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Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, says Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti governor and chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), has the capacity to govern the country. Ortom, a governor on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said this on Saturday when he received Fayemi, an All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential hopeful, at the […]

A two-storey building under construction on Freeman road in Lagos Island has collapsed. A body has been recovered from the rubble of the building, while several persons are said to be trapped. Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), and firefighters are currently at the […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria needs a leader who is passionate about the country. Obasanjo said this on Thursday when he hosted Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, a former managing director of the now-defunct FSB International Bank and presidential hopeful, at his residence in Ogun state. Hayatu-Deen is seeking to get the presidential ticket […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022 into law. The new legislation repeals the National Health Insurance Scheme Act 2004. Speaking during the signing of the bill, Buhari said the new law makes provisions for the setup of a trust fund “to ensure the coverage of 83 […]

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has expressed concern over the presence of terrorist groups in the state. Boko Haram and Ansaru fighters are said to have bases at Birnin Gwari and Chikun LGAs of the state. This information was contained in a report presented to him by Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna commissioner for […]

Shehu Kura, Kano commissioner for finance and economic development, has resigned from his position. A statement by Muhammad Garba, Kano commissioner for information, made available to TheCable on Thursday, indicated that Kura was appointed as commissioner at the request of Ibrahim Shekarau, former governor of Kano, after the 2019 elections. The former […]

Samuel Anyanwu, national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused Donatus Okorowo, a judge of being biased in a suit seeking to stop the party’s presidential primary. Cosmas Ndukwe, a former deputy speaker of Abia state house of assembly, had approached a federal high court in Abuja seeking to stop the […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has asked William Kumuyi, the general superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, to halt his planned crusade in Aba, Abia state.  The crusade, titled ‘Jesus Power for Extraordinary Breakthrough’, is scheduled to take place in the commercial city between May 24 and 29. In a […]