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Seplat Energy Plc says it has provided all of the required documentation to the ministry of interior regarding the immigration status of Roger Brown, the company’s chief executive officer (CEO). The company’s assertion follows a four-count charge, instituted on April 6, 2023, by the federal government against the energy firm; Basil Omiyi, its […]

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says doctors are driven out of the country by poverty and insecurity. Ganiyu Johnson, an All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker from Lagos, had sponsored a bill which seeks to amend the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act 2004, to address the brain drain in the health sector. The […]

Sinatu Ojikutu, a former deputy governor of Lagos between 1992 and 1993, says she has been humiliated since Bola Tinubu won the presidential election.  On March 1, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the presidential election after securing a total of 8,794,726 votes. […]

Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to refrain from investigating him over a petition submitted by Festus Keyamo, spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign. Keyamo had accused Atiku of diverting public funds through special-purpose vehicles while he was Nigeria’s […]

Representatives of Bola Tinubu, president-elect, say there was no pathway to victory for Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) in the last elections. The representatives of Tinubu led by Festus Keyamo, spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign, spoke […]

A coalition of Arewa elders has cautioned those calling for an interim government in the country to desist forthwith. The elders’ position was contained in a communique read by Suleiman Usman Jere, chairman of the coalition, at the end of a meeting on Tuesday in Kaduna. Last week, the Department of State […]

A seven-storey building has collapsed in the Banana Island area of Lagos state. The building, which was under construction, collapsed on Wednesday evening. TheCable understands that some workers are currently trapped under the rubble. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Lagos state confirmed the incident in a terse statement. […]

The federal government has brought a four-count charge against Seplat Energy at a federal high court in Abuja, over an alleged breach of extant provisions of the Immigration Act, 2015. Roger Brown, the company’s chief executive officer (CEO); Basil Omiyi, board chairman; Edith Onwuchekwa, company secretary/legal counsel; as well as independent directors Fabian […]

Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey, has congratulated Bola Tinubu as the next president of Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday, Tunde Rahman, Tinubu’s media aide, said Erdoğan, in a congratulatory letter, described the president-elect as a brother. The Turkish president called for more collaboration to advance the relationship between both countries, adding that […]