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Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, says Nigeria is not mature enough for state governments to have control of the police. Bello said governors can be “ruthless and reckless” if given such power. In recent years, governors and key stakeholders have been at the forefront of the clamour for state policing. Last […]

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has reportedly revoked the licenses of the African Independent Television (AIT), Silverbird Television (STV), and 50 other television and radio stations over mounting debt. The stations have allegedly not renewed their licences in years. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Friday, Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, director-general of […]

Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says lecturers will not give a backlog of lectures if the federal government fails to pay their salary in arrears. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to protest the non-implementation of its demands by the federal government. In a […]

Valentine Ozigbo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2021 Anambra governorship election, says he has resigned his membership of the party. According to a post on his Facebook page, Ozigbo announced his decision to leave the main opposition party in an interview on Arise Television on Thursday. He attributed his […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has implored security agencies to take the fight to terrorists’ hideouts and “completely eliminate them”.  The president made this call at an event to commemorate World Humanitarian Day in Maiduguri, Borno state capital. Borno has been the epicentre of humanitarian crisis since the Boko Haram insurgency began. Buhari […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says his solution to Nigeria’s electricity crisis is most proactive. In a series of tweets on Thursday, the former vice-president claimed that his policy was aimed at attracting optimal investments in the power sector. On Wednesday, electricity workers embarked on industrial action […]

Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance minister, budget and national planning, says Nigeria spends N18.39 billion daily on petrol subsidy petrol payments. Subsidy or under-recovery is the shortfall for the underpriced sales of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol. The minister spoke on Thursday during an inquiry by the house of […]

Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, says the meeting between ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has assured of the latter’s victory in the 2023 elections. Gbajabiamila spoke on Thursday at the Surulere LGA APC meeting in Lagos. TheCable had reported Tinubu’s […]

Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the Muslim-Muslim ticket of his party is the best way to win the 2023 presidential election. Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, and Kashim Shettima, the vice-presidential candidate, are both Muslims. Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on Thursday, Adamu […]