About 100 Nigerian medical workers are expected to arrive in Sierra Leone to help with the response to the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. The workers, who include doctors, scientists and hygienists, have been trained by the medical aid agency, MSF. It came a day after residents in the Guinean capital, Conakry, protested about […]

At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded on Friday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up and gunmen opened fire during weekly prayers at the mosque of one of Nigeria’s top Islamic leaders.The attack at the Grand Mosque in Kano, the biggest city in the mainly Muslim north of the country, came […]

The death of a police officer who was allegedly killed while in detention over a purported arms deal has pitched his family against the Kaduna State Police Command. The family wants an investigation into his death. The family of a deceased police officer, Nanbol Audu is spoiling for a showdown with the authorities of the […]

At least five people were killed on Tuesday and several houses burnt in Funturu village of Bassa Local Government area of Plateau State when youths suspected to be from Irigwe ethnic stock attacked their Rukuba neigbours. The two communities have been at loggerheads over land disputes. A week ago, the police in Jos averted what […]

The dissolution of the marriage between Christ Embassy Church founder, Pastor Christian Oyakhilome, and his wife, Rev. Anita Odegwa Oyakhilome, has entered the final phase, TheCable can report. The wife is seeking divorce on the grounds of “unreasonable behaviour” and “adultery”. She outlined several allegations against the pastor which TheCable cannot publish for legal reasons. […]

The Joint Unions of Plateau State Owned Tertiary Institutions said it is not in support of the State Government’s planned merger of Plateau State University , Bokkos with College of Arts, Science and Technology Kurgwi, and has appealled to the State government not to play politics with education. The Union in a press […]