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Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the five Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors currently involved in the crisis in the party are not working for his cause.  Jonathan said this on Friday in a statement by Ikechukwu Eze, his special adviser.  Dubbed as G5, the five governors — Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Seyi […]

Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), says rogues who plan to disrupt the forthcoming elections will be dealt with. Monguno gave the warning on Friday at an emergency security meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). TheCable had reported how suspected hoodlums torched the INEC office in Ogun state on […]

A federal high court in Abuja has affirmed Uche Ogah, former minister of state for mines and steel development, as the duly elected governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia state. In a judgment delivered on Friday, Binta Nyako, the presiding judge, nullified the candidacy of Ikechi Emenike who was […]

Federal Airport Authority Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it has reopened the domestic runway (18L/36R) of Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) in Lagos, for flight operations. The authority said this in a tweet on Friday. The development comes four months after the runway was closed in July. FAAN said after the installation […]

The naira has sustained its momentum at the parallel market, appreciating N710 per dollar in Lagos on Friday. The development represents N115 or 13.9 percent gain compared to the N825 to a dollar it traded on Wednesday. Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs) in the Ikeja area of Lagos, who spoke to TheCable, […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council says anyone “linked to a drug cartel” should not be voted as president. In a statement on Thursday, Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesperson of the campaign council, said the alleged involvement of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in a “crime bordering on […]

Nuhu Ribadu, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is the most saleable presidential candidate. Ribadu spoke in Abuja at the inauguration of the APC stakeholders relations directorate for the 2023 poll. The former anti-graft boss described Tinubu […]

Oil prices jumped on Friday after health authorities in China, top crude importer, eased tight COVID-19 rules. At 09.00 GMT+1, Brent crude futures rose 2.34 percent to $95.87 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 2.61 percent to $88.77 a barrel. Years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he is committed to negotiations that will resolve the internal crisis in the opposition party. In a statement issued by Paul Ibe, Atiku’s media adviser, the former vice-president said doors have not been shut against aggrieved members of the party. Nyesom […]