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Bola Tibubu, president-elect, says Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), did not lose the presidential election by accident. Tinubu was declared the winner of the February 25 presidential poll with 8,794,726 votes.  Atiku polled 6,984,520, votes and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) came third with 6,101,533. […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says its primary election for the Bayelsa governorship election is open to all contestants. Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum resources, and David Lyon, Bayelsa governor-elect who was later sacked by the supreme court, are the top contenders for the ticket. The apex court withdrew the certificate […]

Three Nigerian men have been indicted in the United States over alleged fraud relating to a business email compromise (BEC) scheme to the tune of $6 million. The suspects are Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo, 29; James Junior Aliyu, 28; and Henry Onyedikachi Echefu, 31. The suspects are said to be residing in South Africa. […]

The Labour Party (LP) has denied receiving an apology from the British government over the detention of Peter Obi, its presidential candidate, by immigration officials at Heathrow Airport in London. The LP on Wednesday had said Obi was harassed and detained by London immigration officials over alleged impersonation.  The party said Obi […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has dissociated itself from a recruitment portal created in its name and inviting Nigerians to submit applications for jobs. TheCable understands that a certain website had announced that the apex had bank begun its 2023/2024 application recruitment exercise. The website directed interested candidates to visit the […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano state says Abba Yusuf, candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), got only 178,374 votes in the governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Yusuf as the winner of the election after he polled 1,019,602 votes to defeat Yusuf Gawuna of the APC […]

Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has been named in Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people for 2023. Time Magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world accords recognition to people “for changing the world, regardless of the consequences of their actions”. “Influence is hard to measure, and […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked voters to give the party “overwhelming support” during the supplementary elections. In a statement released on Thursday, Paul Ibe, Abubakar’s media adviser, said his principal spoke in Yola, the capital of Adamawa. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is scheduled […]

The federal government says 1.8 million people have benefited from the projects and programmes undertaken under the national poverty reduction with growth strategy (NPRGS). The 2022 report of the NPRGS was presented in Abuja on Thursday at a meeting chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. According to the report, 100 programmes under the […]

A malaria vaccine called R21/Matrix developed by scientists at Oxford University has received approval to be used in Ghana. TheCable had reported that the vaccine was said to be 80 percent effective in preventing malaria. The only vaccine currently endorsed for malaria by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is the RTS, S/AS01 […]