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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says being vice-president for seven years has prepared him to be president. Laolu Akande, his media, quoted Osinbajo as saying this when he visited Aladelusi Ogunlade Aladetoyinbo, the Deji of Akure, on Monday in Ondo state. The vice-president said he is fortunate to have served in various capacities, adding […]

Ayo Adebanjo, Afenifere leader, says if the office of the presidency was based on “merit”, only candidates from the south-east will hold the office “till kingdom come”. Adebanjo said this on Monday in his remarks at the ‘Greater Nigeria Conference’ organised by the Nzuko Nmunna, an Igbo think-tank. The focus of discussions […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says it will be a “betrayal” to Nigeria if he doesn’t contest the presidency in the general election. Osinbajo spoke on Monday when he visited Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The vice-president said aside from his current position, […]

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., has agreed to buy Twitter Inc. for $44 billion. According to the deal, investors will receive $54.20 for each Twitter share they own, the company said in a statement Monday. The price is 38 per cent more than the stock’s close on April 1, […]

Ahead of the 2023 polls, the All Progressives Congress (APC) will begin the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms for various elective positions on Tuesday. The sale of the forms ought to have commenced on Saturday, but it was postponed. But in a notice seen by TheCable on Monday, Suleiman […]

Felix Morka, national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says anyone aspiring to be president should have the “sufficient base” to raise N100 million. He said this on Monday when he was interviewed during a programme on Silverbird Television. The APC had fixed N100 million for its nomination and expression […]

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has reviewed its regulation on retirement and terminal benefits. The regulation guides the process of accessing retirement and terminal benefits by pension contributors and retirees under the contributory pension scheme (CPS). The agency said the revised regulation contains several new provisions on pension enhancement, voluntary contributions, […]

Festus Ogun, a Lagos-based legal practitioner, has filed a suit against President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent petrol scarcity in the country. In February, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) had confirmed that petrol with methanol content above national specification was imported into the country. Amid efforts to recall the off-spec petrol […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the federal government recorded N2.23 trillion fiscal deficit in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2021. The apex bank said this in its economic report for the fourth quarter of 2021.  A fiscal deficit is a shortfall in a government’s income compared with its spending. By […]