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The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said infrastructural projects all over the country justify the foreign debts by the present administration. According to the Minister, President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration met N18billion in 2015 appropriated for works, saying the government had to borrow to execute the projects. Fashola spoke on Thursday at the […]

The Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday met with the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in London as part of efforts to resolve the crisis with the governor. Punch gathered that Atiku pleaded with Wike to support him in the 2023 presidential election. A close associate of the governor, who […]

The government of Sardinia is offering grants of up to €15,000 (£12,700) as an incentive for those considering a move to the idyllic Italian island. Officials have ringfenced £38 million for the initiative which aims to help entice people to rural areas of Italy and bolster commerce in small towns by affording homebuyers considerable financial aid.  Sardinia […]

The Economics and Financial Crime Commission on Wednesday arraigned a manager with Cubana Group, Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe, for an offence bordering on conspiracy to launder and money laundering. Ndukwe, known better as Cubana Prime Minister, was arraigned alongside one Precious Omonkhoa Ofure before Justice Justice O.A. Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, […]

A member of the House of Representatives Dachung Musa Bagos has suggested that part of the recently returned $23m Abacha loot should be used to settle the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).  Members of the union have been on strike since February 14 over improved welfare, revitalisation of public universities among others. But one […]

The naira, on Tuesday, fell to N692 per dollar at the parallel market amid the lingering scarcity of the greenback. The figure signifies a depreciation of N9 or 1.3 percent compared to the N683 it traded last week. Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs) to TheCable that they purchase the greenback at N685/$, make a gain of […]

Nigerian music star, David Adeleke, fondly known as Davido, recently met with some Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Europe. A photo of the singer alongside Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Samuel Ortom (Benue) and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) is currently trending online. In the photo, they were captured having a drink. The […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the electronics transmission of results cannot be manipulated, due to the nature of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). Prof. Mohammad Kuna, the Special Adviser to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Tuesday in Abuja, during a panel discussion at a two-day workshop […]

Nigeria and the United States government have reached an agreement on the return of over $23 million of the Abacha loot. The agreement signing ceremony was held in the office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami on Tuesday. While Mr. Malami signed on behalf of the Nigerian […]

The National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria has sought audience with the Federal Government over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The association is also proposing the payment of N10, 000 per session for each parent to assist government in making more funds available for universities. NAPTAN’s Public Relations Officer, Dr. Ademola […]

There are strong indications that importers of used vehicles also known as Tokunbo have now resulted in the importation of accidented cars following the astronomical rise in the cost of imported second-hand vehicles popularly known as Tokunbo. Importers of used vehicles said the cost of used vehicles have risen by over 100 per cent in […]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour party (LP), says the 2023 elections should be about competence and capacity rather than connections or religion. The former Anambra governor said this on Monday at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference in Lagos. He said the country is in a mess due to the effects of leadership failure over […]

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has slammed those criticising him for “installing” former military head of state, Muhammadu Buhari, as Nigeria’s President in 2015. The octogenarian spoke on Channels Television’s NewsNight, a pre-recorded interview aired on Monday. “When people talk about Wole Soyinka installing Buhari, they are talking rubbish; they don’t know what they are […]

Four reverend sisters have been abducted by gunmen in the Okigwe-Umulolo axis of Okigwe LGA of Imo state. TheCable understands that they were seized while on their way to a thanksgiving mass in the LGA. Zita Ihedoro, secretary-general of The Sisters of Jesus The Saviour Generalate, confirmed their abduction in a statement issued on Sunday. […]