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Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has assured the people of Edo state that he will be a “listening president” if elected.  According to a statement by Tunde Rahman, head of Tinubu media office, the APC presidential candidate said this on Sunday at a town hall meeting in […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says government appointments are based on “favouritism” and not on merit or competence. The former president said this on Saturday in a statement while felicitating the Federal Government College, Kaduna, on its 50th anniversary. While speaking on the subject of unity in Nigeria, Obasanjo expressed concern about the […]

Amid complaints over difficulties encountered with swapping old naira notes for new designs, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) extended the January 31 deadline till February 10. In a statement issued on Sunday, Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, said aside from the February 10 deadline, an additional seven days has been added as […]

A house of representatives ad hoc committee has rejected the deadline extension for the validity of the old naira notes. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had earlier fixed January 31 as the deadline for depositing the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes. But on Sunday, Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, announced that […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Yusha’u Ahmed, a brigadier-general, as the director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Ahmed is expected to assume office as the NYSC DG on Monday. Eddy Megwa, the NYSC spokesperson, confirmed the development to TheCable on Sunday. In November 2022, Christy Uba, director […]

Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, says the state is “very ready” to receive President Muhammadu Buhari. He said this on Sunday while speaking to journalists after a meeting with Buhari in Daura, Katsina. “We are very much ready to receive him and we have a lot for him to commission, including federal […]

Eleven persons were burnt to death on Sunday in an accident which occurred on Soka bridge along the Benin-Ore expressway in Odigbo LGA of Ondo state. Sikiru Alonge, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) commander, Ore unit, said the accident was caused by “one-way driving”. He said the truck had a head-on collision […]

Sani Bello, former aide-de-camp to Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, ex-military head of state, has shared the details of how his principal was killed during the coup d’etat of July 1966. In an interview with Daily Trust on Sunday, Bello recounted the incidents that took place on the day of the coup. Aguiyi-Ironsi was Nigeria’s […]

Nine bus passengers were killed as a container-laden truck fell at Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos on Sunday. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said rescue and evacuation efforts are ongoing at the scene of the accident. Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, permanent secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said nine persons died […]