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As the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) presses ahead with its ambitious banking sector recapitalisation plan, two national banks are said to have entered into confidential merger talks in a bid to meet the regulatory…

Bayo Ojulari, the group chief executive officer (CEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, says it is becoming a ‘bit more’ complicated to revamp state-owned refineries.  On November 26,…

A London-based Nigerian woman, Cynthia Chia, has been ordered by a UK High Court to pay £25,000 in damages to Idowu Ogunkanmi, a…

Former lawmaker and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Adamu Garba, has expressed concern over the way Northerners are leaving…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has apprehended 210 beggars, under its Operation Sweep Abuja of miscreants, street beggars, traders, scavengers and other criminal elements, which commenced on…

Nigeria’s refusal to accept asylum seekers from the United States is partly responsible for the recent visa restrictions imposed on the country by President Donald Trump, TheCable can report. TheCable…

Israel has revealed that some of Iran’s underground stockpile of near-bomb-grade enriched uranium survived American attacks, a senior official said. The senior official, who spoke in confidence, said the country…

Nvidia, a multinational technology company designing and producing graphics processing units (GPUs) and artificial intelligence (AI), has made history by becoming the first public company to hit a $4 trillion…

The U.S. government has reiterated its offer to non-immigrants with no legal status in the country, providing them with the opportunity to self-deport. This option allows them to return home at no cost and receive a…

Justice Yvan Roy of the Federal Court of Canada, Ottawa, denied Iyanbe Eriator, a former corporal of the Nigeria Police Force, permanent residency in Canada on the grounds of his association with the Force, which…

A former Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, has distanced himself from APC National Chairmanship campaign posters recently seen across the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. In a statement on Thursday by its Director,…

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Olohundare Jimoh, has disclosed that over 30,000 Police personnel will be deployed across the state for Saturday’s local government elections. He disclosed while…

President Bola Tinubu deployed his deputy, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, to visit former President Muhammadu Buhari in a London hospital on Monday, sources privy to the development have informed TheCable. The…

•LGs yet to open CBN accounts •Labour blames govs, AGF for delay •Falana, SANs accuse govs, FG Exactly one year after the Supreme Court granted full autonomy to the 774 local government areas, the…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb Yusuf Tuggar, has said the United States is mounting pressure on African countries to accept Venezuelan deportees, stating that it would be difficult for Nigeria to do. The…

The President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has doubted the possibility of the state-owned Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries functioning again. Dangote also stated that the refineries,…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, said shortly after his tenure ended in 2015, the succeeding administration — led by President Muhammadu Buhari — targeted several key officers in his government.…

A Chinese national wanted on tax fraud charges has been arrested in Lagos and repatriated to China in a joint…

• Survivors seek protection, justice No fewer than two personnel of the Nigeria…

The Lagos tenancy bill seeking to reform landlord-tenant relations has passed the second reading at the state house of assembly.  The proposed law, titled ‘A bill for a law to regulate the relationship between…

Chief Olabode George, a Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has appealed to prominent party figures, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Sokoto State…

Emmanuel Myam, the 25-year-old Nigerian adventurer popularly known as Emmiwuks, has reached Ghana in his daring solo bicycle journey from Lagos to the United States. Emmiwuks kicked off his cross-continental…

The Lagos police command says it has revised the timing for vehicular and waterway movement restrictions ahead of the LG elections scheduled for July 12. On Wednesday, the command said vehicular movement would…

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Thursday described former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, as a political force whose relevance cannot…