BREAKING: Many Feared Killed In Multiple Crash Along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Not less than Eight people have been confirmed dead on Thursday, in a multiple road crash on Kara Bridge, inward Mowe, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. In a statement on Thursday, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority said the crash involved two heavy-duty vehicles: two went up in flames, while another fell off the bridge into the river. “There’s a report of a multiple road crash where a truck and a container-laden trailer were in flames, another truck spilling its contents (cartons of biscuits) on the road, a container-laden truck ran…
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Atiku Rubbishies Tinubu Over Pardon List Review Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu over the reversal of the presidential pardon earlier granted to convicted drug traffickers, kidnappers, and other criminals. On Wednesday, Tinubu ordered the removal of persons convicted for kidnapping, drug trafficking, human trafficking, fraud, and unlawful possession of firearms from the list of beneficiaries under the federal government’s prerogative of mercy. Abubakar said the decision to cancel the pardon came only after Nigerians expressed outrage, describing the move as “too little, too late”. In a statement issued by his media aide, Phrank Shaibu, Abubakar said…
Police Nab Robbers, Recover Air Force Stolen SUV The Police Command in Kano State has announced the arrest of two suspected notorious armed robbers and the recovery of a stolen Ford Escape vehicle belonging to an Air Force officer. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Kiyawa, operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad intercepted the vehicle along the Kano–Zaria Expressway on Thursday, following intelligence reports that the suspects were heading towards Kano. Kiyawa stated that the suspects, Adamu Adam Abubakar and Umar Bello, were arrested after a brief exchange of gunfire, while their accomplice, Dan Malam, escaped…
BREAKING: Tinubu Approves 15% Import Duty President Bola Tinubu has approved a 15 percent ad-valorem import duty on diesel and premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol. In a letter dated October 21, 2025, seen by TheCable, Damilotun Aderemi, the private secretary to the president, conveyed Tinubu’s approval to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). Tinubu gave the approval after a request by FIRS to apply the 15 percent duty on the cost, insurance and freight (CIF) to align import costs to domestic realities. According to the letter, the…
Nigeria In Trouble As Reps Approves Tinubu’s $2.35billion Loan Request, $500million Sukuk Plan The House of Representatives has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to borrow $2.35 billion to finance part of the 2025 budget deficit, aligning with the President’s earlier proposal to raise fresh funds from the international capital market. The approval, granted on Wednesday, also covers Tinubu’s plan to issue a $500 million debut sovereign sukuk in the international capital market to fund key infrastructure projects and broaden Nigeria’s access to alternative financing sources. The green chamber’s decision followed consideration of the report of its Committee on Aids, Loans…
Start Nuclear Weapons Testing immediately; Trump Orders US United States President Donald Trump said Thursday he had ordered the Pentagon to start nuclear weapons testing on a level with China and Russia—just minutes before opening a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The move comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow had successfully tested a nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered underwater drone, in defiance of Washington’s warnings. “Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis,” Trump wrote in a social media post that specifically…
Recruitments: CDCFIB Releases Names Of Shortlisted Candidates For CBT The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has announced the release of names of candidates shortlisted for the computer-based test (CBT) in the ongoing recruitment exercise for the nation’s paramilitary agencies. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by the Secretary to the Board, retired Maj.-Gen. Abdulmalik Jubril. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the affected agencies include the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the Federal Fire Service, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The statement…
EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Minister Fled Nigeria To Senegal Enroute To Argentina Over Coup Plot Former Petroleum Minister, Timipre Sylva who is under investigations for plotting a Military coup to topple the Government of President Bola Tinubu, fled Nigeria to Senegal from where he is to go into hiding in Argentina, a South American country. Insiders said the former Minister fled through the creeks immediately he got wind that the coup plot had leaked. Sylva allegedly has several businesses in Senegal and Argentina and was lobbying to be made Nigerian Ambassador to Argentina. Highly placed sources told me that the first military…
FG Screens 170 Foreigners For Nigerian Citizenship The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says the Federal Government is currently reviewing citizenship applications from 170 foreign nationals. The minister made the announcement on X (formerly known as Twitter) through his handle, @OlubunmiTunjiOjo, at midnight. Tunji-Ojo said the Citizenship Advisory Committee was responsible for reviewing and recommending citizenship applications for President Bola Tinubu’s approval. “We understand that the exercise is a test of our integrity as leaders, and we will ensure to uphold the trust placed in us by the nation. “Citizenship of the biggest black nation on earth is a…
Unbelievable As Buhari’s Praise Singers Mocked Late President Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has expressed disappointment that many of those who lavishly praised former President Muhammadu Buhari while he held power have now turned against him. Buhari, who first ruled as a military head of state before returning as a democratically elected president in 2015, completed two consecutive four-year terms in office. Speaking at the 2nd Raymond Dokpesi Diamond Lecture organised by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) in Abuja, Governor Sule said he witnessed firsthand how political sycophancy works in Nigeria. “By being a governor, I have…