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Aanuoluwapo is a 23-year-old graduate with a higher national diploma with an income of N30,000. The goal is to save up enough to get a postgraduate diploma so as to bargain for a better salary at her company or a different entity. Upon resumption at her workplace, her boss … Read more via...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the north-central is demanding that the speakership of the house of representatives be zoned to the region. Members of the caucus said they contributed heavily to the victory of the ruling party during the general election. Yakubu Dogara, the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected five bills transmitted to him by the national assembly. The bills are Nigerian Film Commission bill, Immigration Amendment bill 2018, Climate change bill 2018, Chartered Institute..... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2TgdEi5 Get More...

The senate has passed the 2019 appropriation bill of N8.82 trillion for second reading. The bill scaled second reading at the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday — three months after President Muhammadu Buhari presented it. The budget has a recurrent expenditure of N4 trillion while N2...

John Campbell, former US ambassador to Nigeria, says the 2019 presidential election in the country has been bad news for democracy. Campbell, who also served as US Department of State foreign service officer from 1975 to 2007, said the election was “marred by historically low turnout and...

Mohammed Abubakar, governor of Bauchi state, says he is heading to court to challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) decision to resume collation of results in the state. The election in the north-west state was declared inconclusive based on controversies in the...

“I truly want to be a specialist, but if I stay here I will never reach my potential. Never,” a doctor at a private clinic in Abuja, told BBC in 2005. Fourteen years after, the situation seem to have gone from bad to worse and the loss of Nigeria has … Read more via TheCable –...

Occupants of a building in the Oke Arin part of Lagos Island are currently trapped following the collapse of a house at Egerton Square. A resident told TheCable that the incident happened around 3:45pm on Monday..... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2TPOefL Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kano state governorship election inconclusive, bringing the tally to five states declared inconclusive in the 2019 gubernatorial election. The elections, which were held in 29 states, have seen the All Progressives Congress...

Mai Mala Buni, the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, has been declared winner of the 2019 governorship election in Yobe state. He was officially declared winner of the 2019 governorship election with a total votes of 444,013 trouncing his opponent, Umar Bello Iliya of...

The news of the demise of Pius Adesanmi, one of the 18 Canadians, who died on the Ethiopian Airways flight from Addis Ababa Ethiopia to Nairobi Kenya has sent shocking waves to many. Speculations on social media around the news of his death has been laid to rest as it … Read more via...

The supreme court has upheld an order of interim forfeiture made by a federal high court in Lagos in connection to the $8.4 million reportedly traced to Patience Jonathan, former first lady. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had announced that it traced the money to her. In …...

Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, has declared his support for Awara Biokpomabo, governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in Rivers state. Omoyele Sowore, publisher of SaharaReporters, contested the presidential election under the platform of the AAC..... Read...

Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state and Ayodele Fayose, his predecessor, were the cynosure of eyes at a ceremony in honour of Afe Babalola, a revered lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Babalola was honoured with the 2018 Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership at an event, which took...

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has described ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo as one of the greatest Nigerians alive. While felicitating with the former president on his 82nd birthday, Atiku said no Nigerian alive has done as much as Obasanjo did for the country. The Peoples Democratic...

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has kicked against the continued detention of his cronies by law enforcement agencies. Atiku said Babalele Abdullahi, his son-in-law, and Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, his lawyer, are being detained for identifying with him...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to run an inclusive government this time. Buhari was re-elected in the February 23 election, defeating Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...

President Muhammadu Buhari says only those with integrity and interest of Nigeria will be considered in the next cabinet. He also promised to appoint more women and youth during his second tenure, acknowledging the “significant role” they played toward his re-election. He said his...

The national working committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended Ibikunle Amosu and Rochas Okorocha, governors of Ogun and Imo states receptively, from the party, TheCable can report. The NWC has also recommended their expulsion from APC to the national executive...

Dangiwa Umar, founder of the Movement for Unity and Progress (MUP), has advised Atiku Abubakar not to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the election. Atiku, candidate of the opposing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had described the outcome of the election as worst in the...