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The presidency says the election of Bola Tinubu stands and can only be declared otherwise by the court. In a statement summarising the engagements of President Muhammadu Buhari during his recent trip to Qatar, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, said “wishful thinkers” assume the election will be annulled to “recreate” the June 12, 1993 […]

The supreme court has affirmed the nomination of Rufai Hanga as the Kano central senatorial district candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). The apex court removed Ibrahim Shekarau, a former Kano governor, who was earlier nominated by NNPP and declared winner of the election. In May 2022, Shekarau dumped the All […]

The federal high court in Abuja — in a January 23 ruling — dismissed a suit filed by the Labour Party (LP) seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt an electronic method for transmitting 2023 election results. Delivering judgment in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1454/2022 and filed in August 2022, […]

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has commenced investigation of the alleged “maltreatment” of over 200 Nigeria-bound passengers by Lufthansa Airlines. Sam Adurogboye, the general manager of public affairs, NCAA, spoke to TheCable on Friday. Earlier this week, a Lufthansa flight LH566 from Frankfurt slated to arrive on March 3, […]

For almost two decades, the five states in the south-east — Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Imo and Ebonyi – have been strongholds of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The geopolitical zone used to be under the full control of the PDP, including most of the national assembly seats. The February 25 election is the […]

Xi Jinping has been endorsed for a momentous third term as the president of China by the country’s parliament. The 69-year-old secured the precedent-breaking five-year term during a parliament session on Friday. He received unanimous approval from the 2,952 members of the National People’s Congress (NPC) present. The development makes Xi, […]

The controversial National Water Resources Bill 2020 is “dead”, Sada Soli, a member of the house of representatives, has informed TheCable. Soli, an All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker from Katsina state, is the chairman of the house committee on water resources. The lawmaker said many of his colleagues are against the bill, […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will appeal a court order asking it to allow two Nigerians to vote with their temporary voter cards (TVC). Kofoworola Olusegun and Wilson Allwell, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/180/2023 and filed on February 8, had challenged INEC on the position that only a permanent voter […]