840k jobs, $410bn funding… highlights of Nigeria’s energy transition plan
On Wednesday, Nigeria launched the energy transition plan (ETP) as one of its major approaches to reducing the country’s emissions, tackling poverty, addressing climate change and building a more sustainable economy. This is coming months after the ETP was unveiled at the global climate change conference – COP26 – in Glasgow, as part […]
Lagos begins collection of levy for parking outside perimeter fence
The Lagos state government has commenced the collection of levies for cars parked outside the perimeter fence of companies. A setback is a minimum distance from a property line to which a building must be set back from a street or road, among others. In a letter seen by TheCable, dated August […]
NESREA: We’re investigating Osun river pollution — perpetrators will be prosecuted
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) says it is investigating the pollution of the Osun river. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, Aliyu Jauro, director-general of NESREA, said the agency has received several complaints about the activities of artisanal miners in the area. In June 2022, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria’s revenue crossed N1trn for the second month in July
The federation’s revenue from the oil and non-oil sector crossed N1 trillion for the second month in July. Details of the revenue report from the office of the accountant-general of the federation seen by TheCable showed that the country raked in N1.26 trillion for the month. The figure represents a N36.9 billion […]
FACT CHECK: How true are claims by Tinubu, Shettima about size of Lagos economy?
Kashim Shettima, the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), recently claimed that Lagos is the third biggest economy in Africa. The former Borno governor spoke on Monday at the ongoing annual general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), where he represented Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the APC. While […]
Could Wike be the end of Atiku’s sixth run for president?
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, could be the kryptonite of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike has remained implacable and untrammelled. And he seems determined to take his pound of flesh after his humiliation by Atiku. Wike will not relent until he draws blood. There is a […]
Troops raid ‘terrorists’ hideouts’ in Abuja, recover eight guns
Troops of the the Nigerian army’s Guards Brigade have raided suspected terrorists’ hideouts at Deidei Abattoir in the Abuja municipal area council, and in Gwagwalada area council, federal capital territory (FCT). Musa Danmadami, the director of defence media operations, during a bi-weekly press briefing on Thursday said the hideouts were raided on August […]
Newspaper Headlines: PDP fears Wike-Atiku feud may affect chances in 2023 presidential poll
The promise of President Muhammadu Buhari that he will support candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
$23m Abacha loot should be used for resolving ASUU strike, says rep
Dachung Musa Bagos, a lawmaker representing Jos south/Jos east at the house of representatives, says the recovered $23 million Abacha loot should be channelled into settling the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The lawmaker spoke in a chat with Channels TV on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the federal government […]
EFCC grills NDDC account director over ‘N25bn fraud’
Eno Ubi Otu, director of finance and account, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), is being grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), TheCable has learnt. Otu is being questioned over the alleged diversion of N25 billion in tax remittances. Sources told TheCable that the NDDC account director arrived at […]