Factional leader of the Labour Party, Lamidi Apapa, has said that contrary to reports making the rounds, he has not approached the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal to withdraw the petition, filed by the party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Apapa’s position on the rather controversial issue was disclosed by the National Working Committee (NWC) of […]
A soldier and 24 other residents of Ussa and Takum local government areas of Taraba States are said to have been killed so far in the unending feud between Kuteb farmers and herders in the state. This is according to the Police Public Relations Officer in Taraba State, Abdullahi Usman. He said the military […]
Nigerians are currently stranded on the journey from Khartoum to Cairo after the drivers of the buses paid to evacuate them complained that their fuel finished and that Federal Government has not remunerated them for the service. As of the time of filing this report at 2:20 pm, our correspondent gathered that none of […]
The National Economic Council, on Thursday, in Abuja, said it has agreed that petrol subsidy should “not be removed” as earlier planned for June 2023. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after the valedictory Council meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi […]
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday embarked on the demolition of illegal buildings in the Banana Island area of the state. The development was part of the state government’s efforts to tackle the frequent cases of building collapse in the state. The exercise was carried out by officials of the Lagos State Building Control […]
Governors of the 36 States of the Federation have resolved to meet with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the new revenue draft presented to him by the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission in 2022, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal has said. The […]
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says Bola Tinubu, president-elect, ought not to have contested the election owing to his dual citizenship of Nigeria and Guinea. Atiku made the claim in his response to Tinubu’s preliminary objection filed before the presidential election petition court in Abuja. Shortly after Tinubu was […]
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), says universities in the country have made offers to admit Nigerian students returning from Sudan. Dabiri-Erewa spoke on Thursday on Sunrise Daily, a Channels TV programme. Although she said the safe return of the stranded students was the priority at the moment, she assured […]
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has written to President-elect Bola Tinubu ahead of his inauguration. In the letter seen by TheCable, Sunak said he “looks forward to working” with Tinubu who won the presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in February. Sunak said he hopes to welcome Tinubu to […]
Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, has said that he would not award any contract in secret but transparently follow due process and make every process bare to members of the public. Otti who spoke through his Special Adviser Media, Mr Ferdinand Ekeoma, after an assessment of the dilapidated Port Harcourt Road Aba with a […]
