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President Bola Tinubu has signed the Nigeria data protection bill into law. Vincent Olatunji, national commissioner of the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB), announced the signing of the bill at a workshop in Abuja on Tuesday. The legislation allows for the establishment of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) to replace the […]

Kemi Pinero, counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the Labour Party (LP) is unnecessarily stalling the presidential election petition tribunal. INEC announced Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the presidential election on March 1. Dissatisfied with the results, Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples […]

Witnesses of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gave testimonies and the party played video evidence at the presidential election petition tribunal on Tuesday. Here are five takeaways from the session. ATIKU SUBPOENAS INEC CHAIR, SECRETARY Chris Uche, counsel to Atiku Abubakar and the PDP, told the tribunal that he had subpoenaed […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has spoken about his meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday. TheCable had earlier reported that the two leaders met at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. However, the purpose of the meeting was not immediately known. Speaking with journalists after the gathering, Jonathan said he visited Tinubu to […]

Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, has mandated the troops of Operation Udoka to redouble their efforts and flush out criminal elements destabilising peace and businesses in the south-east states. Irabor spoke on Tuesday while addressing the troops at the headquarters of the Nigerian army 82 division in Enugu. The defence chief […]

Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south district, says President Bola Tinubu “sneaked out” to beg some lawmakers to support his preferred candidates for the 10th national assembly leadership positions. Speaking on Tuesday in an interview with Channels Television, Ndume said the president deployed his “foot soldiers” to deliver his preferred candidates. Earlier, […]

About 100 persons returning from a wedding event have been reported dead after the boat conveying them capsized in Egbu village, in the Patigi LGA of Kwara state. TheCable understands that the boat which capsized in the early hours of Tuesday on the River Niger was reportedly overloaded. The victims— including women and […]

The Nigerian stock market surged to its highest level since July 2008 on Tuesday, the first trading day since the suspension of Godwin Emefiele as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by newly-elected President Bola Tinubu. Some market analysts have speculated that the surge is linked with investors’ optimism […]

President Bola Tinubu says he is ready to work with the members of the just inaugurated 10th national assembly. On Tuesday, Godswill Akpabio, senator representing Akwa Ibom north-west, was elected as the senate president, while Tajudeen Abbas, lawmaker representing Zaria constituency of Kaduna, became the speaker of the house of representatives. The […]