Fellow Nigerians, I join you all today to commemorate and celebrate our Democracy Day. It is a celebration of freedom and a victory for one people, one country and one Nigeria. 2. As with all democracies we will always be going through improvement processes in our desire to reach the goal of a mature democracy, […]
The United States Mission to Nigeria has advised its citizens in the country to avoid the June 12, 2021 protests which will take place on Saturday in several parts of the country. The US said this in an advisory on Friday titled, ‘Demonstration Alert: US Mission Nigeria (June 11, 2021) – Nationwide Protests on Democracy […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC wishes to inform the public that claims by one Justin Gbagir, Chairman Makurdi Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, that he was assaulted and brutalized by operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Office of the Commission on June 8, 2021, leading to his being hospitalized at BUSTH is […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, have commenced investigation into an alleged case of conspiracy, computer-related fraud, obtaining by false pretense and retention of proceeds of unlawful activities levelled against one Malik Giles Bakare. He was arrested by officers of the Nigeria Police, Force CID, Alagbon, Lagos on May 31, 2021 […]
The Hong Kong team behind celebrity humanoid robot Sophia is launching a new prototype, Grace, targeted at the healthcare market and designed to interact with the elderly and those isolated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dressed in a blue nurse’s uniform, Grace has Asian features, collar-length brown hair and a thermal camera in her chest to […]
Donald Trump praised Nigeria’s Twitter ban in a statement and said he wishes he had done the same while he was president of the United States. Trump also appeared to suggest that he would consider banning Twitter if elected again in the 2024 presidential election. ‘Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter […]
The leader of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram is dead, a rival militant group said in an audio recording heard by Reuters on Sunday. The leader of The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) reportedly said that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau killed himself with explosives last monthafter a battle between the two groups. […]
TB Joshua, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), is dead. The report says he had a stroke two months ago and was flown by air ambulance to Turkey for treatment, TheCable understands. The church management confirmed his death in a statement issued on Sunday. According to the statement, Joshua, aged 57, […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described Nigeria as a country presently dripping bitterness and sadness. The former president argued that even though the country is destined to be a land flowing with milk and honey, bad leadership has made it unachievable. He said this on Thursday while receiving a book titled, ‘The Man, The General […]
ONUS, 34, a resident and national of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was charged with one count of computer fraud for causing damage to a protected computer, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison; one count of computer fraud for unauthorized access to a protected computer to further intended fraud, and one […]
