Tinubu has agreed to pick Muslim running mate, says Ganduje
Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano governor, says Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, has agreed to pick a Muslim as running mate. Ganduje said this on Friday during a prayer session with clerics ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. “We advised him to pick a Muslim deputy. He has agreed,” Ganduje said. […]
TIMELINE: 1,993 inmates in Edo, 900 in Kuje… 14 times jailbreak happened under Buhari’s watch
A gripping wave of horror and panic traversed the federal capital territory (FCT) on July 5 when unknown gunmen attacked the Kuje correctional facility for more than two hours without any obstruction from security agents. Residents of the FCT and, in fact, Nigerians at large woke up the next day with the shocking […]
Parents: How mysterious fire killed our four sons in Lagos
Anyaobi Michael and Bola, his wife, have narrated how a fire at their home in Lagos killed four of their children. Aside from Esther, their daughter, four other children — Prayer, Trust in God, Jeremiah, and Ebube — died in a “mysterious” fire that gutted their house on June 25. Speaking with […]
FG: Kuje prison attackers came with superior weapons
Muhammad Dingyadi, minister of police affairs, says the gunmen who attacked the correctional facility in Kuje council area of the federal capital territory (FCT), came with superior weapons. The correctional facility was attacked on Tuesday night and many inmates — including “all Boko Haram suspects” — escaped. One of the soldiers at […]
Akeredolu, Fayemi, Sanwo-Olu meet with Wike in Rivers
Three governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are currently at a meeting with Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers. The governors — Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, and Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos — are at the residence of the Rivers governor, who is a member of the […]
Peter Obi picks Datti Baba-Ahmed as running mate
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), has named Datti Baba-Ahmed, founder of Baze University, as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. Obi unveiled his running mate at an event in Abuja on Friday. The development comes less than 24 hours after Doyin Okupe, former senior special assistant on […]
Before we are all kidnapped
The first casualty of capricious election seasons in Nigeria is security. Governance is abandoned, and all efforts and expense are dissipated on party politics. Nigeria’s security insalubrity is deteriorating steeply as the 2023 elections close in. It is all reminiscent of the build-up to the 2015 elections when ubiquitous violence seized the country and […]
Naira falls to N615/$ at parallel market ahead of Eid
The naira has depreciated to N615 a dollar at the parallel market ahead of a two-day holiday for Eid-el-Kabir. The figure represents N1 or 0.2 percent depreciation compared to the N614 it traded last week. Bureaux De Change (BDC) operators in Lagos told TheCable on Friday that there is high demand for forex at the […]
Nigeria’s oil production rose by 133,000 to 1.16m bpd in June
Nigeria’s oil production increased to an average of 1.16 million barrels per day (bpd) in June from 1.02 million recorded in May 2022. The figure rose more than 133,000 bpd, representing a 0.13 percent increase from May 2022 output. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) said this in its latest crude […]
PHOTOS: Buhari meets ministers, service chiefs over Kuje prison attack
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with service chiefs and some ministers. The meeting is being held at the presidential villa in the federal capital territory (FCT). Usman Baba, inspector-general of police (IGP), Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, and Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice, are among […]