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Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, says African countries should be unanimous in their support for his country in the ongoing war against Russia. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and the war has resulted in killings, displacement of millions of people, food insecurity, and energy crisis. In April, the United Nations […]

Simon Lalong, Plateau governor, says he has no basis to reject the position of director-general of the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential campaign council. Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, picked Kashim Shettima, the former governor of Borno, who is also a Muslim, as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. […]

The naira, on Wednesday, weakened against the dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange market. Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs), popularly known as ‘abokis’, who spoke to TheCable in Lagos, said the local currency depreciated by N15 or 2.3 percent to trade at N680 per dollar at the street market. […]

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has launched the much-touted Africa Super League with prize money of $100 million for participating teams. The continental football governing body inaugurated the new African inter-club competition at a meeting in Arusha, Tanzania, on Wednesday. The project has been in the works since it was mooted […]

Seven of the passengers abducted in an attack on a train in Kaduna have regained their freedom. Tukur Mamu, media consultant to Ahmad Gumi, a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, who has been in the forefront of negotiations for the release of the victims, confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday. He said […]

Elon Musk has sold $6.9 billion worth of shares in Tesla Inc. The development is coming amid a court case with Twitter. The billionaire had terminated the $44 billion Twitter deal over suspicious fake accounts. In corporate filings published by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, Musk sold some Tesla shares between […]

Chimaroke Nnamani, former governor of Enugu state, says he opposes the “shameless campaigns and parodies” aimed at the health of Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said as a health worker, he is appalled by the “extreme and unprofessional” forms of attacks that have been directed towards […]

Is ‘’Nigeria’’ a pejorative? Is it a byword for the abominable? The name of our country has assumed grotesque meanings lately. It has been contorted by a phylum of distraught and overbearing citizens to mean misfortune, pain and suffering. Sadly, ‘’Nigeria’’ is becoming the governing synonym for turpitude and misery among some Nigerians. […]

Nana Akufo-Addo, president of Ghana, has disowned a Facebook post claiming he advised Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to give Peter Obi a chance.  In a Twitter post on Tuesday, Akufo-Addo said the post regarding Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is false and mischievous.  […]