Egypt goalkeeper Mohamed El-Shenawy refused to accept the man of the match award for his heroics against Uruguay, snubbing the accolade because of its sponsors, alcohol giant Budweiser. El-Shenawy, 29, produced a string of...
US President Donald Trump has ignited his trade war with China, slapping tariffs on tens of billions in Chinese imports and sparking immediate retaliation from Beijing. The moves on Friday brought the world’s two...
The foreign ministers of Greece and Macedonia signed an accord on Sunday to rename the former Yugoslav republic the “Republic of North Macedonia.” The landmark accord follows decades of inconclusive talks which had soured...
My dear President, please enjoy the royal treatment, but please don’t be carried away. Morocco is scheming to join ECOWAS. As the most powerful President in the West African sub-region sir, you must rally...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday described Nigerians as a people who are “intellectually aggressive and economically ambitious”. He said the country has a youthful and “aggressive population” that are innovative and resilient. The president...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday announced the conferment of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), the highest honour in the land, on Moshood Kashimawo (MKO) Abiola. The president also declared June 12 as Democracy Day....
The fate of Michael Adikwu, the dismissed police corporal who allegedly planned and led the Offa bank heist of April 5, 2018, has become a subject of speculation. The robbery led to 33 fatalities,...
It is surely a sign of the tyranny of Saraki’s leadership of the National Assembly that even PDP no longer knows how to play politics. If it does, it should know that now is...
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Sunday recalled half of its operatives assigned to Senate President Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, TheCable can report. This is coming ahead of Monday’s talks between Vice-President...
The recently approved excise duty for alcoholic beverages and tobacco will take effect on Monday, June 4. President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the amendment to the excise duty rates in March. The amendment came after TheCable...
Ghanaian authorities are angry with former President Goodluck Jonathan over his recent comment alleging that the President of Ghana, Nana Akuffo-Addo, mocked Nigeria. They dismissed as untrue claims by Jonathan in Ado-Ekiti penultimate Friday...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti says the state government is responsible for the shooting of Opeyemi Bamidele, a former member of the house of representatives. Bamidele was shot on Friday at the party’s secretariat during a reception...
Zinedine Zidane has quit as Real Madrid manager just days after becoming the first coach to win the Champions League in three consecutive seasons. Zidane, 45, replaced Rafael Benitez in January 2016 and despite...
A journalist is alive, but the truth died a little in Kiev on Wednesday. To recap: Russia-watchers received a fresh shock on Tuesday night, when they saw reports that Russian journalist and Kremlin critic...
There was mild drama at the Grade C Customary court, Oja-Oba, Ibadan, yesterday when a mother of four, Kayode Mariam, declared before the audience that her lover impregnated her under her husband’s roof. Mariam,...
After abandoning his seat in the midst of All Progressives Congress (APC) senators, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) believes it’s only a matter of time before Dino Melaye joins its fold. The opposition says it...
