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In 1999, as President Olusegun Obasanjo was getting set to assume office, Channels TV sampled the opinions of everyday Nigerians on their expectations from the new government. One woman memorably said: “I want Obasanjo to bring the economy down!” You can laugh all you want, but her message was very clear: the economy was […]

Aisha Yesufu, activist and founder of Citizens Hub, has come under fire for saying that Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), must state how he would tackle police brutality. Yesufu, who is a supporter of Obi, had quoted a tweet of Rinu Oduala, another activist, who asked what the LP’s […]

Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, says northerners need a president who hails from the north. Abubakar, who is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), spoke on Saturday at the interactive session of the Arewa townhall policy dialogue in Kaduna. Abubakar, who hails from Adamawa in the north-east, told his audience […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa says it will appeal the court ruling nullifying the party’s primary which produced Aishatu Binani as its governorship candidate. A federal high court in Yola, on Friday, nullified the APC governorship primary. In a judgment delivered on Friday, the court also declared that there will […]

At least six persons have been confirmed dead after a boat capsized in the Gbara area of Mokwa LGA in Niger state. In a statement on Saturday, the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) said five persons are still missing. According to the statement, the incident occurred on Friday evening when the […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says his development agenda for job creation will target underprivileged youths and almajiri children. Atiku spoke on Saturday at the Arewa townhall policy dialogue in Kaduna. While explaining how his five-point development agenda will support the north, he said the high levels […]

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, and his allies have travelled to Madrid, Spain for a meeting, TheCable has learnt. Wike left the country early Saturday morning with Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue; Seyi Makinde of Oyo, and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, governor of Enugu, who is also an associate of […]

Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), says he has never smoked cannabis in his life. Sowore, an advocate for the legalisation of marijuana, disclosed this during a Twitter Space hosted by The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The conversation, themed ‘Cannabis: health or wealth’, was on whether […]