Actor, Timini Egbuson, has said that many women cheat in relationships, contrary to the narrative usually pushed that men cheat more. Speaking during an interview with media personality, Toke Makinwa, Egbuson said, “I make my decisions based on whatever reasons I feel like. I have female and male friends. And, more of my female friends cheat in their relationships than my male friends. It is when we get to heaven that we would know who is faithful and who is not.” When asked why men cheat, the actor stated that he could not give a categorical answer. “Cheating is…
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The mother of the 14-year-old girl killed allegedly by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on Saturday has expressed sorrow on receiving the news of her daughter’s death. Agitators for Yoruba self-determination had gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota amid the presence of armed policemen and soldiers. This was after the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeen Odumosu, had addressed newsmen at the venue, where he announced that no rally is allowed in the state. However, his announcement was defied by the agitators who flaunted their banners and chanted all sorts of slogans…
The national assembly leadership has blocked the proposed electronic transmission of election results in Nigeria, TheCable can report. The lawmakers are set to pass the electoral act amendment bill, but the amendment dashes the hopes of key reforms that would come with the proposed law, according to a copy of the final bill obtained by TheCable. The bill which seeks to repeal and re-enact the 2010 electoral act has been under consideration for years. In 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari refused to sign it into law after arguing that it would disrupt the conduct of the 2019 elections. Amid efforts to…
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has disclosed the federal government’s intention to create an armed unit of the Federal Fire Service. This unit will be called the “Fire Police,” and their duty would be to provide armed outer cordon during operations. Mr Aregbesola made the announcement in Jos, Plateau State, at the opening of the National Council on Fire, a statement by the Director of Press, Blessing Lere-Adam, said on Saturday in Abuja. The latest quest arm the fire service follows similar push by the Federal Road Safety Corps, an outfit simply set up to maintain order and safety…
The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a Senior Secondary School 1 pupil of the Federal Government College, Anka, for allegedly parading himself as a bandit leader in order to swindle the principal of the college out of N3m. The suspect, Tukur Bashir, reportedly called the principal on the phone, telling her that he was a bandits’ leader. He demanded that the principal pay N3m otherwise he and his gang members would come to the school and kidnap pupils. The Commissioner of Police in the state,Husaini Rabiu, disclosed this on Friday, adding that Bashir had been arrested. He said,…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has revealed why he ‘secretly’ withdrew his seven-year-old son, Abubakar Al-Sadiq El-Rufai, from Kaduna Capital school. Last year, the governor dramatically enrolled him in one of northern Nigeria’s oldest public schools. But Daily Trust had reported how El-Rufai quietly withdrew his son. Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser on Media and Communication to the governor, had remained mum when Daily Trust sought explanation on the governor’s action. However, in an interview with BBC Pidgin, El-Rufai said his son had been targeted by bandits because of the governor’s public stand against the payment of ransom. In the…
The umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, has alleged that operatives of the Department of State Services shot and butchered an associate of Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho when they raided the activist’s Ibadan residence on Thursday. The group led by ex-Senator Banji Akintoye claimed that the secret shot Saheed Adisa popularly called Adogan 48 times before they butchered him to death. “This is the face of a true warrior. His name is Adogan. He took 48 bullets to his body and was still standing like a fearless Ikoyi Eso. When bullets failed…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said bandits or Boko Haram terrorists cannot be compared with Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). After the arrest of Kanu, some critics of the Federal Government alleged that the Buhari administration was pampering bandits. They also demanded that the Federal Government arrest bandits promptly. But in an interview with BBC Pidgin, El-Rufai said it is wrong to compare bandits with Kanu. Asked if Boko Haram and bandits should be treated with the same swiftness that led to Kanu’s arrest, El-Rufai said, “No! No! No! No! People are…
THE President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has insisted that the current polarisation and inherent injustices in the country are neither fuelled by ethnicity nor religion, but Nigerians themselves. Buhari said this while receiving members of the Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo Dynamic Support Group recently at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to him, nobody can accuse him of corruption after serving as a governor, minister, head of state and currently a second-term President. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made the full text of the President’s address to his guests available to journalists on Wednesday under the headline…
The government of Kenya has refuted claims of its involvement in the arrest and extradition of Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria. This is as controversies continue to trail the circumstances surrounding the capture and return of Mr Kanu back to Nigeria. Nigeria’s attorney general Abubakar Malami had announced that “the Nigerian government has successfully arrested and brought back Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria through the help of Nigerian intelligence agency,” without categorically stating the country Mr Kanu was arrested. Some reports had claimed he was arrested in the United Kingdom, while several others alleged that it was in Ethiopia,…