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Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has dared Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to head to court if he’s innocent of the corruption accusation levelled against him.  The governor spoke on Saturday at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium during the flag-off of the PDP state-level campaigns. Wike and his allies have […]

Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation, has graduated with a law degree from Baze University, Abuja. The university is owned by Yusuf Baba-Ahmed, vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). The university had its 9th convocation ceremony on Saturday where it graduated 504 students from various fields of study. The […]

Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Delta state is not an “ATM” for “migratory politicians”. He said the state’s funds may have “found a home” with a presidential candidate who “loves Dubai more than Nigeria”. Atiku Abubakar, standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is known […]

Senate President Ahmad Lawan says Delta state will “compete” with Lagos in terms of development if Ovie Omo-Agege is elected governor. Lawan spoke on Saturday during the flag-off of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship campaign in Warri, Delta. Omo-Agege, deputy senate president, is the APC governorship candidate in Delta for the […]

Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says social media gives him high blood pressure. In a viral video seen by TheCable on Saturday, Tinubu said he has stopped using social media. The APC flagbearer said he gets a lot of abuse on the internet which makes him angry. […]

Gunmen have killed Gabriel Onuzulike, a former commissioner of rural development in Enugu, and his brother at Nkpokolo-Achi area, Oji-River LGA of the state. The commissioner was the chairman of Oji-River LGA between 2010 and 2014. According to reports, his brother was shot on the spot while the commissioner was whisked away. […]

The United States government has returned another $20 million to Nigeria as part of the loot traced to Sani Abacha, former Nigerian military leader and his co-conspirators. In August, the US government signed an agreement with the federal government to repatriate $23 million tagged ‘Abacha-5’. In a statement on Thursday, the US government said, “this […]

Gianni Infantino, FIFA president, says football fans going to matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup “will survive” if they’re not allowed to have alcohol. Infantino spoke on Saturday during a press conference to usher in the World Cup in Doha, Qatar. Qatar, hosts of the Mundial, had earlier announced that fans […]

The Borno government has revealed the identity of the humanitarian worker shot by a soldier of the Nigerian army at Damboa LGA of the state. TheCable reported on Thursday how a soldier ran amok and opened fire on a humanitarian worker, a pilot of the United Nations as well as his colleague. While the humanitarian worker […]