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Atiku Bagudu, governor of Kebbi, says governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are pleased with the choice of Kashim Shettima as the vice-presidential candidate of the party. On Sunday, Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate, announced Shettima, former Borno governor, as his running mate for the 2023 general election. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to reconsider its stance on its ongoing strike.  The president said this on Monday in his address when some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), legislators and political leaders visited him at his residence in Daura, Katsina.  ASUU is […]

Edwin Clark, an Ijaw national leader and convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has criticised Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), over his choice of a running mate. Tinubu had, on Sunday, announced Kashim Shettima, former Borno governor, as his running mate for the 2023 general election. […]

Kemi Badenoch, former UK equalities minister, has launched a bid to become the country’s next prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party. Boris Johnson had resigned as UK prime minister on July 7, following numerous calls for his resignation over loss of confidence in his style of governance. Several ministers also resigned […]

Seplat Energy Plc says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has won a court injunction restraining ExxonMobil Corporation from selling its assets in Nigeria.  In February 2021, Seplat Energy Plc agreed to acquire the entire share capital of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPNU) from ExxonMobil for $1.3 billion. There had been reports […]

The police command in Niger says it has recaptured Kazeem Murtala, one of the inmates who escaped during the jailbreak at the Kuje correctional centre in Abuja. A statement by Wasiu Abiodun, the command’s spokesman, said a patrol team on surveillance between the General Hospital, Suleja and Bakassi, arrested the inmate on July […]

Some filling stations sold premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, for as high as N235 a litre on Monday, according to checks by TheCable. Despite displaying the N165 a litre on their pumps, TheCable noticed that some filling stations sold the product above the regulated price. The decision to continue […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it arrested Suleiman Sidi, a Boko Haram suspect who escaped from Kuje prison. Femi Babafemi, spokesman of the NDLEA, said this in a statement on Monday. Last week, gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents attacked the prison, freeing prisoners some of who are […]

Insurgents who abducted passengers of the Kaduna-bound train in March “jubilated wildly” when their comrades who escaped from Kuje prison returned to their enclave.  Gunmen had attacked the Kuje prison in the federal capital territory (FCT) with explosives last Tuesday. Bashir Magashi, minister of defence, had said all Boko Haram suspects who were held in […]