FAAN reopens Lagos airport runway — four months after closure
Federal Airport Authority Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it has reopened the domestic runway (18L/36R) of Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) in Lagos, for flight operations. The authority said this in a tweet on Friday. The development comes four months after the runway was closed in July. FAAN said after the installation […]
Naira appreciates to N710/$ at parallel market
The naira has sustained its momentum at the parallel market, appreciating N710 per dollar in Lagos on Friday. The development represents N115 or 13.9 percent gain compared to the N825 to a dollar it traded on Wednesday. Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs) in the Ikeja area of Lagos, who spoke to TheCable, […]
PDP campaign council: Anyone linked to drugs shouldn’t near presidential villa
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council says anyone “linked to a drug cartel” should not be voted as president. In a statement on Thursday, Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesperson of the campaign council, said the alleged involvement of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in a “crime bordering on […]
Tinubu most saleable among presidential candidates, says Ribadu
Nuhu Ribadu, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is the most saleable presidential candidate. Ribadu spoke in Abuja at the inauguration of the APC stakeholders relations directorate for the 2023 poll. The former anti-graft boss described Tinubu […]
Oil price rises to $95 a barrel as China eases COVID-19 curbs
Oil prices jumped on Friday after health authorities in China, top crude importer, eased tight COVID-19 rules. At 09.00 GMT+1, Brent crude futures rose 2.34 percent to $95.87 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 2.61 percent to $88.77 a barrel. Years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 […]
INSIGHT: Why residents of Ondo communities ‘rejected’ COVID-19 vaccines
This report was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Sitting on a low plastic stool, her attention was glued to the bowl of tiny fresh fish she had just brought from the creeks. Fitila Asogbon, 22, strapped her three-month-old baby on her back, while her three-year-old reclined on the wooden door of […]
‘I’m open to negotiations’ — Atiku offers olive branch to Wike’s allies
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he is committed to negotiations that will resolve the internal crisis in the opposition party. In a statement issued by Paul Ibe, Atiku’s media adviser, the former vice-president said doors have not been shut against aggrieved members of the party. Nyesom […]
Ndume asks FG to slash lawmakers’ salaries by half to meet ASUU’s demands
Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno-south, has asked the federal government to slash the salaries of lawmakers by half to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Speaking on Thursday, in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, Ndume said it will be in national interest if the federal government takes such action. […]
Court sets aside order jailing EFCC chairman for contempt
The federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Abuja has set aside its earlier order jailing Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for contempt. TheCable had reported how the court ordered that the EFCC boss be remanded over the failure of the anti-graft agency to comply with its […]
Matawalle invites EFCC to search his property amid money laundering allegations
Bello Matawalle, Zamfara governor, says he would give permission to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to access a property where he is alleged to have concealed large sums of money. The governor said this in reaction to a news report alleging that the anti-graft agency discovered billions of naira stashed in […]