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Dele Alake, director of strategic communication of the APC presidential campaign council, says the Labour Party (LP) does not have a pathway to victory in the coming election. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, Alake said the race to the presidential villa is between Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the […]

Uche Secondus, former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate, will win Rivers state despite the lack of support from Nyesom Wike. Secondus spoke when he participated in an  Arise TV programme on Wednesday. Wike and his G5 allies — including Seyi Makinde of […]

Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), says there are plots to use the naira scarcity to cause civil unrest during the general election. Monguno, who was represented by Sanusi Galadima, a deputy director, spoke on Tuesday during a meeting of the inter-agency consultative committee on election security (ICCES). He commended the Independent […]

President Muhammadu Buhari recently signed the business facilitation (miscellaneous provision) bill 2022, also known as the omnibus bill, into law. Now the business facilitation act 2023, the document is a legislative intervention by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), which amends 21 business-related laws. The amendment of the relevant laws is […]

Catriona Laing, British high commissioner to Nigeria, says Nigeria’s next president should increase taxes and address the issue of multiple exchange rates. In October 2022, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had asked the Nigerian government to improve on efforts to address revenue mobilisation. “Another aspect, I would say, Nigeria’s case was where […]

Datti Baba-Ahmed, vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will lose on Saturday. The presidential election is billed to take place across the country on February 25. Tinubu is one of the frontrunners in the race alongside Atiku Abubakar of the […]

Johnson Adesola, an employee of the Lagos State University (LASU), has died while waiting on a queue to withdraw money at a bank on the institution’s main campus in Ojo. TheCable understands that Adesola, identified as an official of the varsity’s bursary department, left his office for a branch of Wema Bank within […]

Muhammadu Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and president-general of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has declared Wednesday as the first day of Sha’aban 1444AH. Yahaya Boyi, secretary of the moon sighting committee, announced the development in a statement on Tuesday. “Assalamu Alaikum. The Sultanate Council Sokoto has declared tomorrow […]

The court of appeal in Abuja has affirmed  Umo Eno as the authentic governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom. In a judgment delivered on Tuesday, Hamma Barka, who led the appeal panel, sacked Michael Enyong, a member of the house of representatives who was previously named as the […]