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The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has suspended its plan to shut down flight operations across the country. The AON had, on Friday, announced its decision to stop operations from Monday over the hike in the price of aviation fuel. Earlier on Sunday, the association said it would not back down on […]

Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential hopeful, says he is “100 percent” for his party. On Sunday, Tinubu took to his Twitter page to post a picture of the APC flag. The photo was accompanied with a terse post which reads, “100”. 💯 pic.twitter.com/LgzBo7HekC — […]

Three more airlines have joined Ibom Air on the list of airlines that have pulled out of the planned shutdown of flight services  as announced by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON). On Friday, the AON had announced its decision to suspend flight operations from Monday. Ibom Airlines Limited (Ibom Air), on […]

Air Peace says it will suspend all domestic and regional flight operations from May 9. On Friday, the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) had announced their decision to suspend flight operations from Monday. The flight suspension by Air Peace comes shortly after the AON insisted that the association will not back down […]

The house of representatives has cancelled the plenary session scheduled to take place on Monday. Yahaya Danzaria, clerk of the house, had said the legislators in the lower legislative chamber would meet on Monday to discuss critical national issues. TheCable had reported that the emergency plenary session was called to discuss the […]

Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the national assembly under his leadership has so far “done tremendously well”. Speaking after he was awarded as the “Political Icon of the Year 2021” by the Sun newspaper on Saturday in Lagos, Lawan said the national assembly has worked on critical legislation for national development. Lawan […]

Queues for petrol have resurfaced in the federal capital territory (FCT) causing anxiety and hardship for residents trying to get the product. It is not clear why the petrol queues are back in the nation’s capital. TheCable observed that between Saturday and Sunday, many petrol stations were closed. The few selling the […]

Where should the next president come from? In the unwritten code that guides matters of national politics in Nigeria, the answer is obvious. A northerner will have been president for eight years by 2023 and it is naturally expected that the next one will be a southerner. Ideally, where the next president comes from […]

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the north-west say the history of voting during general election shows that the zone has what it takes to determine the next president. Musa Mailafiya, APC north-west publicity secretary, said this in a statement issued on Saturday. According to Mailafiya, the north-west APC leaders […]