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Athan Achonu, a former senator has won the Labour Party (LP) governorship ticket in Imo state. Achonu won at the governorship election primary held in Owerri, the capital of Imo on Saturday. Calistus Ihejiagwa, the returning officer, announced that Achonu scored 134 votes to beat his closest rival Jack Ogunewe, a retired […]

The family of Yusuf Balogun, a former employee at Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), has petitioned the firm over his death. In the petition seen by TheCable, Titilope Anifowoshe and Abiola Ibrahim, legal representatives to the family, said Balogun was electrocuted while carrying out official duties and later died in a hospital on […]

Timipre Sylva, former minister of state for petroleum resources, has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Bayelsa. Ahmed Jibrin, chairman of the election committee, announced the result of the primary at the APC state secretariat in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital. Sylva scored 52,061 votes […]

The Times, a British national daily, says Chinese nationals in the mining sector are funding terrorist groups in parts of Nigeria to secure access to the country’s mineral reserves.  In an exclusive report published on Saturday, the newspaper said through bribes and illegal transactions, “Beijing could be indirectly funding terror in Africa’s largest […]

The consumer price index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, rose to 22.04 percent in March 2023, up from 21.91 percent in the previous month. The inflation rate data is contained in the latest CPI report released on Saturday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). […]

Heavy gunfire and explosion have been heard in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, following days of tension between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group. The tension between the army and RSF escalated on Thursday after the RSF moved some of its forces near a military airport. Sudan’s army said […]

Ahmed Ododo has been elected as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state. Patrick Obahiagbon, secretary of the Kogi APC primary election committee, announced on Friday that Ododo scored 78, 704 votes to beat six other contestants. Salami Momodu got 1506 votes, Abubakar Yahaya-Ashemogu secured 1159 and […]

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says Nigerians no longer believe that government can do anything for them. Speaking virtually at the inauguration of the 100-member Abia transition council, Okonjo-Iweala, on Friday, said Alex Otti, the governor-elect, must run a clean and transparent administration. The WTO DG asked the […]

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Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in the state. Uzodimma was the sole contender in the primary that took place on Friday in Owerri, the Imo state capital. Williams Kayoda, chairman of the primary election committee, said the governor polled 63,618 votes to […]