TheCable News

Francis Ezenwa, senator representing Imo east (pictured), has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Labour Party (LP). Haliru Jika, senator representing Bauchi central, has also defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) from the All Progressives Congress (APC). The notice of their defection was read by Senate President […]

Hauwa Joseph and Mary Dauda, two missing Chibok girls found on Thursday, have recounted how they escaped from captivity. The girls were among over 200 schoolgirls abducted on April 14, 2014 when Boko Haram insurgents attacked the Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS) in Chibok, Borno state. The girls who were said […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says the allegation of pipeline vandalism levelled against the group by President Muhammadu Buhari is “childish and shallow-minded” . TheCable had reported that Buhari, in an interview with Bloomberg, asked western allies to designate IPOB as a terrorist group “over involvement” in pipeline and infrastructure vandalism in the […]

The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has embarked on strike. Speaking on Wednesday at NAFDAC office in Lagos, Auwalu Yusuf Kiyawa, state chairman of the union, said the strike begins with immediate effect. Kiyawa said the union […]

Oil prices fell amid a push by President Joe Biden to bring down soaring fuel costs in the United States.  On Wednesday, Brent crude futures dropped 4.51 percent to $109.98 a barrel at 09.00 GMT+1.  US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures also slid 5.46 percent, at $104.1 a barrel. Similarly, Brent […]

Shehu Sani, a former senator representing Kaduna central, says President Muhammadu Buhari should have re-nominated Rotimi Amaechi as minister of transportation. Sani spoke on Tuesday in an interview with Channels Television. Earlier, Buhari had sent names of seven ministerial nominees to the senate as replacements for the ministers who had resigned to […]

The Anambra government says an insulting statement made by Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the commissioner for education, was provoked by an applicant’s “uncouth” language. There were reports over the weekend that there was chaos in Nnewi, one of the venues for the second phase of the teacher recruitment exercise examination, which held on Saturday. […]

Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, says “many” Nigerians are looking for alternatives to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a video posted by AIT on Tuesday, while explaining why PDP lost the recent Ekiti governorship election, Obaseki said many Nigerians no longer want APC and PDP and […]