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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has raised the alarm over the exodus of lecturers from the nation’s universities for greener pastures abroad. The union attributed the development to the Federal Government’s poor treatment of its members which it said had forced many to venture into other sources of livelihood. Speaking to Punch, on Sunday, […]

A 24-year-old woman who was arrested in Rwanda for wearing “shameful” clothing faces up to two years in jail for “public indecency”, prosecutors said Thursday. Liliane Mugabekazi was arrested on August 7 after she attended a concert by popular French musician Tayc eight days earlier, wearing a sheer dress. “She attended the concert while wearing […]

Emirates Airlines has announced the suspension of its flights from Nigeria with effect from September 1, 2022. The decision was due to the inability of the airline to repatriate its funds from Nigeria. Recall that the airline had in a leaked letter to the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, said it would reduce its […]

A British billionaire, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, has shown interest to buy Manchester United. News of the 69-year-old’s interest follows a Bloomberg report that the Glazer family are willing to sell a minority stake in the club. “If the club is for sale, Jim is definitely a potential buyer,” Ratcliffe’s spokesperson told The Times, the BBC […]

The Japanese government has launched a nationwide competition calling for ideas to encourage people to drink more alcohol after a change in attitudes among the young resulted in a slide in tax revenues. The Sake Viva! campaign, which is being run by the National Tax Agency (NTA), asks 20- to 39-year-olds to come up with […]

Cristiano Ronaldo has hit out at the “lies” surrounding reports about his future at Manchester United. The Portugal forward missed United’s pre-season tour to Thailand and Australia due to personal reasons as speculation swirled over whether he would be leaving Old Trafford. It has been reported Ronaldo wants to play Champions League football, but United […]

The naira has dropped to N683 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market, popularly called the black market. The figure represents a depreciation of N3 or 0.4 percent from the N680 it traded last week. Bureaux De Change operators who spoke to TheCable on Tuesday said there is still FX scarcity […]

Tuesday’s meeting between the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government has again ended without an agreement. This means the six-month old strike by public university lecturers is set to continue. The striking lecturers had met with the Professor Nimi Briggs Committee on Tuesday at the National University Commission […]

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has gifted a mansion to former governor of the state, Dr. Peter Odili, on the latter’s 74th birthday. Media aide to the Governor, Mr. Kelvin Ebiri, in a statement, said the residence was built and donated to Odili by the Rivers state Government. According to Ebiri, Wike spoke on Monday […]

Seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi paid a high price for an underwhelming first season with Paris Saint-Germain when he was left off the 30-strong list for this year’s coveted football award. Lucy Bronze, who was runner-up in 2019, is one of three members of England’s Euro-winning squad to be short-listed for the women’s award. […]

The Lagos State government has placed an indefinite ban on the operations of its enforcement team – called MOT (Ministry of Transportation) Taskforce. Jubril Gawat, a media aide of the governor, made this known in a statement via his Twitter handle on Friday. There has been a series of allegations against some officials of the MOT Taskforce […]

American actress Anne Heche, who remains hospitalized after crashing her vehicle into a Los Angeles residence last week, is “not expected to survive,” according to a statement from her family and friends shared with CNN by a representative. “Unfortunately, due to her accident, Anne Heche suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and remains in a coma, […]

Naira fell against the U.S. dollar at both the official and unofficial forex market on Thursday. The domestic currency depreciated 0.29 per cent to close at N430.25 to a dollar at the close of business on Thursday, data from the FMDQ website where forex is officially traded, showed. Before the close of business on Thursday, the […]