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Kayode Fayemi, former governor of Ekiti state, is under interrogation at the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), TheCable can report. The ex-governor is at the zonal command of the anti-graft agency in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. According to sources privy to the development, Fayemi arrived at the EFCC […]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says he and the party will challenge the results of the February 25 election in only 18 states. Emeka Okpoko, counsel to Obi and LP, spoke while tendering documents at the resumed hearing of the joint petition filed by the party before the presidential […]

Mele Kyari, group chief executive officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, says the federal government has not funded the petrol subsidies for 2022 and 2023, despite budgetary provisions. Kyari disclosed this during an interview with Arise TV earlier on Thursday. The GCEO was responding to questions on what […]

Mele Kyari, group chief executive officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, says the new petrol pump price is reflective of the current market cost of the commodity, and as such, “prices in the market can go down at any time”. Kyari spoke in an interview with Arise TV on […]

President Bola Tinubu has warned the service chiefs against “working at cross purposes and colliding with each other”. The president said all security agencies must be on the same page and operate with synergy. He read the riot act during his first meeting with the nation’s security chiefs on Thursday. Tinubu […]

Gbenga Daniel, senator-elect for Ogun east district, has praised President Bola Tinubu for being “bold enough” to declare the petroleum subsidy regime over. Daniel spoke in an interview with Arise TV on Thursday. During his inaugural speech as president, Tinubu said “fuel subsidy is gone”, adding that there is no provision for […]

The presidential election petition court has criticised the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for exhibiting a lack of preparedness in the petition filed against the victory of President Bola Tinubu. At the resumed court session on Thursday, one of the senior lawyers in the petitioners’ legal team, Emeka Okpoko, […]

President Bola Tinubu is currently holding his first meeting with service chiefs, the inspector-general of police and heads of security agencies. The service chiefs present are Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff; Farouk Yahaya, chief of army staff; Awwal Gambo, chief of air staff, and Isiaka Amao, chief of naval staff. Others […]

The Flying Eagles of Nigeria have qualified for the quarter-final of the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup.  Nigeria achieved the feat after defeating the hosts Argentina 2-0 in the second-round fixture on Wednesday at the Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan. The Nigerian team, who progressed out of their group as […]