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A coalition of 28 support groups has procured the presidential nomination and expression of interest forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB). Adesina is, however, yet to declare his interest in contesting the presidency in the 2023 general election. Speaking on behalf […]

Abdulmumin Jibrin, a former member of the house of representatives and director-general of the Tinubu support group council, has announced his decision to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC). TheCable understands that Jibrin decided to leave the party after another face-off with Abdullahi Ganduje, the governor of Kano state. Jibrin had wanted […]

Ibom Airlines Limited (Ibom Air) has countered the position of the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on the latter’s decision to suspend flight operations over the hike in the price of fuel. On Friday, the AON had announced its decision to suspend flight operations from Monday. However, in a statement issued on […]

The World Bank says Nigeria ranked seventh on the list of top 10 countries worldwide involved in gas flaring in 2021. The bank disclosed this in its latest report titled ‘2022 Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report’ released on its website. The nine other countries include Russia, Iraq, Iran, the United States, Venezuela, […]

Members of the house of representatives are scheduled to hold an emergency plenary on Monday. According to a statement issued on Saturday, Yahaya Danzaria, clerk of the house, said the legislators will discuss critical national issues. “This is to inform all Hon Members, staff, media and the general public that the House […]

Three labour unions in the aviation sector have announced their intention to embark on a two-day warning strike. The strike is to protest the government’s “failure to fulfil its promise to implement minimum wage consequential adjustment in the aviation parastatals since 2019, as well as the non-approval/release of the reviewed conditions of service […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says it has forgiven Abubakar Suleiman (pictured), chief executive officer (CEO) of Sterling Bank, over the bank’s controversial Easter message. In celebration of Easter, Sterling Bank had posted an Easter message where the bank compared the resurrection of Jesus Christ with ‘Agege bread’. The message, which […]

Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says he has not decided to run for president. On Friday, some groups purchased the presidential nomination form of the APC for the CBN governor, asking him to join the 2023 presidential race. But on Saturday, Emefiele said he has not taken […]

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has expressed dissatisfaction over the non-inclusion of women in the All Progressives Congress (APC) south-west leaders’ meeting. The meeting was held on Friday at Lagos government house. The aim of the meeting was to work out plans to ensure that the south-west […]

A US consortium has agreed to buy Chelsea, the English Premier League (EPL) club, for £4.25 billion following the forced exit of Roman Abramovich, its former owner. The US consortium, earlier chosen as the preferred bidder, is led by Todd Boehly, co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodger baseball team. Others include Mark Walters, […]