Breaking:Court Orders FG To Pay Sunday Igboho N20bn In Damages
An Oyo State High court has ordered the Federal Government to pay Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Igboho, the sum of N20 billion. Justice Ladiran Akintola awarded the sum on Friday while delivering judgement in a N500 billion suit, filed against the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami and the Department of State Services […]
US and UK Face Global Backlash Over Australia Defence Deal
The US and UK are facing growing international criticism over a new security pact signed with Australia. The deal – seen as an effort to counter China – will see the US and UK give Australia the technology to build nuclear-powered submarines. But the move angered France, which said it had been “stabbed in the […]
10,000 Migrants Being Held Under Bridge In Texas
About 10,000 migrants are packed under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, waiting to be taken into U.S. custody, officials said on Thursday. Customs and Border Protection is sending extra manpower to deal with the crush of migrants in the Del Rio Sector, the agency said in a statement to ABC News. “The Border Patrol […]
Suspected Boko Haram Ambush Military convoy, Kills 10 Soldiers In Borno
Ten soldiers were reportedly killed in an ambush by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, sources have told TheCable, yesterday. The soldiers were said to be moving in a convoy from Monguno to Maiduguri, Borno state capital, on Thursday, when the insurgents attacked. Sources told TheCable that the soldiers were from one of the super camps in […]
Commissioner Debunks Rumor Of Spoilt COVID-19 Vaccines In Ekiti
Oyebanji Filani, the State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, has debunked the rumor that some COVID-19 vaccines are spoilt due to the lack of electricity supply in the state. He denied this in a statement made available to reporters on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti. Mr. Filani noted that the rumor making the rounds in some […]
New Fuel Hardship Hovers In South-East As IPMAN Pulls Out Service
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has guided its individuals to pull out their services from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) depot terminal in Enugu. The National President of IPMAN, Alhaji Sanusi Fari, who unveiled this in an assertion on Thursday, in Enugu, added that the mandate was because of a supposed […]
Prince Harry And Meghan Write On Okonjo-Iweala For TIME 100
TIME Magazine has named the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in its 2021 TIME100, the annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Okonjo-Iweala is the only Nigerian on the 2021 list which also had other global influential personalities such as the Duke and Duchess of […]
US Donates $6.8m To Combat Human Trafficking In Nigeria
The United States has donated $6.8 million for projects to combat trafficking persons in Nigeria. The US is sponsoring the projects through its Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) with the fund made available to the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which would oversee the projects […]
French Troops Kill Islamic State Leader In Sahara
The head of the Islamic State group in the Sahara has been killed by French troops, President Emmanuel Macron has said. Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi formed Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) in 2015. The group is blamed for most attacks in the region, including the targeted killing of French aid workers in 2020. […]
Cholera: 150 Die Of Cholera In Niger
Niger State government has broken silence on the outbreak of cholera in the state as the commissioner for Health, Dr. Mohammed Makusidi, yesterday said 150 people had died as a result of the disease in the state. He said the deaths were recorded from April to date even as he did not give reasons on […]
