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The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) says the infrastructure for the first phase of the blue line rail project is complete and ready for operation. The first phase of the Lagos blue line rail system is designed to run from Mile 2 (on the mainland) to Marina (on the island). Kolawole […]

The house of representatives has again rescheduled the appearance of Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), over the new cash withdrawal policy. The CBN governor was initially due to appear before the lawmakers on December 15, but it was rescheduled after he sent a letter to the parliament stating […]

Jim Risch, a US senator, has written to Anthony Blinken, the country’s secretary of state, to review the security assistance and cooperation programmes in Nigeria. According to Reuters, the development stems from the investigation detailing an alleged abortion programme by the Nigerian military. In the said letter, Risch, who is a ranking […]

The senate has confirmed Lauretta Onochie, a presidential aide, as the chairperson of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The upper legislative chamber confirmed her and 12 other nominees after Amos Bulus, chairman of the Niger Delta committee, presented a report on Tuesday. President Muhammadu Buhari had asked the senate to confirm […]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, says the conviction of Doyin Okupe for money laundering will not demoralise him in his bid to become president. The director-general of the LP campaign organisation was on Monday sentenced to two years imprisonment for breaching the Money Laundering Act. The Economic and Financial […]

A federal high court sitting in Abuja has declined an application by the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest and detain Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), TheCable understands. In declining the motion ex parte — filed by an applicant in the absence of the respondent — Justice […]

The Netherlands has apologised to its former colonies for its historical involvement in slavery and the effects that have persisted into the present. Between 1596 and 1829, the Dutch transported about half a million Africans across the Atlantic. The Dutch also shipped about hundreds of thousands of Africans to their settlements in Dutch […]

Aderemi, wife of Femi Olaleye, managing director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, has testified before the special offences and domestic violence court in Lagos state. At the court sitting on Monday, Aderemi appeared as the first witness. She told the court that she married Olaleye in March 2011 and that they have […]