Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the Nigerian President, has narrated how some political allies of her husband betrayed him during the 2023 presidential election. In her new 52-page book, The Journey of Grace: Giving Thanks in All Things, released to mark her 65th birthday, the First Lady said Tinubu mused on the idea of presidency for over 14 years. According …

Tensions resurfaced in Rivers State politics on Sunday as Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, appeared to be on different tracks, raising fresh doubts over the much-publicised peace deal brokered in the state. Governor Fubara, alongside his deputy, the state’s Chief Judge, and top security chiefs, attended an interdenominational church service organised by …

A human rights lawyer, Bulama Bukarti, has warned that peace talks between communities in Katsina State and armed bandit groups are giving criminals a free platform to display power and spread fear. Recently, two local government areas in Katsina — Jibia and Batsari — held meetings with bandits who were seen carrying dangerous weapons in public glare. Videos and pictures …

A Federal high court sitting in Abuja has declared as illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional, the bid by Prof. Pat Utomi and some of his associates to form a shadow government in the country. The court held that Utomi and his associates cannot hide behind the pillar of the rights of association to criticise the government to engage in unlawful activities. …

Former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf, has slammed the senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, over his comment on the insecurity in the North. Oshiomhole had recently stated that the insecurity in the North was tied to the activities of illegal mining in the region, stressing that top personnel were using choppers to carry out …

The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH Enugu, has disclosed commencement of investigation into the death of a patient in the hospital, who allegedly died of negligence by the staff of the hospital on 21st September 2025. There has been a widely circulated social media report regarding one late Mrs. Charity Unachukwu, who was brought to UNTH emergency unit but …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the compliance with the National Policy for the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) a mandatory requirement for mobilisation into or exemption from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The provides that, effective from Oct. 6, no Nigerian graduate – whether from a Nigerian university, polytechnic, college of education, or an overseas institution would be …

Award-winning author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in a scathing open letter published on her verified X handle, has slammed Minister of Works and former Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, over his recent comment on South East presidency. Umahi had in his recent remarks, stated that it was not yet the South East’s turn for presidency, “when it’s our turn, nobody will …

The Nigeria Police Force has announced the theft of one of its official vehicles, a Toyota Buffalo Land Cruiser, from the premises of the Force Headquarters in Abuja. According to an internal wireless message from the Commissioner of Police (DFA, Katsina Command) relaying information from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), the vehicle, with chassis number JTELU71JX0B027126 and registration number …

China’s former agricultural minister was sentenced to death on Sunday on corruption charges, with a two-year reprieve, a court statement said. Tang Renjian accepted cash and property bribes totalling more than 268 million yuan ($38 million) between 2007 and 2024, the People’s Court of Changchun in northeast Jilin province said in a statement. The court ruled that the bribes “caused …

A top member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Seyi Olorunsola, says the party can win the 2027 elections for President Bola Tinubu, its governorship candidate, and all APC candidates in the state without the involvement of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Speaking at a press conference in Kano on Sunday, Olorunsola, who is the Convener of the …

The Federal Government strongly condemns and categorically refutes recent allegations by certain international platforms and online influencers suggesting that terrorists operating in Nigeria were engaged in a systematic genocide against Christians. Such claims are false, baseless, despicable, and divisive. Portraying Nigeria’s security challenges as a targeted campaign against a single religious group is a gross misrepresentation of reality. *While Nigeria, …

An unpublicised send-forth dinner was held in honour of Mahmood Yakubu, professor of history and chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), at the Continental Hotel in Abuja on June 15, TheCable can report. This was in preparation for his disengagement as the country’s top electoral chief after serving an unprecedented two terms in office. Yakubu had also cleared …

The noise from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) threatening to picket and disrupt operations at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals is not about protecting workers. It is about protecting a decayed order that once held Nigeria hostage. Their claim of 800 unjustly sacked workers collapses under the refinery’s explanation that those dismissed were saboteurs, …

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has assured that normalcy will return to the industry if Dangote Refinery recalls the workers it sacked. The union is currently on an indefinite strike in protest against the dismissal of some employees at the Dangote Refinery in Lagos. According to the union’s General Secretary, Lumumba Okugbawa, the strike …