Peter Obi: If elected president, I would turn Nigeria’s brain drain to gain
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says if elected president, he would turn Nigeria’s brain drain to gain. Obi is currently outside the country interacting with Nigerians in diaspora ahead of the 2023 general elections. “Brain drain” is a situation in which large numbers of educated and very skilled […]
Energy transition: Osinbajo departs Abuja for US, to hold meetings with Kamala Harris
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has departed Abuja for the US where he is seeking partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently launched Energy Transition Plan. In a statement on Wednesday, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo’s spokesman, said the vice-president would have meetings with Kamala Harris, his US counterpart. Akande said the vice-president would also be meeting […]
TheCable’s Taiwo Adebulu shortlisted for BudgIT Active Citizens Awards
Taiwo Adebulu, a journalist with TheCable, has been shortlisted for the maiden edition of the BudgIT Active Citizens Awards. Adebulu was shortlisted in the solution journalism category alongside Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu of Humangle Media, Johnstone Kpilaakaa, a freelance journalist, and Lisa Gwamkat Gwamzhi of Radio Nigeria. In an announcement on Tuesday, BudgIT […]
Newspaper Headlines: Nigerians in diaspora plan to raise $150m, N100bn for Obi’s campaign
Reports on the protracted strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
ASUU: If FG loves education, $23m Abacha loot would be used to meet our demands
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the federal government should have used the recovered $23 million Abacha loot to meet its demands. Emmanuel Osodeke, president of ASUU, spoke on Tuesday in an interview on Channels Television. ASUU has been on strike since February 2022 to protest the non-implementation of its […]
Gorbachev, former Soviet leader who ended Cold War, dies aged 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who helped to end the Cold War, has died at the age of 91. According to Russian news agencies, Gorbachev died at the Central Clinical Hospital on Tuesday. The late Soviet leader is renowned for bringing the Cold War to an end without bloodshed. The […]
Tinubu, Shettima, APC governors meet with Jonathan in Abuja
Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, met with former President Goodluck Jonathan. Tinubu was accompanied to Jonathan’s residence in the federal capital territory (FCT) by Kashim Shettima, APC vice-presidential candidate; Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun; Simon Lalong, governor of Plateau; and Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, […]
NCAA threatens to sanction domestic airlines over N19bn debt, issues 30-day ultimatum
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has threatened to sanction domestic airlines for over N19 billion debt on ticket sales. The authority said this on Tuesday in Abuja at a meeting organised by the ministry of aviation and its agencies with scheduled airline operators and ground handlers. Speaking at the meeting, […]
‘Jamboree of shame’ — ex-diplomats chide political elite over foreign meetings
A group known as the Nigerian Academy of International Affairs has berated politicians who recently held meetings abroad. In the last two weeks, Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and Nyesom Wike, governor of […]
DSS raid: Appeal court nullifies ‘outrageous’ N20bn damages awarded to Igboho
The court of appeal sitting in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, has nullified the N20 billion damages awarded to Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, over the invasion of his home. In July 2021, Igboho was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic over the alleged falsification of his passport. Prior to his arrest, […]