According to the state agency of Oman, the Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said has died. “With sadness … the Omani Sultanate court mourns … our Sultan Qaboos bin Said … who God chose...

Bandits have killed four personnel of the Nigerian Air Force in Kaduna, according to military sources. One source told TheCable that the suspects laid an ambush for the security operatives at Unguwan Yako,...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission  says the former senator who represented  Kaduna Central at the Nigerian Senate, Shehu Sani has questions to answer over alleged extortion. The EFCC made...

Nigeria Customs Service generated N1,341,690,568,327.18 in 2019. The amount generated is over the target of N969,831,167.83 set for the year 2019 and N139,241,835,082.29 over the sum of N1,202,448,733,244.89...

The United States House of Representatives has approved a resolution seeking to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to make war against Iran. The vote was mostly split along party lines, with...

The United Kingdom Parliament has approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit Bill . The  bill was endorsed by the House of Commons on Thursday. The vote ends years of dispute over the initial...

Governors of the six southwest states of Nigeria this Thursday launched a new security outfit known as Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) .The states namely Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Ogun...

Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau said Thursday that Canadian officials have intelligence from their own sources and Canada’s allies that shows the ill-fated Ukrainian airliner which crashed...

United States officials believe the Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft was hit by a missile. The Ukrainian government had earlier said it was examining whether a missile strike brought...

A meeting was held today between President Muhammadu Buhari and the national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities  at the State House in Abuja. The meeting also had in attendance...

The Lagos State Government (LASG) on Wednesday announced that it would close two roads to traffic on January 9 and January 11 respectively. According to a statement by the Public Affairs unit of the Lagos...

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has disclosed that Nigeria imported more than 19 billion litres of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, in 2019. PPPRA Executive Secretary,...

An undergraduate at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Tombari Akata, has won the December 2019 edition of the Help the Hardworker Project of the Princewill Trust Foundation. Speaking while...

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have announced their plan to step back as “senior members” of Britain’s royal family. In a statement shared on their official Instagram...

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed the election of the incumbent governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa at the 2019 governoship election in the state. Justice Centus Nweze delivered the unanimous...

The Supreme Court today upheld the election of Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu as Governor of Abia State. Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour who led a seven-man panel of justices gave the judgement. The candidate...

Sadio Mane, the Senegalese international and Liverpool talisman has been crowned as the 2019 CAF African Player of the Year. This is his first CAF African Player title. Mane beat his  Liverpool teammate,...

A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 people crashed today shortly after takeoff from the main airport in Tehran, the Iranian capital. Iranian State Tv reports that the crash was due to technical difficulties. The...

Iran has fired more than a dozen rockets at two Iraqi military bases hosting US troops, the Pentagon has confirmed. The rockets fired at the Ain al-Asad base in Anbar province and a base in Erbil early...

Dozens of people have been killed in a stampede that erupted in the Iranian city of Kerman at the funeral procession for Qassem Soleimani, the top Iranian general killed last Friday  in a U.S. drone strike....