The Correctional Centre in Ikoyi, Lagos State is currently on fire. Though it is not clear what may have caused the fire, angry youths in the state have been setting popular places ablaze since Wednesday morning. There was also report of sporadic gunfire as the hoodlums are pushing to attack the prisons. Crisis in Lagos State escalated on Tuesday night ...

There is a natural mystic blowing through the air If you listen carefully now, you’ll hear This could be the first trumpet, might as well be the last Many more will have to suffer; many more will have to die Don’t ask me why Things are not the way they used to be… One and all, we have to face ...

Muhammad Sanusi II, deposed emir of Kano, has been living like a prisoner since he was taken to Awe local government area of Nasarawa state, TheCable can report. According to residents, some visitors have been denied access to Sanusi, who was taken away from Kano on Monday evening. On Wednesday, TheCable counted at least 30 police officers and officials of ...

The supreme court has sacked Emeka Ihedioha as governor of Imo state, affirming Hope Uzodinma as winner of the March 9 election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Ihedioha winner of the election but Uzodinma, who came fourth, challenged the outcome of the election in court. According to INEC results, Ihedioha, who ran under the platform of the ...

Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, came down hard on soldiers manning Damaturu-Maiduguri road in the state on Monday afternoon. Zulum was on his way to Jakana, a community where Boko Haram insurgents struck on Saturday when he ran into a long queue of vehicles at one of the checkpoints. The governor, who apparently had been briefed that the security ...

Nigeria’s Kamaru Usman technically knocked America’s Colby Covington out to defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight 245 title. The ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ “TKO-ed” the ‘American Chaos’ at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday morning. He knocked Covington out in 4 minutes 10 seconds of the fifth round to defend his title. Usman, who defeated Woodley in March ...

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu has landed in Geneva, Switzerland ahead of his meeting with officials of the United Nations on Tuesday, September 17th. Kanu will be leading a delegation to the UN tomorrow in pursuit of a sovereign state of Biafra. WSJ has footage of the IPOB leader pouring Libation and praying upon his arrival ...

Dozens of more bodies discovered following Saturday’s assault on mourners by Boko Haram fighters, say officials. An attack this weekend by Boko Haram fighters on a funeral in the northeastern state of Borno in Nigeria has left 65 people dead, almost three times the initial toll, a local official said. Dozens of more bodies were discovered on Sunday following the assault ...

Adams Oshiomole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was today disgraced on national television for breaching inauguration protocol at the Eagle Square in Abuja. The incident is coming among calls within the APC for Oshiomole’s resignation as chairman. While the representatives of the two arms of government, the Legislature, and the Judiciary stood in a file to welcome ...

There is confusion in the Oyo State government following the loss of a sum of N357million while it was being conveyed to some banks in the Ibadan, capital of the state, SaharaReporters can report. The money was moved out of the Oluyole residence of Governor Abiola Ajimobi and his wife Florence, but those conveying the money had not reached any ...