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Babangana Zulum, Borno governor, has been reported to have hired a private jet to fly a wounded Nigerian army officer to Abuja for treatment.  According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication, the officer, simply identified as Major Garba, had sustained serious bullets injury during a face-off with Boko Haram insurgents in Wajiroko, Damboa in […]

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says two medical doctors have been abducted by gunmen in Cross River. According to NAN, Felix Archibong, state’s chairman of NMA, confirmed the development on Saturday in Calabar, the Cross River capital. Archibong said the medical doctors, who are members of the association, were kidnapped on Friday at the […]

The allies of Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, and four aggrieved governors in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently holding a meeting in Lagos. TheCable understands the meeting is currently taking place at the Southern Sun hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos. At the meeting, the G5 and other members of the integrity group, […]

The United Kingdom says it will support the Nigerian government in preventing brain drain in the country’s health sector. Catriona Laing, British high commissioner to Nigeria, said the commitment was necessary following a recent spike in visa applications from Nigerians. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) had earlier expressed concern with the recent trend of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will flag off the validation phase of the first integrated Oil Development project in northern Nigeria on Tuesday. TheCable understands that the event will take place at the Kolmani OPLs 809 and 810 exploration sites in a border community between Bauchi and Gombe states. In February 2019, Buhari flagged […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should not bother about conducting a run-off as Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate will win at the first ballot. Earlier, Festus Okoye, INEC commissioner for information, announced that the commission will prepare towards conducting a run-off. A […]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has denied saying Peter Odili, a former governor of Rivers, was his classmate in secondary school. On Thursday, Obi who was in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital for the inauguration of the Nkpolu Oroworukwo flyover, had said Odili was the senior prefect of his secondary […]