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President Muhammadu Buhari says it will cost the federal government N1.8 trillion in interest if the national assembly fails to approve N23.7 trillion in extra-budgetary spending. The president had asked the national assembly to approve the sum he said were funds provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through loans for “emergencies” […]

Edwin Clark, an Ijaw national leader and convener of PANDEF, has endorsed Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) for president. He made the endorsement on Tuesday at a media briefing in his residence in Abuja. Clark urged Nigerians, irrespective of ethnic, religious and political affiliation, to back Obi because he is […]

The Delta police command says the killing of Uyi Iluobe, a medical doctor in the state, was carried out by suspected cultists. Iluobe was said to have been killed on Saturday by aggrieved relatives of a patient who died from a gunshot wound at Olive Clinic, Oghara. Speaking with TheCable on Tuesday, […]

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, has backed the endorsement of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo, in his New Year message to Nigerians, had endorsed Obi’s presidential bid, saying the LP candidate has an edge over the other candidates. Commenting on the development on […]

Not less than 30 Boko Haram terrorists – including three commanders – have been reportedly killed in fresh airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).  According to Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the operation was conducted on Sunday, January 1, around the Sambisa forest. Four Boko Haram […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2023 appropriation bill of N21.83 trillion into law. This is the eighth and final annual budget of the incumbent administration. Buhari also signed the 2022 supplementary appropriation bill of N819 billion into law at an event at the state house on Tuesday. Ahmad Lawan, president […]

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has condemned the alleged killing of Uyi Iluobe, a Delta-based doctor, by aggrieved relatives of a patient. The incident is said to have occurred on Saturday in Oghara, Delta state. In a statement signed by Uche Ojinmah, NMA president, the association said it received news of the […]

Four police officers have been reportedly killed during an attack on the convoy of Ikedi Ohakim, a former governor of Imo state. The incident was said to have happened on Monday evening at Oriagu in Ehime Mbano LGA of Imo state. According to Punch, the former Imo governor escaped death by the […]

A court in Senegal has sentenced two lawmakers to six months in jail for assaulting their pregnant colleague during a parliamentary session. During a budget presentation on December 1, Massata Samb, an opposition member of parliament, walked over and slapped Amy Gniby, a member of the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) coalition. […]