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Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, says he is recovering well from knee problems which led to his cancelling activities to mark his 80th birthday.  In a phone chat with TheCable on Monday evening following widespread reports that he had suffered a stroke, the retired general said he only had issues with his […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says extending the period for continuous voter registration (CVR) may result in a significant percentage of invalid registrants. Festus Okoye, INEC commissioner for information and voter education, spoke on Monday in an interview with Channels Television, while reacting to a recent court verdict on the CVR exercise. […]

Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says choosing a vice-presidential candidate for the party was done after “careful” legal consultations. Adamu spoke on Monday while addressing state house correspondents after accompanying Biodun Oyebanji, governor-elect of Ekiti, on a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari. TheCable had reported that Kabiru […]

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says Nigeria is withholding about $450 million in revenue earned by foreign airlines operating in the country. Kamil Al Awadhi, vice-president for Africa and the Middle East, IATA, said this on Sunday, at the opening of its 78th annual general meeting and world air transport summit in […]

Biodun Oyebanji, governor-elect of Ekiti state, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) was not involved in vote-buying in the recently-concluded governorship election. There were incidents of widespread vote-buying during the election which took place on Saturday. Speaking with state house correspondents on Monday, Oyebanji said that as far as he is concerned, […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the concept of “placeholder” for vice-presidential candidates “has no place in our constitutional and legal framework”. Following the completion of presidential primaries of political parties, INEC set June 17 as the deadline for the nomination of vice-presidential candidates. In order to beat the deadline, some […]

Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), has asked his followers to refrain from any form of protest as a result of the ban placed on his ministry by the Catholic diocese of Enugu.  On June 16, TheCable reported that Mbaka described Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party […]

Chris Okotie, founder of the Household of God Church, says the presidential candidates of the leading political parties should allow him to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking with reporters on Sunday, Okotie urged them to drop their presidential bids and support him to head an interim government. In his appeal, Okotie specifically […]

The federal high court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending continuous voter registration (CVR) on June 30. The electoral umpire had fixed June 30 as the deadline for the suspension of CVR across the country ahead of the 2023 general election. To push for an extension, […]