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Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, suffered a gaffe while speaking at the party’s campaign rally in Plateau state. The rally was held at the Rwang Pam township stadium in Jos, the Plateau capital. Atiku, while concluding his speech in Hausa, said: “For God’s sake and […]

The presidency says there is now evidence that the claims of a missing N89.09 trillion from stamp duty “appears to be false”. Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president, said this while providing details on the stamp duty controversy in a statement on Tuesday. Gudaji Kazaure, member of the house of […]

South Africa’s parliament has voted against starting impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa. TheCable had reported that Ramaphosa was facing impeachment threats after an independent panel set up by the speaker of South Africa’s parliament said findings suggested that the president acted in a manner that was inconsistent with his office. The […]

Nyesom Wike, Rivers governor, says he has no issue with Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate. The governor said this on Tuesday when political associates and Rivers elders visited him at his residence to make his 65th birthday. “I have no problem with the presidential candidate. All I am saying […]

At least 100 people have been killed after flooding in parts of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to Associated Press, Prime Minister Jean-Michel Lukonde said a search was ongoing for more bodies. Earlier on Tuesday, the death toll had stood at 50 according to Sylvano Kasongo, Kinshasa’s […]

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nurtured Boko Haram into the monster it became when President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office in 2015. Mohammed said this in response to a comment credited to Atiku Abubakar, standard bearer of the PDP. The former vice-president had said the […]

Twitter has mixed up its labelling of some Norwegian government officials, including Prime Minister Jonas Store. In its description of Norway’s foreign ministry account, the micro-blogging platform wrote “Nigeria government organisation”. On Tuesday, the Norwegian ministry raised the alarm over the disparity in identities and asked Twitter to rectify the issue. […]

Bode George, chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he will not vote for Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate, unless the national chairmanship is zoned to the south-west.  George spoke during an interview with Arise News TV on Tuesday. The PDP chieftain has been one of the loudest voices calling […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Ghana have reached a staff-level agreement for a three-year loan package of $3 billion. The development means that the agreement still requires the approval of the IMF management and executive board as well as receipt of the necessary financing assurances by Ghana’s partners and creditors. According […]