The Rivers State Government, which is led by Nyesom Wike, has denied that Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), gave him a senatorial ticket. Wike said in a statement released on Saturday by his Special Assistant for Media, Kelvin Ebiri, that he did not make such a statement … Read more
Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers, and his allies leaving the party would be “political suicide,” according to Dele Momodu, a former PDP presidential candidate. In an interview with GospelCable on Thursday, Momodu made this claim and said that Wike and his allies were free to quit the party in any case. However, he went … Read more
I finally put my sociological experiment to use. At roughly 11:50 p.m., I drove through Ikeja in a private automobile while wearing a mufti. I went by two police checkpoints. I remained at the first for five seconds without hearing from the policeman. He merely waved me forward. I stayed at the second for thirty … Read more
Bode George, the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), alleges that Olajide Adediran, the party’s nominee for governor of Lagos, violated a contract on the selection of a running partner. Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, was alleged to have violated the terms of the agreement by selecting Funke Akindele as his running companion rather … Read more
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) declared on Tuesday that the Nigerian Navy needs to be reorganized and unbundled since it has failed to fulfill its constitutional duties of guarding the country’s maritime borders and apprehending oil thieves. In a statement, HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, demanded that Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, … Read more
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) wants the country’s judiciary to follow ICT (information and communications technology) trends, which have an impact on how justice is administered globally. The call was made by the Commission’s leadership during a workshop for Nigerian judges that began on Tuesday in Lagos and had as its theme “The digital world … Read more
Alhaji Mohammed Modi, a trader and native of Zamfara State, bemoaned the state’s alarmingly high rate of homicides, abductions, and injuries to defenseless inhabitants. It is unclear exactly what these bandits want, Modi said in an exclusive interview with GOSPELCABLE in Gusau, the state capital. He also noted that all attempts to get them to … Read more
Even after being granted bail by the State Upper Shari’a Court 11 in Gusau, the state’s capital, Hon. Ikira Aliyu Bilbis, a former minister of information and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for Zamfara Central, remains in custody. According to information obtained by gosplecable, he was unable to satisfy the bail requirements, which included … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has issued a warning to content creators, movie and skit producers. The EFCC warned manufacturers against using EFCC-branded jackets, badges, insignia, and other accessories without permission. Wilson Uwajeren, the commission’s spokesman, issued the warning in a statement on Wednesday. The EFCC issued a statement informing the public that … Read more
The highest cocaine seizure in Nigerian history was made by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The anti-narcotics agency reported on Monday that a large warehouse in a neighborhood in Lagos’ Ikorodu district had been raided. According to spokesman Femi Babafemi, around 1.8 tons (1,855 kilos) of the illegal narcotic, valued at more than … Read more