Detroit Tigers signed former New York Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres to a $15 million, one-year contract. This deal marks a slight raise from his $14.2 million salary with the Yankees and includes a one-time assignment bonus of $500,000. Torres…
Umar Namadi, governor of Jigawa, has lost his 24-year-old son, Abdulwahab Namadi. A statement by Hamisu Gumel, the governor’s spokesperson, said Abdulwahab died in a road accident along Dutse-Kafin-Hausa road on Thursday. His death comes barely 24 hours after the…
The governor of Osun, Ademola Adeleke, has pardoned Segun Olowookere, who was sentenced to death by hanging for stealing eggs and a chicken in 2010. Adeleke granted the prerogative of mercy to 53 prisoners, including Olowookere, in a statement issued…
BEIJING, Dec 27 (Reuters) CAS Space, one of China’s leading commercial rocket firms, said its Lijian-1 rocket unexpectedly failed on Friday, marking the first setback for the company’s main launch vehicle since its inaugural flight in 2022. Until now, CAS…
The Anambra police command says its operatives have arrested Pablo Mamu, a notorious kidnapper, in the Ihiala area of the state. Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesperson in Anambra, said in a statement on Thursday that operatives also recovered one OFN…
The governor of Kano state, Abba Yusuf, has expressed his condolences to Umar Namadi, the governor of Jigawa state for the loss of his son. Abdulwahab Namadi, Namadi’s 24-year-old son, died Thursday in a traffic accident on the Dutse-Kafin-Hausa road.…
According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Delta State’s accountant general, Joy Enwa, was arrested in connection with a purported N1.3 trillion scam involving the state’s former governor, Ifeanyi Okowa. Enwa was released following her interrogation, according to…
THECABLE: Alidu Shitti has been appointed as the acting secretary of NAHCON by the chairman, Abdullahi Usman. This was made public by the spokesperson of the commission, Fatima Usara. According to the spokesperson of NAHCON, the appointment was made l…
The Nigerian military authority has cleared the air about the last airstrike by a fighter jet in the Silame LGA of Sokoto; the military fingered the Lakurawa terrorist group as the target, not the civilian population. On Wednesday, there were…
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has said that suspected oil thieves resort to the use of women and children as cover for their illicit and illegal bunkering camps in the state. The governor made this known during his…