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Molly Phee, US assistant secretary for African affairs, says President Bola Tinubu is the only African leader President Joe Biden wants to meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September. Phee said this on Saturday when Tinubu hosted her at the Aso Rock villa. “President Joe Biden […]

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Cross River chapter, has suspended the strike embarked upon following the abduction of one of its members. On July 14, Ekanem Ephraim, a medical doctor with the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), was abducted by gunmen at her residence. Felix Archibong, chairman of the NMA in […]

Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun, has called on residents to come together to build a state that will thrive economically. In his address on Sunday to mark the 32nd anniversary of the state, Adeleke said the day marks a significant milestone in the history of Osun. Osun was carved out of Oyo […]

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received an alert over imminent flooding on the banks of River Benue. The alert was issued by the ministry of foreign affairs in a letter seen by TheCable, dated August 21. The letter which was signed by Umar Salisu, the ministry’s director of African affairs, […]

President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has been elected to a second term in office. The electoral commission said Mnangagwa polled 52.6% of the votes cast. Nicknamed “The Crocodile” for his ruthlessness, Mnangagwa is Zimbabwe’s third president. He became leader after a 2017 coup that ousted Robert Mugabe who had ruled the […]

Intercontinental Marketing & Communication Consortium Limited has apologised to the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) for the ‘All Eyes On the Judiciary’ billboards.  On August 15, ARCON ordered the destruction of several billboards across the country with the slogan. ARCON also dissolved the Advertising Standards Panel for approving billboards “targeted at […]

If you consumed too much foreign media after the inauguration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29, 2023, you would conclude that Nigeria was finally on its way to El Dorado. From day one, when Tinubu said “subsidy is gone”, there was euphoria among the advocates of market economy who had always argued […]

President Bola Tinubu says war with the Niger Republic is not ideal for his economic reforms in Nigeria. In a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Tinubu spoke on Saturday during a meeting with Molly Phee, the United States presidential envoy and assistant secretary of state […]

Shubham Chaudhuri, World Bank country director for Nigeria, says the multilateral lender is collaborating with the federal government to ensure the successful rollout and registration of digital national IDs for all Nigerians. Chaudhuri spoke at a dinner, held in partnership with the ministry of communications and digital economy, in Abuja on Friday. […]