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Earlier on Tuesday, Senate President Ahmad Lawan read a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari, requesting the upper legislative chamber’s confirmation of seven nominees for appointment as ministers.  The nominees are Henry Ikechukwu (Abia), Umana Okon Umana (Akwa Ibom), Ekuma Joseph (Ebonyi), Goodluck Nana Obia (Imo), Umar Ibrahim Yakub (Kano), Ademola Adewole Adegorioye (Ondo) […]

On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari confirmed that none of the former ministers who resigned in pursuit of elective offices would be returning to posts they once held. The president sent seven new names to the senate as their replacements. Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu, Godswill Akpabio and Emeka Nwajiuba left their ministerial roles in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed increased efforts in securing the release of the victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack. The passengers were abducted when bandits attacked the Kaduna-bound train in March. TheCable had reported how eleven of the over 50 abducted persons were freed earlier in the month. Giving an update […]

The house of representatives has stepped down a motion seeking to override President Muhammadu Buhari following his refusal to assent to the amended Electoral Act, 2022. At the plenary session on Tuesday, Idris Wase, deputy speaker of the house, asked Ben Igbakpa, a lawmaker from Delta, to withdraw the motion because he didn’t “follow […]

Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Ahmad Lawan, senate president, contested the party’s primary for Yobe north senatorial district. Adamu spoke on Monday while fielding questions from journalists after presenting Biodun Oyebanji, governor-elect of Ekiti, to President Muhammadu Buhari. The APC Yobe north senatorial ticket had sparked […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on western allies to designate the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group “over involvement” in pipeline and infrastructure vandalism.  The president said this in an interview with Bloomberg.  Buhari said the country has stepped up its efforts in combating oil theft and vandalism, among […]

Three All Progressives Congress (APC) senators have defected to other political parties. The senators who have formally defected from the ruling party are Ahmad Babba Kaita, senator representing Katsina north; Lawal Yahaya Gumau, senator representing Bauchi north, and Francis Alimikhena, senator representing Edo north. Kaita, who represents President Muhammadu Buhari’s senatorial district, […]

The unravelings of the past seven years should jolt us to sombre reality, if for any reason we are still in the thrall of propagandised political chicanery. Any candidate who makes his election campaign about fighting corruption without antecedented commitment to this end and without a clear plan and strategy is thoroughly lying. Fighting […]

Ibrahim Muhammad, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), has reacted to a letter sent to him by justices of the supreme court. In the letter seen by TheCable, 14 justices of the apex court accused the CJN of abandoning his responsibilities as the leader of the court. Some of the issues raised by […]