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The Social Democratic Party (SDP) says Segun Oni, the party’s candidate, is still in the race for Ekiti governorship. The rebuttal comes after a statement attributed to Oni claimed that he had withdrawn from the election owing to the illegality of the party’s national working committee (NWC). But when TheCable reached out […]

Kabiru Faskari, a chieftain of The All Progressives Congress (APC) says Kabir Masari is the running mate to Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the party, for the 2023 elections. Faskari said this on Friday in an interview with Channels Television. Masari was the party’s welfare secretary when Adams Oshiomhole, former Edo governor, […]

Doyin Okupe,  a former senior special assistant on public affairs to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, says his name has been submitted as the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Okupe confirmed the development to TheCable on Friday. Speaking further in an interview with Channels Television on Friday night, the former presidential aide said […]

Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), has apologised over the remarks he made about Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). The cleric had on Wednesday described Obi as “stingy”, asking his followers not to vote for him in the 2023 presidential election. Mbaka’s comment had […]

Ahmad Lawan, president of the senate, has been listed as the candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe north senatorial district for the 2023 elections. The development comes hours after Bashir Machina, who won the APC primary for the district, insisted that he would not step down for the senate president. […]

Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, says the federal and state governments failed to protect victims of the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo. On June 5, gunmen attacked the church, with 40 people confirmed dead after the incident. On Friday, the funeral for the slain worshippers was conducted at the Mydas […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has withdrawn two of its officials who were exposed for demanding payment for voter registration. The commission announced its decision in a statement on Friday, signed by Shehu Abdulwahab, INEC’s administrative secretary in Benue.  An investigation by TheCable, published on June 16, had revealed […]

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) has criticised Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta governor, for accepting his nomination as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice-presidential candidate.  Okowa was, on Thursday, announced as the running mate of Atiku Abubakar who won the PDP presidential ticket. The southerrn and middle belt leaders said it […]

Salvation Proclaimer Ministries Limited, a London-based church group better known as SPAC Nation, has been wound up by a UK court. The UK government, in a release confirming the closure, said the church group was shut “in the public interest” after failing to properly account for more than £1.87 million in expenditure and […]