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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the 2023 general election will hold as planned despite the security challenges in the country. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, stated this on Thursday at a public presentation of the 2022-2026 strategic plan and the 2023 election project plan in Abuja. Yakubu said the 2023 polls […]

Google Africa has announced the arrival of its Equiano submarine cable in Lagos, Nigeria, the second city in Africa. Juliet Ehimuan, director, Google West Africa, disclosed this in a note on Thursday. Last month, the subsea cable landed in Togo, and it is expected to run from Portugal along the West Coast […]

Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has invited presidential hopefuls of various political parties to Iftar at Aso Villa. According to the invitation card seen by TheCable, the dinner is expected to take place at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, on Saturday at 6:30pm. Presidential hopefuls were asked not to come […]

‘’It’s not my problem.’’ – This was President Muhammadu Buhari’s immutable response to a question on his thoughts on the 2023 elections. Buhari has been coerced and blandished to assert himself like former President Olusegun Obasanjo who assumed the de facto office of godfather and technically installing the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as president […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called for the “immediate removal” of Abubakar Suleiman, the 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 wherein the bank compared the resurrection of Jesus Christ with Agege bread. […]

Atiku Bagudu, chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), says the All Progressives Congress (APC) may use indirect primary mode to pick its candidates for the 2023 elections. Speaking with journalists on Wednesday after the party’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja, Bagudu said no “explicit decision” was taken on the mode […]

Mohammed Adoke, former attorney-general of the federation (AGF), says it is too late to call for the suspension of the 2023 elections. In a statement on Wednesday, Adoke criticised the call made by Afe Babalola, founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, for an interim government. Babalola had said the 2023 elections […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved a 50 percent reduction in the price of nomination forms for individuals under 40 years of age. Disclosing the approval on Wednesday, Dayo Israel, APC national youth leader, appealed to interested individuals not to abuse the opportunity. “The APC NEC has approved 50% discount on […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released its primary election timetable for various public offices ahead of the 2023 elections. The timetable was released by the party after its national executive committee (NEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. The party’s presidential candidates are expected to pay N100 million to buy the nomination […]