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A pre-election opinion poll commissioned by Anap Foundation, a non-profit organisation, has predicted that Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, will win the March 11 election. The poll results showed that Sanwo-Olu was ahead among the three leading candidates in the state. The two other candidates are Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party […]

Julius Abure, national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), has presented Beatrice Itubo as the party’s governorship candidate in Rivers state. While presenting Itubo on Monday, Abure called on residents of Rivers to vote for her as the next governor of the state. Before the presentation, there has been controversey as to […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it has replaced Eroton Exploration and Production Limited as the new operator of oil mining lease (OML) 18. Garba Deen Muhammad, NNPC spokesperson, disclosed this known in a statement seen by TheCable on Monday. NNPC said the action was taken to curtail further degradation […]

David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi state, says he is not against the south-east’s decision to vote for Peter Obi during the presidential election. Obi, who placed third overall in the election, won convincingly in all five south-east states: Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo. Speaking on Monday at the Ebonyi International Airport, […]

A federal high court in Kano has granted bail to Alhassan Doguwa, majority leader of the house of representatives. Doguwa is on trial over alleged criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, unlawful possession of a firearm, mischief, and public disturbance. On Monday, Nuraini Jimoh, the defendant’s counsel, appealed to the court to grant bail […]

Eight political parties contesting in the governorship elections in Kaduna have adopted Isah Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as their candidate.  The political parties are Action Alliance (AA), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Action Peoples Party (APP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Young Peoples Party (YPP), National Rescue Movement (NRM), Zenith Labour […]

The federal government says over $1.88 billion (N869 billion) is needed to conduct the 2023 population and housing census.  In April 2022, the federal government announced that it would conduct the census in April 2023 after the elections. Speaking at a high-level partner engagement in Abuja on Monday, Clement Agba, minister of […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says N503 billion of loans under its Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) has been repaid. This figure represents 52.39 percent of the total loans collected by farmers under the programme.  Last week, TheCable reported that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said only 24 percent of loans collected […]

At least 61 persons are said to have died from the outbreak of diphtheria in Kano state. Salma Suwaid, Kano diphtheria case manager, spoke on Monday at a webinar organised by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with the theme ‘Diptheria outbreak in Nigeria: Vaccination Response’. Diphtheria is a bacterial infection […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will “redress” the “grievances” of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) regarding the presidential election outcome. Festus Okoye, INEC national commissioner for information, spoke on Monday while addressing members of the PDP who protested at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. TheCable had reported how the […]