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The build-up to the 2023 elections has brought with it a first-of-its-kind attention for Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra, considering the support he has gained from the the “Obidient Movement”, a term coined from his name to represent a people that have pledged allegiance to his presidential ambition. The emergence and popularity […]

Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described persons calling for his resignation as “children”.  Ayu has been under pressure of late, with calls for his resignation coming from different quarters amid the party’s internal crisis. TheCable had reported how allies of Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, demanded […]

Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta, says it will be absurd for a vice-president to take charge of the nation’s security.  Okowa, who is the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was reacting to the comment made by Kashim Shettima, the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the country generated N799.10 billion from oil sector in the first quarter of 2022.  The figure represents a 28.3 percent decline from N1.11 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2021.  While oil revenue amounted to N799 billion in three months, TheCable has reported that petrol […]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says if elected president, he would turn Nigeria’s brain drain to gain. Obi is currently outside the country interacting with Nigerians in diaspora ahead of the 2023 general elections. “Brain drain” is a situation in which large numbers of educated and very skilled […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has departed Abuja for the US where he is seeking partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently launched Energy Transition Plan. In a statement on Wednesday, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo’s spokesman, said the vice-president would have meetings with Kamala Harris, his US counterpart. Akande said the vice-president would also be meeting […]

Taiwo Adebulu, a journalist with TheCable, has been shortlisted for the maiden edition of the BudgIT Active Citizens Awards. Adebulu was shortlisted in the solution journalism category alongside Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu of Humangle Media, Johnstone Kpilaakaa, a freelance journalist, and Lisa Gwamkat Gwamzhi of Radio Nigeria. In an announcement on Tuesday, BudgIT […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the federal government should have used the recovered $23 million Abacha loot to meet its demands. Emmanuel Osodeke, president of ASUU, spoke on Tuesday in an interview on Channels Television. ASUU has been on strike since February 2022 to protest the non-implementation of its […]

Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who helped to end the Cold War, has died at the age of 91. According to Russian news agencies, Gorbachev died at the Central Clinical Hospital on Tuesday. The late Soviet leader is renowned for bringing the Cold War to an end without bloodshed. The […]