TheCable News

Bala Mohammed, Bauchi governor and presidential hopeful, says he’s comfortable with the reduced number of delegates involved in picking candidates of political parties. Speaking with reporters after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, Mohammed said the development means that he will have fewer delegates to woo to become the presidential flagbearer […]

Enyinnaya Abaribe, a governorship hopeful on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia, has withdrawn from the party’s primary election. The senate minority leader announced his withdrawal from the governorship race in a statement issued on Wednesday. The PDP governorship primaries are scheduled to take place today across the […]

Ike Ekweremadu, a governorship hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu, has withdrawn from the race to elect the party’s flagbearer. The serving senator’s decision to pull out of the contest was contained in a statement issued by Charles Ogbo Asogwa, director-general of his campaign organisation. Asogwa thanked supporters of […]

Four persons including two Catholic priests have been reportedly abducted in Katsina state.  The gunmen were said to have invaded the rectory of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Gidan Maikamb in Kafur LGA early Wednesday morning. Katsina is one of the four states overseen by Matthew Kukah, Catholic bishop of the Sokoto diocese. […]

Okezie Ikpeazu, governor of Abia, has secured the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket to contest for a seat in the senate. Ikpeazu will represent the PDP in the Abia south senatorial district election in 2023. He won the party’s ticket on Tuesday unchallenged. Ndidi Okereke, chairman of the election committee, said the […]

Abductors of the Kaduna-bound train passengers have threatened to start killing hostages in seven days if their demands are not met. The gunmen had in March attacked the train around the Kateri-Rijana area of Kaduna, killing several passengers and abducting many. On Tuesday, Tukur Mamu, spokesperson of Ahmad Gumi, the Islamic cleric, […]

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has denied reports making the rounds that a plane crashed at Ikeja area of Lagos state. Several reports surfaced on Tuesday that a plane crash-landed in Ikeja, and the incident was said to have caused heavy traffic in the area. However, in a statement issued […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has deducted another N271.13 billion as a shortfall for the importation of petrol (subsidy) in April 2022. Subsidy or under-recovery is the underpriced sales of premium motor spirit (PMS), better known as petrol. So far, NNPC has spent N947.53 billion on petrol subsidy this year […]