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 batted .265 with 138 home runs and 441 RBIs in seven seasons with the Yankees, … Read more
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 governor’s mother died on Wednesday. Gumel added that the late Abdulwahab was buried on Thursday … Read more
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 on Thursday. The governor also pardoned Sunday Morakinyo, Olowookere’s co-defendant. Following an interview that his … Read more
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 Space, a Guangzhou-based commercial spin-off of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, had successfully launched a … Read more
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 rifle, a locally made pistol, live 9mm ammunition, eight live cartridges, and one black Lexus … Read more
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. His passing occurred just twenty-four hours after the governor’s mother passed away on Wednesday. In … Read more
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 EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale, who confirmed the development on Thursday. “Mrs. Enwa was detained for … Read more
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 on Wednesday, following the voluntary resignation of Abdullahi Kontagora, the substantive secretary, on December 6. … Read more
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 media reports that airstrikes conducted by the air component of Operation Hadarin daji (OPHD) targeting the Lakurawa … Read more
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 close meeting with traditional rulers and local government chairmen at the government house in Yenagoa. … Read more