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The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dismissed speculations that Rabiu Kwankwaso, its presidential candidate, is considering dropping his ambition and backing other candidates for the 2023 elections. Ladipo Johnson, spokesperson of the Rabiu Kwankwaso presidential campaign organisation, said his principal is in the race to win. Johnson was reacting to speculations […]

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw the nominees of resident electoral commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) sent to the senate.  In July, Buhari asked the senate to confirm 19 nominees as INEC RECs. The civil society organisations (CSOs) kicked […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it injected $7.6 billion into the economy in five months through foreign exchange sales to authorised dealers. The apex bank said this in its monthly economic reports for May 2022.   According to the report, CBN said it intervened in the FX markets to stabilise the […]

Funmisola Olaoye has died from injuries sustained in a building collapse at Adeleke Street, Bariga, Lagos, four weeks after losing her only son to the incident. Hammed, one of her neighbours who spoke with TheCable on Sunday, said the woman died on Saturday at the National Orthopedic Hospital. “She died at the […]

Ahmad Gumi, a Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to either charge Tukur Mamu, publisher of Desert Herald, to a court or release him from detention. Mamu, an aide to Ahmad Gumi, a popular Islamic cleric, negotiated the release of persons abducted on a train to Kaduna in […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has declared Chidozie Collins Obasi, a Nigerian, wanted for allegedly defrauding New York more than $30 million over the sale of “non-existent” ventilators. According to the FBI, Obasi, 29, allegedly posed as a representative of an Indonesian-based medical supply company offering ventilators for sale in March 2020 […]

Sometime last month, a young Bolt driver asked me: “Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi… who should we vote for?” I’ve been asked similar questions many times by those who respect my views. I usually give them an analytical answer — devoid of emotions — by highlighting the strengths, weaknesses and chances of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians are in a state of mourning following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The late monarch died on Thursday at the age of 96. On Saturday, the president paid a condolence visit to Catriona Laing, the British high commissioner to Nigeria. Buhari, who was represented by […]

The campaign team of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has explained why Iyorchia Ayu, the party’s national chairman, cannot be removed from his position. There have been calls for the resignation of Ayu, especially by those in the camp of Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state. Wike’s […]