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The senate has resumed the screening of Festus Keyamo after the former minister tendered an apology to the lawmakers. TheCable had reported how the upper legislative chamber was thrown into chaos following a motion demanding that the screening of Keyamo be suspended. Darlington Nwokocha, senator representing Abia central, had moved the motion […]

Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano, has sworn-in Dije Audu Aboki as the first female chief judge of the state. Aboki was sworn in on Monday at the government house.  The governor emphasised the importance of cooperation between the judiciary and other arms of government, adding that the relationship between the three arms […]

David Umahi, the senate deputy majority leader, says he lost his father due to negligence at a private hospital. Umahi spoke on Monday on the floor of the upper legislative chamber while posing a question to Mairiga Mahmud, a ministerial nominee from Kano, who was being screened for confirmation. Umahi, who did […]

The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will reconvene on Thursday to discuss the crisis in Niger Republic. ECOWAS made the announcement on Monday — a day after its deadline to the military junta in Niger to reinstate the ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President […]

Senate President Godswill Akpabio rushed to the presidential villa on Monday afternoon after a commotion at the red chamber. Akpabio visited the state house shortly after a rowdy session over a motion seeking to suspend the screening of Festus Keyamo as a ministerial nominee. TheCable reported how Darlington Nwokocha, senator representing Abia […]

The eight-year tenure policy for directors of federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) was introduced to weed out age cheats in the civil service, TheCable can report. In July, Folashade Yemi-Esan, head of service of the federation, announced that the government had commenced the implementation of the revised public service rules (PSR). […]

Italy has urged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to extend its deadline for the reinstatement of Niger’s ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. ECOWAS had given the Nigerien coup leaders a week to meet its demands of restoring order or face harder sanctions, including the use of force. Mali and Burkina […]

Here are the seven top business stories you need to track this week —  August 7 to August 11. NBS REPORT The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is expected to release a report on daily energy generated and sent out for the second quarter (2023) of the year 2023. In the […]

Babatunde Fashola, former minister of works and housing, has denied drafting judgement for the presidential election petition tribunal (PEPT).  Jackson Ude, a Twitter user, had alleged that Fashola and some lawyers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were writing a judgement the ruling party intends to hand over to the judges. https://twitter.com/jacksonpbn/status/1686847185814507521?s=20 […]