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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has faulted the interim forfeiture of 40 properties belonging to Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).  On Friday, Inyang Ekwo, a judge at federal high court in Abuja, had ordered the interim forfeiture of the properties belonging to the […]

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove the name of Hamza Al-Mustapha as the Action Alliance (AA) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election. Al-Mustapha won the primary election of the party with a total of 506 votes, defeating Samson Odupitan, his only opponent. […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two Pakistani businessmen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos with 8 kilograms of cocaine. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said the drugs were concealed in a public address system in which the suspects were attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to Lahole, […]

Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to direct that members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) be paid their full salaries. TheCable had reported the confusion  that arose on Thursday when some ASUU members were not paid their full salary for October. The […]

A Tanzanian passenger plane has crashed into Lake Victoria while landing at Bukoba Airport. The incident happened on Sunday. One end of the runway at Bukoba airport lies right next to the shores of Lake Victoria. TheCable gathered that the airline, operated by Precision Air, was carrying 43 people, including 39 passengers […]

In Nigeria, flooding has almost become an annual occurrence. Whenever it rains, it floods. This has been the situation since 2012 when Nigeria had major flooding incidents that led to the death of over 300 persons and displaced over two million others. It resulted in health issues across communities and food insecurity nationwide. […]

The federal government says members of the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria (ASUU) were paid based on the number of days they worked in October. TheCable had reported the confusion that arose on Thursday when some members of the union were not paid their full salary for October. But speaking on the issue, […]

Pauline Tallen, the minister of women affairs, has criticised the nullification of the election that produced Aishatu Binani as the Adamawa All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate. Tallen spoke on Saturday during a News Agency of Nigeria ministerial forum in Abuja. The minister said the matter which prompted the nullification is a […]

Later today, the United Nations conference on climate change will kick off in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The two-week-long summit, otherwise known as COP27, will bring together over 40,000 attendees — including governments, businesses, and civil society organisations — who will participate in the conference and other related activities. Now in its 27th […]