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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the disbursement of N320.3 billion as intervention funds for public tertiary institutions in the country. Sonny Echono, executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), announced the approval at a workshop with heads of beneficiary institutions in Abuja on Wednesday. Echono said the 2023 intervention cycle […]

Former United States President Donald Trump has accused Juan Merchan, the presiding judge in his prosecution, of being biased. Trump was arrested on Tuesday and was temporarily in police custody ahead of his arraignment. In an indictment sheet released by Alvin Bragg, Manhattan district attorney, the former president was charged with 34 counts […]

The federal government says the Second Niger Bridge will be fully open to motorists on May 15, 2023. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, spoke on Tuesday while inspecting and confirming the completion of the Loko-Oweto Bridge and link roads between Benue and Nasarawa states. Fashola said the project was undergoing […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove Hudu Ari as the Adamawa state’s resident electoral commissioner (REC) ahead of the supplementary election. On March 20, the electoral commission declared the governorship election in the state as inconclusive. The electoral umpire had fixed April 15 […]

The Defence Headquarters says Nigerians have nothing to panic about concerning the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping fighting vehicles sighted in the country. A video posted on social media had shown the UN fighting vehicles and equipment passing through Benin, Edo state capital. In a statement on Tuesday, Tukur Gusau, the acting director […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate sack of Mohammed Sani, executive vice-chairman (EVC) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI). The office of the secretary to the government of the federation broke the news in a statement on Tuesday. In the statement signed by Willie Bassey, director of […]

The Yoruba Afenifere Youths Organisation of Nigeria (YAYON) has asked Ayo Adebanjo,  leader of the socio-political group, to resign from his position. The organisation accused Adebanjo of abandoning the “uncompromising pursuit and defence of the interest of the Yoruba people”. In a communiqué by Eric Oluwole, national youth leader, YAYON asked Adebanjo […]

Former United States President Donald Trump is now under arrest and in police custody ahead of his upcoming arraignment. TheCable had reported how the former president faced charges over hush money payments made to an adult actress just before the 2016 presidential election. This is the first time in American history that a […]

Kashim Shettima, the vice-president-elect, has mourned the death of two supporters who died in a car accident after paying him a congratulatory visit in Abuja. TheCable understands that the two supporters died while returning from Abuja along the Jos-Bauchi axis. They have been identified as Iliyasu and Mallam Nuhu. The Independent […]