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Allan Kilavuka, chief executive officer, Kenya Airways, says Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Malawi are withholding about $28 million of revenue from the airline. Kilavuka disclosed this recently while responding to a query, following reports that the Kenyan government was negotiating with its counterparts in Nigeria and Ethiopia to repatriate millions of dollars earned by […]

The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the nomination of Sherrif Oborevwori as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta state. A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Olabisi Ige, overturned the judgement of an Abuja federal high court which directed the Independent National Electoral […]

Ibrahim Shekarau, former governor of Kano state, is expected to make his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) official on Monday. Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, and other leading members of the party are in Kano to welcome Shekarau into the party. An official of the PDP who spoke on […]

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo visited Abdulsalami Abubakar, the former head of state, in Minna, Niger state capital, on Sunday. According to THISDAY, Obasanjo said he was in Minna to meet with Abubakar who has been indisposed. Obasanjo reportedly arrived at Abdulsalami’s residence at about 12.30pm. Following the meeting, Obasanjo was quoted as […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says there are 10 states in Nigeria with bigger gross domestic capital (GDP) than some African countries. The vice-president said Nigeria should not be compared with “smaller” African countries, in terms of economic prosperity. He spoke on Sunday when he was visited by a group of Harvard Business School […]

Mojisola Adeyeye, director-general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says Nigeria now has the capacity to produce COVID-19 vaccines of international standard.  Adeyeye spoke on Saturday during the oversight visit of the house of representatives committee on COVID-19 to the NAFDAC facilities and COVID-19 laboratory projects in […]

Nigeria and Cameroon have agreed to return to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to seek clarification of some ambiguities in a ruling over possession of the Bakassi Peninsula. Historically, Nigeria conceded Bakassi to Cameroon as far back as 1975 when Yakubu Gowon, a general, was military head of state. In 2002, […]

Ukamaka Ejezie, a supporter of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has regained freedom from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Ifeanyi Ejiofor, IPOB lead’s counsel, confirmed this to TheCable in a telephone interview on Sunday morning. The 80-year-old woman, popularly known as Mama Biafra, was reportedly arrested during […]