The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This is contained in a document signed by Mahamadou Issoufou, ECOWAS president, and seen by TheCable on Friday. On June 4, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the nomination …

Some entrenched forces within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo chapter, have become disgruntled with how Governor Godwin Obaseki was accepted into the party without “due consultation”, investigation has revealed. Obaseki, who joined the party last Friday following his disqualification by the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) from its primary on …

Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Sunday said any officer found short of expectations should be shown the way out if he refuses to go. Lawan, who briefed State House reporters after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said the National Assembly was ready to receive supplementary budget …

A 22-year-old vulcanizer, identified as Dele Ope, has been arrested by police officers attached to the Ogun State command for allegedly stealing the pant of a client for money rituals. In a statement , the PRO, Ogun State Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was arrested following a complaint …

THE Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has affirmed the N5,450,152,125 judgment obtained by the Musical Copyright Society Nigeria Limited/GTE against Multichoice Nigeria Limited. The Appeal Court, in a lead judgment by Justice Obande Ogbuinya, affirmed the N5.4bn judgment delivered on January 19, 2018 by Justice Mohammed Idris, then of the …

The chairman of the People’s Democratic Party in Osun State, Hon. Soji Adagunodo has commented on the crisis rocking the party, saying that Mr Sunday Akanfe Atidade’s letter alleging him of mismanagement of the party is absurd. Adagunodo, while reacting to Atidade’s letter asking him to refund “mismanaged and unaccounted …

Justin Bieber has reacted to the sexual assault allegation made against him by a Twitter user identified simply as “Danielle”.   The lady who tweeted from an anonymous account on Saturday night (June 20) which was taken down after Bieber publicly commented on allegation, claimed the incident took place at a hotel …

The Federal Medical Centre in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, has announced that a 2-year-old child tested positive for Coronavirus at its facility.   Spokesperson of the hospital, Segun Orisajo said the child was admitted eight days ago on account of breathlessness and tests carried out on her showed she had the virus. …

Actress Uche Elendu joined many people to celebrate fathers on the occasion of the World Fathers day which is today June 21.   She shared the photo below of her father on her Instagram page and wrote. ‘Happy Fathers day to my Sugar rush, my no1 fan, my driving force, …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has told the All Progressives Congress, APC and the Nigeria Police to stop fighting a lost battle, saying they can’t stop mass defection of APC members to its fold across the country. Condemning Police attack on the Ondo deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi, the PDP in …