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JP Morgan Chase Bank says Nigeria cannot prove its allegations of fraud and corruption against the bank and Mohammed Bello Adoke, former attorney-general of the federation, in the OPL 245-related case. In its opening submissions for trial at the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales Commercial Court, JP Morgan said […]

The allegations against Andrew Nice — driver of the BRT bus boarded by Bamise Ayanwola, the late 22-year-old fashion designer — have taken another dimension. A female Lagos resident has accused the 47-year-old driver of allegedly raping her inside a BRT bus on November 25, 2021. BACKGROUND TheCable had reported that […]

Abubakar Sani Bello, governor of Niger who currently chairs the All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker/extraordinary convention planning committee, has denied knowledge of a letter from Mai Mala Buni, Yobe governor. Prior to Bello taking charge of the APC’s affairs, Buni has been in charge of the APC caretaker committee. However, there has […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the All Progressives Congress (APC) notice for its national executive committee (NEC) meeting. On Thursday, Abubakar Sani Bello, acting chairman of the APC national caretaker committee, announced that the party’s NEC will be held on March 17. Bello has been in charge of the […]

The Lagos government has announced a suspension of the activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in motor parks across the state. The announcement comes hours after the Lagos chapter of the union withdrew its membership of the national body of the NURTW. The Lagos chapter of the NURTW […]

Aliko Dangote, chairman of the Dangote Group, says the federal government should stop the export of maize from Nigeria to avoid the scarcity expected to come as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war. Responding to a question by TheCable at the fourth Annual Nigerian Food Processors and Nutrition Leadership Forum on Thursday, Dangote […]

Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says the security situation in Nigeria has improved.  Mustapha said this on Thursday while delivering a keynote address in Kaduna, at an event with the theme, ‘Stakeholders Engagement on the Current Security Situation in the North-West’. He said insurgency in the north-east […]

On Thursday, Roman Abramovich, Chelsea FC owner, was slammed with sanctions by the UK government, as all his assets, including the football club, were frozen over his perceived connection with President Vladimir Putin. Abramovich was penalised alongside six other Russian oligarchs in what the UK government described as a “£15 billion sanction hit” […]