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Olisa Agbakoba, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), says debates in the media over President Bola Tinubu’s alleged certificate forgery are heating up the polity. Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last elections, is challenging Tinubu’s victory at the February 25 poll and the verdict […]

Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has been released from protective custody by Benin Republic. Yomi Aliu, Igboho’s lawyer, confirmed his release to TheCable. “Yes, he has been released. He was released yesterday. He is now in Germany,” Aliu said. Asked to speak on the state of […]

The federal government says it will ensure that beneficiaries of the N-Power scheme yet to be paid, receive their deserved salaries. Betta Edu, minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation, made the promise in a statement issued on Sunday by Akindele Egbuwalo, national programme manager of N-Power. On Saturday, the minister had […]

Cable Books, an imprint of Cable Newspaper Ltd, is thrilled to announce the release of ‘Fighting for the Future: Nigeria’s Pension Reform Journey’ authored by Aisha Dahir-Umar, the director-general of the National Pension Commission (PenCom). What’s more — you can download it for free here! This illuminating book provides an in-depth analysis […]

Here are the seven top business stories you need to track this week — October 9 to October 13. FG SUSPENDS N-POWER INDEFINITELY The federal government says it will suspend the N-Power programme indefinitely for proper investigation and restructuring. Betta Edu, the minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation, disclosed this […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has denied reports that contracts for the rehabilitation of pipelines across the country were awarded to a “northern oil cabal”. NNPC, on Sunday, said the selection was not conducted solely by the firm, as the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission and the […]

The senate committee on finance has proposed the sale of government-owned moribund oil refineries, describing them as “bottomless pits”, despite turnaround maintenance. Sani Musa, the chairman of the committee, on Saturday, said the proceeds from the sale could be invested in the mining sector to create jobs for Nigerian youth. “For me, […]

Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, says until the vendor who issued a replacement certificate to President Bola Tinubu denies the document, there is no case against him. There has been controversy over a certificate Tinubu claimed he obtained from the Chicago State University (CSU) after graduating from the institution. […]