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President Muhammadu Buhari reportedly declared in China, last Sunday, that he believes in the idea of free and fair elections, and that he is committed to this pillar of the democratic process. I don’t expect him to say anything otherwise. On the whole idea of free and.... Read more via...

The Global Fire Power (GFP), an institution which ranks the military of different countries, has rated the Nigerian military as the 43rd best in the world, in its 2018 survey. This places Nigeria above 18 European countries... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2NKoRpg Get More...

Lawal Daura, sacked director-general of Department of State Services (DSS), authorised the blockade of the national assembly on his own, PRNigeria reports. On August 7, operatives of the DSS prevented lawmakers from entering in the national assembly. The lawmakers were later allowed in after a...

Lagos has retained its position as the state with the highest foreign debt in the country, with a foreign debt put at $1.45 billion as at June 30. This is according to a report by the... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2ok1mbB Get More Nigeria Metro News

MTN Nigeria says all dividends it paid to its shareholders between 2007 and 2015 were approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The telco was reacting to the claim by the... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2LGscnr Get more: Nigeria Business News

Shares belonging to MTN have taken a big knock after sanctions by the Central Bank of Nigeria on allegations that the company illegally repatriated $8.1 billion. Early trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2N3lPiD Get more: Nigeria Business News

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the historic Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) as passed by the national assembly, TheCable Petrobarometer understands. The proposed law, which is conceived to liberalise the governance structure of Nigeria’s oil industry, is one of the four bills...

Theresa May, prime minister of the United Kingdom, says Nigeria is home to the highest number of “very poor people” in the world. Speaking in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday, May said Africa is home to a majority of the world’s fragile states, and a quarter of the world’s displaced people...

Leah Sharibu, the only Christian among the abducted 119 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, Yobe state, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to save her from captivity. As a “proof of life” amidst speculations on her fate, TheCable has exclusively obtained her latest picture...

Suleiman Abba, former inspector-general of police, says the police under him forced former President Goodluck Jonathan to concede the 2015 election to President Muhammadu Buhari. Jonathan had congratulated Buhari while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was still collating...

Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF), a not-for-profit media organisation, has asked Kemi Adeosun, the minister of finance, to explain the N7bn payment to... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2Nh3YBE Get More Nigeria Metro News

The US says there is a “culture of impunity” in Nigeria, making people get away with serious crimes. David Young, acting US ambassador to... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2PCl2DO Get More Nigeria Metro News

Olawale Musa, general manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), has advised motorists without urgent need to move in and out of the Island to avoid... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2og03KR Get More Nigeria Metro News

President Muhammadu Buhari says his long distance trek on Sallah day was not about his physical fitness but to show respect to thousands of people who wanted to greet him. Garba Shehu, spokesman of the... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2P277Gg Get More Nigeria Political News

When Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was made Minister of Finance by General Obasanjo … Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2O0V77t Get More Nigeria Political News

Abdullahi Attah, speaker of the Kano state house of assembly, has been removed while Al Hassan Rurum has been elected the new speaker. Rurum had resigned as speaker of the assembly in July 2017. READ MORE HERE

The Senator representing Kwara South in the National Assembly, Rafiu Ibrahim, has said that the security agents who besieged the residences of Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu were capable of killing them. Senator Ibrahim, who spoke with Punch, was among the...

The senate has adjourned plenary over the siege laid on homes of Senate President … Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2LBLzC0 Get More Nigeria Political News

Wits University in South Africa is removing gender prefixes in communications with students to promote inclusivity for members of the LGBTQI community. The proposal for the reformation began earlier this year, advocated for by the sexual orientation and gender identity advocacy at the...

Wits University in South Africa is removing gender prefixes in communications with students to promote inclusivity for members of the LGBTQI community. The proposal for the reformation began earlier this year, advocated for by the sexual orientation and gender identity advocacy at the...