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Inuwa Yahaya, governor of Gombe state, says if Rotimi Amaechi, presidential hopeful, becomes president, Nigeria will be a better place. Yahaya said this on Saturday when he hosted Amaechi at the government house in Gombe. The governor said the former transportation minister has shown capacity to deliver on any assignment. “Going […]

The governorship hopefuls and chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia have asked the national working committee (NWC) to take immediate action to prevent an “impending implosion” of the party in the state.  In a statement dated May 20, 2022, the governorship hopefuls and chieftains in Abia said no ward congresses […]

Uche Rowland Ojinmah, consultant dermatologist, has been elected president of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA). He was elected at the annual delegates’ meeting of the association which was held in Port Harcourt, Rivers state on Saturday. He secured a total of 319 votes to defeat his opponents: Okoro Kenneth Johnson who polled […]

Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate, says Ibrahim Maqari, Imam of the national mosque, should be sacked from his position over his comments on “redlines” of Islam. On May 12, Deborah, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto state, was killed by a mob over alleged blasphemy. Amid this development, Maqari […]

Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, has offered N10 million as reward for anyone with useful information on the murder of Okechukwu Okoye, lawmaker representing Aguata II constituency. Okoye was kidnapped on May 15, alongside Cyril Chiegboka, his campaign director, in Aguata. On Saturday, the lawmaker’s headless body was found in Nnobi area […]

A confession is in order this early Sunday morning. Although I was quite sceptical about the electioneering rhetoric of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2015 general election — in fact, I said as much in a series of articles, including one with the title: “Where is the Beef?” (March 1, 2015) […]

Okechukwu Okoye, lawmaker representing Aguata II constituency in Anambra state, has been killed by gunmen. Okoye, an indigene of Isuofia, the same community as Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, was kidnapped in Aguata on May 15 alongside Cyril Chiegboka, his campaign director. Confirming the death in a statement made available to TheCable, […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says arbitration hearings for contracts entered by the federal government with international organisations should be heard in Nigeria, not the United Kingdom. Arbitration is an alternative to conventional litigation, mostly used for the resolution of commercial disputes. According to NAN, Jonathan spoke on Saturday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa […]

Bola Tinubu, former Lagos governor seeking the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says if he becomes president, he can make Edo state as “beautiful” as Lagos. He said this on Saturday at a meeting with APC delegates in Edo state, ahead of the party’s presidential primary. Present during the […]