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Musa Rabo, the assistant commissioner of the Nigeria Police Force kidnapped on Saturday, has regained freedom. Frank Mba, force spokesman, disclosed this in a statement. Mba said two suspects were arrested in connection with the […]

The Lagos State government has alerted residents on the cause of rise in water level resulting in flooding in the densely populated state. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello, stating […]

An All Progressives Congress chief in Niger State, Jonathan Vatsa, has said the emergence of Nigeria’s President from the South-East in 2023 is a right and not a privilege. Addressing journalists in Minna, Niger State […]

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, and the Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Mines, Steel Development and Metallurgy, Senator Tanko Al-Makura, on Friday alleged that some governors were behind the […]

The Kogi State House of Assembly on Friday impeached the state’s Deputy Governor, Elder Simon Achuba. The deputy governor was reportedly impeached by the House shortly after it received report of a judicial panel of […]

Agboola, younger brother of Olusegun Adeniyi, chairman of THISDAY editorial board, is dead. Details of his death are still sketchy but TheCable understands that Agboola, who has been ill for a while, died after undergoing […]

After three days of negotiations between the Federal Government and the Organised Labour on the consequential adjustments of the implementation of the new minimum wage of N30,000, both parties finally reached an agreement early on […]

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) says it cannot disclose the assets of President Muhammadu Buhari and those of past public office holders because it has not got their consent to do so. The bureau […]

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday, said he would demolish one of the model schools built in Ilaro by his predecessor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, saying the building is structurally defective. Abiodun, who disclosed […]

After seven hours of intensive deliberation between a federal government team and representatives of labour unions, the ongoing negotiation on Nigeria’s new minimum wage adjustment ended without a deal. The negotiation meeting, which started on […]

Many people in Onitsha, Anambra state are “currently trapped” in their houses as a result of a fire outbreak in the commercial city. A resident said a petrol-laden truck, which lost control, exploded after ramming […]

The Federal Government and representatives of organised labour have failed to reach an agreement on the full implementation of the new minimum wage, which includes the consequential adjustments of salaries for civil servants from grade […]

The Senate on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on federal roads following the deplorable condition of road networks across the country. The upper chamber also mandated its Committee on […]

Police have issued an arrest warrant for the suspected killer of Nigerian-born teenager, Oluwafemi Oyerinde, who was shot dead on October 6 at his off-campus accommodation. Oyerinde was a freshman student at Kennesaw State University, […]

A painting by the Nigerian artist responsible for the ‘African Mona Lisa’ sold at auction in London on Tuesday for £1.1m after the family who owned it googled the signature and realised its importance. ‘Christine,’ […]

Labour unions have submitted their preferred percentage on the ‘consequential increase’ in workers’ salaries arising from the new minimum wage of N30,000. Leaders of the unions held a meeting with the Minister of Labour and […]

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Sabo Nanono on Monday said Nigeria is producing enough to feed itself, contrary to the narrative in some quarters that there is hunger in the land. Nanono […]