State in North-East Nigeria have said that the military facility for months has been lacking basic amenities such as electricity and water supply. According to them, their …

GERMAN PRESIDENT VISITS NIGERIA German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier will arrive in Nigeria for a three-day official visit. A statement by the German embassy in Abuja said Steinmeier will be in Nigeria from Tuesday to Thursday. While in Abuja, he is expected to meet with key Nigerian leaders, including President Bola Tinubu and Alieu Touray, president of the Economic Community of …