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The head of one of the largest regional health systems in the Midwest was replaced Tuesday, less than a week after telling employees that he had recovered from COVID-19 and was not wearing a mask around the office. Sanford Health said in a release that it has “mutually agreed to part ways” with longtime CEO […]

Ozoemena “Ozo” Chukwu is now the brand manager of Juventus Academy in Nigeria. The former Big Brother Naija Housemate announced the good news in a statement he released on Thursday. “I’m pleased to announce my new role as the brand manager of Juventus Academy in Nigeria(@JAcademyNigeria). “Looking forward to this exciting new journey,” Ozo stated […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has slated Thursday, November 26 for the commencement of the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, with five prosecution witnesses lined up to testify against him. Copies of the hearing notice were served on the prosecution team in the office of the […]

Following the United Kingdom parliament’s move to impose sanctions on government officials involved in the violation of human rights, including the shooting and killing of peaceful protesters, during the #EndSARS protests across the country, the Federal Government said it has reached out to the British government to present its own side of the story. Minister of […]

The Federal Government yesterday gave an indication of reopening Nigerian borders which were closed since August  last year. Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, who disclosed this during a roundtable discussion  at the 26th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES #26), said that a committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari had  […]

Mr Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, says road construction in the country is carried out based on universal global standard. Fashola said this while speaking on Tuesday in Abuja on the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari administration in the transport sector. “I think we don’t have our standards, roads are constructed to a […]

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered Sen. Ali Ndume to be remanded in Kuje Prison following Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT)’s refusal to appear for his trial. Justice Okon Abang gave the order when Ndume, who represents Borno South Senatorial District, failed to file a formal application to […]

As Nigeria slips into recession for the second time in five years, President Muhammadu Buhari, says it came about because of the severity of the global economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. He said this on Monday in Abuja, while declaring open the 26th Nigerian Economic Summit with the theme: “Building Partnerships for Resilience’’. The summit was […]

The Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences has auctioned 44 vehicles for driving against traffic (one-way) in various parts of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the auction was in accordance with the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform of 2018. The spokesman for the Task Force, Adebayo Taofiq, told the […]

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) will arraign Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CTC) any moment from now, TheCable understands. According to sources in the know, Magu is to be prosecuted for allegedly failing to list a bank account in […]

The former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has advised the Nigerian government to increase taxes on the super-rich in order to raise government income as the county slides into recession. Nigeria has officially slid into the second recession in five years and the worst in almost four decades. On Saturday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced that […]

The Organised Labour on Sunday walked out of a meeting with the Federal Government on recent increase in fuel price and electricity tariffs. The meeting was said to be about five minutes old before the Organised Labour, comprising Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, staged a walk out. In attendance from […]

The Nigerian army admitted on Saturday that soldiers were given both live and blank bullets when they were deployed to protests at Lekki toll gate on October 20. The admission seems to confirm a key finding of a CNN investigation into the shooting. “The soldiers they were both given both live and blank bullets. In this particular […]

Amid rising debt profile, inflation and unemployment, Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy, has entered its second recession in five years as official figures published on Saturday showed that the economy shrank again in the third quarter of this year. This year’s recession is the worst in 36 years as data obtained from the World Bank showed […]

Feelers from the Presidency last night revealed that the search for a new Chairman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may have started, following the recommendation of the Justice Ayo Salami panel for the removal of the anti-graft agency’s suspended acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu. Presidency source also confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari is […]

Nigeria’s Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, has asked Nigerians to demand for accountability and the output of the lawmakers and the legislature in general instead of questioning the “jumbo pay” received by lawmakers. He made this call on Friday while speaking at a retreat for top management staff of the National Assembly and National Assembly Service Commission […]

Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held a private meeting with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Friday evening, according to The Cable. No single member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was present. David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi who recently defected to the APC from the PDP; Atiku Bagudu, governor of Kebbi and […]

Cable News Network (CNN) has reacted to comments by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on its investigation into the shooting at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos. It insisted that it did not rush to publish the report as it ensured due processes were followed, which included thorough research. “Our reporting was carefully […]