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Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says he isn’t bothered about the speculations around his interest in contesting the presidency in the 2023 polls. He said this on Thursday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Three support groups recently purchased the presidential nomination and expression of interest […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate withdrawal of Nigeria from all international basketball competitions for the next two years. Sunday Dare, minister of youth and sports development, disclosed the development in a statement issued on Thursday. The development comes amid crisis within the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF). TheCable had reported […]

The management of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto has announced the indefinite closure of the institution after a female student was reportedly killed for alleged blasphemy. Source: Top Stories

The naira, on Thursday, depreciated further against the dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange market. Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs), popularly known as ‘abokis’, who spoke to TheCable in Lagos, quoted the naira at N595 to the dollar at the street market. The figure represents a depreciation of N6 […]

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has asked retirement savings account (RSA) holders to visit any branch of their pension fund administrators (PFAs) to participate in the ongoing data recapture exercise (DRE). The commission said this in a statement issued on Thursday. It said the exercise was for both active contributors and retirees […]

Edwin Clark, an elder statesman, has tackled Orji Uzor Kalu, chief whip of the senate, for allegedly betraying the south-east by supporting the presidential aspiration of Senate President Ahmad Lawan. On Monday, Kalu withdrew from the presidential race and backed Lawan. He said supporting Lawan who is from the north-east is the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider the plight of students and call off the ongoing strike. The president also called on the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to exercise patience as the federal government works on resolving the crisis. Buhari made the […]

Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the party is working hard to win the presidential election in 2023. Ayu spoke on Wednesday night during a meeting of the board of trustees (BoT) and national executive committee (NEC) members at the party’s headquarters in Abuja. The PDP chairman […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered political appointees in his administration, who are seeking to contest in the 2023 elections, to tender their resignation. The president gave the directive in a circular issued on Wednesday night by Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF). The president’s directive comes hours after […]

On Wednesday, reports surfaced that former President Goodluck Jonathan had joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Jonathan contested the presidency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015 and lost to President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently in his second term in office. The former president has, however, been […]