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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mohammed Bello-Koko as the substantive managing director for the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The federal ministry of transportation disclosed this on Tuesday in a circular signed by Eric Ojiekwe, director, press and public relations. “Prior to this appointment, Bello-Koko was the executive director, finance […]

Yahaya Bello, Kogi state governor, says the north-central deserves to be considered for the presidency more than the south-east. The governor said both zones are “disadvantaged in terms of the position of the presidency”. Bello spoke on Tuesday at the presidential villa in Abuja while reacting to Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s comment that zoning […]

The Nigerian naira has weakened to N577 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange market. This represents N5 or 0.9 percent depreciation compared to the N572 it traded last week. Street traders at the black market in Lagos who spoke to TheCable on Tuesday quoted the buying rate of […]

Here are five updates about the pandemic this Tuesday.  South Korea to start giving fourth doses of COVID vaccine by end of January South Korea says it will start vaccinating people with the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of February. The East-Asian country also announced […]

Life looked bright and promising for Olajuwon Julius, 30, when he sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), a prerequisite test to getting admitted into any Nigerian tertiary school. Julius did well. He got 265 in UTME and topped Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)’s post-UTME examination, acing 320 out of 400 questions. […]

Ahead of his swearing-in scheduled for March 17, Chukwuma Soludo, governor-elect of Anambra, has unveiled an online platform for Anambra people interested in serving in his administration. In a statement issued on Monday, Soludo said as stated during his campaign, he is committed to giving anyone who has the competence and capability the […]

Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti, says the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) approached the court on executive order 10 to prevent arbitrary removal of state funds. On May 22, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the order,  granting financial autonomy to the legislature and the judiciary in the 36 states of the federation. […]

Thousands of university staff in the United Kingdom have embarked on strike to demand better working conditions. Source: Top Stories