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Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, has apologised over a recent post in which he shared pictures of him taking a course at Harvard University. On Tuesday, Gbajabiamila posted the pictures on his social media handles, adding that it wasn’t too late to go to school. However, the post sparked […]

Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, says state governors, in consultations with the national economic council (NEC), are aware of withdrawals from the excess crude account (ECA). Ahmed said this on Wednesday at the end of the federal executive council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a […]

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, has described the threat by terrorists to kidnap President Muhammadu Buhari as mere propaganda.  The minister said this on Wednesday when he addressed journalists after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting.  On July 24, a viral video was released by insurgents suspected to be members of Boko […]

Wole Olanipekun, chairman of the Body of Benchers (BoB), says the body does not interfere with the activities of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC). His comment comes days after the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) called for Olanipekun’s resignation in the wake of a petition filed against a lawyer in his chambers before […]

Nigerian naira, on Wednesday, weakened to N707 a dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange market.  The figure represents N42 or 7.45 percent depreciation compared to the N658 it traded last week — further losing value against the dollar. Street traders who spoke to TheCable said the free fall resulted […]

The federal government has reacted to the threat by senators on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. Earlier on Wednesday, the lawmakers had given the president six weeks to address insecurity or face impeachment proceedings. Speaking on the development after a meeting of the federal […]

Senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have given President Muhammadu Buhari a six-week ultimatum to address insecurity or face impeachment proceedings. Philip Aduda, minority leader of the senate, spoke with reporters after the opposition lawmakers walked out of the red chamber during plenary on Wednesday. Senate President Ahmad Lawan had earlier […]

Two of the leading presidential candidates — Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party  (PDP) — have been enmeshed in a public spat on Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket. Tinubu’s decision to choose a Muslim as his running mate was criticised by Atiku, who said the […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo used to be a chimera. His influence was mythical, yet sweeping. In the past, Nigeria was too small to contain his stature — as he dominated the horizons across Africa and beyond. He lived up to his legend of being a human Orisa. He is, perhaps, still one of the most respected […]