Oil price tumbles to $109 a barrel amid Biden’s push for petrol tax holiday
Oil prices fell amid a push by President Joe Biden to bring down soaring fuel costs in the United States. On Wednesday, Brent crude futures dropped 4.51 percent to $109.98 a barrel at 09.00 GMT+1. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures also slid 5.46 percent, at $104.1 a barrel. Similarly, Brent […]
Shehu Sani: Buhari should have re-nominated Amaechi as minister to complete rail projects
Shehu Sani, a former senator representing Kaduna central, says President Muhammadu Buhari should have re-nominated Rotimi Amaechi as minister of transportation. Sani spoke on Tuesday in an interview with Channels Television. Earlier, Buhari had sent names of seven ministerial nominees to the senate as replacements for the ministers who had resigned to […]
Osun to clean up sacred grove after TheCable’s investigation
Following TheCable’s investigation into the pollution of the Osun river, Abdullahi Binuyo, deputy chief of staff to Gboyega Oyetola, governor of the state, says the state will carry out a clean-up of the sacred grove. Binuyo said this on Tuesday while speaking on TheCable’s Twitter space titled, ‘Poverty, pollution…Osun people suffering the effects […]
Newspaper Headlines: Atiku sets up reconciliation committee to woo Wike
President Muhammadu Buhari’s comments on the state of the nation, challenges of his administration and Godwin Emefiele’s aborted presidential bid dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
‘Applicant was uncouth’ — Anambra reacts as commissioner calls jobseeker ‘idiot’
The Anambra government says an insulting statement made by Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the commissioner for education, was provoked by an applicant’s “uncouth” language. There were reports over the weekend that there was chaos in Nnewi, one of the venues for the second phase of the teacher recruitment exercise examination, which held on Saturday. […]
Obaseki: Many Nigerians now Peter Obi supporters… they want alternatives to PDP, APC
Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, says “many” Nigerians are looking for alternatives to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a video posted by AIT on Tuesday, while explaining why PDP lost the recent Ekiti governorship election, Obaseki said many Nigerians no longer want APC and PDP and […]
CLOSE-UP: Born in 1972, did NECO in 2000 — enter Udi Odum, Buhari’s ministerial nominee from Rivers
Earlier on Tuesday, Senate President Ahmad Lawan read a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari, requesting the upper legislative chamber’s confirmation of seven nominees for appointment as ministers. The nominees are Henry Ikechukwu (Abia), Umana Okon Umana (Akwa Ibom), Ekuma Joseph (Ebonyi), Goodluck Nana Obia (Imo), Umar Ibrahim Yakub (Kano), Ademola Adewole Adegorioye (Ondo) […]
REVEALED: Peter Obi administration’s $12.24m stake in International Breweries now worth $5.38m
In a 2018 interview, Peter Obi said he invested $20 million in International Breweries on behalf of Anambra state as a governor. Obi’s claim was in response to questions on economic development, Anambra politics and his presidential ambition. “… Anambra state is the single-highest shareholder in that facility. I invested in it, […]
AT A GLANCE: ALL 7 ministerial nominees recommended by Buhari to senate
On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari confirmed that none of the former ministers who resigned in pursuit of elective offices would be returning to posts they once held. The president sent seven new names to the senate as their replacements. Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu, Godswill Akpabio and Emeka Nwajiuba left their ministerial roles in […]
Buhari directs security agencies to ‘urgently’ rescue abducted Kaduna train passengers
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed increased efforts in securing the release of the victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack. The passengers were abducted when bandits attacked the Kaduna-bound train in March. TheCable had reported how eleven of the over 50 abducted persons were freed earlier in the month. Giving an update […]