EXTRA: My next attempt at presidency will be supersonic, says Yahaya Bello
Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, says he will still contest the presidency in the near future. Bello spoke on Wednesday, while fielding questions from state house correspondents in Abuja after visiting President Muhammadu Buhari. The governor paid a visit to Buhari to thank him for his support on participating in the […]
PDP sets up committee to screen Atiku’s running mate on Thursday
The national working committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a committee to screen the vice-presidential candidate of the party for the 2023 elections. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, said the screening of the candidate will take place at the party’s headquarters on Thursday. […]
Court jails man over false Facebook post on COVID-related deaths in Kogi
A magistrate court in Lokoja has sentenced one Habibu Rabiu to two months in prison for posting false information on his Facebook timeline. The Department of State Services (DSS) had arrested Rabiu over comments he made on Facebook. In the post made during the peak of the COVID pandemic, Rabiu said the […]
Sources: PDP NWC endorses Wike to be Atiku’s running mate
The national working committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has endorsed Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, as the vice-presidential candidate of the party for the 2023 elections. TheCable understands that the NWC members voted 13-3 to endorse the report of the panel which had earlier nominated Wike for the VP […]
FG: We’re studying UK court judgement on OPL 245
The federal government says it is studying the judgment of the commercial court of England and Wales, which ruled that there was no evidence of fraud in the OPL 245 transaction. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, said this on Wednesday while fielding questions from journalists after the federal executive council (FEC) […]
Court rules: Pension reform act supersedes employee-employer pension agreements
The national industrial court in Kaduna has affirmed the superiority of the pension reform act over employee-employer pension agreements. The Pension Reform Act (PRA) of 2004, which governs and regulates the administration of the contributory pension scheme for the public and private sectors in Nigeria, was amended and replaced with the PRA 2014. […]
Reps ask INEC to extend voter registration by 60 days
The house of representatives has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the deadline for continuous voter registration (CVR) by 60 days. The resolution was passed during the plenary session on Wednesday following the adoption of a motion passed by Benjamin Kalu, a lawmaker from Abia state. The electoral umpire […]
‘It is insensitive’ — Catholic church kicks against Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket
The Catholic church of Nigeria has kicked against having a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket — where the presidential candidate and his running mate are both of the same religion. The church made its aversion known on Tuesday in a press statement jointly signed by Zacharia Nyantiso Samjumi, secretary-general of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, […]
Orji Kalu: Tinubu needs Muslim running mate to win… his wife is a pastor
Orji Uzor Kalu, chief whip of the senate, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) needs a Muslim-Muslim ticket to win the presidential election in 2023. Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, Kalu said if he were in the shoes of Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate, he would go with a Muslim-Muslim ticket. […]
Baba-Ahmed on Muslim-Muslim ticket: Nigerians don’t care about religion of political leaders
Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), says “ordinary” Nigerians no longer care about the religious background of their political leaders. Baba-Ahmed spoke on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television. Over the past few days, there have been concerns and arguments over the religious background of the presidential candidates […]