The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has released a damning report on the 2019 general election which it says failed to meet the "threshold for a credible election".The presidential, governorship and legislative polls were held in February and March, with President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) getting re-elected for another four years and his party winning majorities in [...]
Malik Abdulganiy
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Close to two weeks into President Muhammadu Buhari's second term, many of the ministers who were confident of being re-appointed are no longer sure about their fate as the waiting game continues.Technically, Buhari could not have released his ministerial list before the inauguration of the national assembly, which is due for Tuesday, June 11.He is expected to send the list [...]
Nigeria's ability to repay its external debts has come under scrutiny amidst further threat following the $9 billion arbitration award against the country by a London tribunal.The country's external debt burden rose from $10.3 billion in June 2015 to $22.1 billion by June 2018.The 115 percent increase means the debts are now approaching pre-2005 levels when the Paris and London [...]
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, governor of Kano state, has relaunched moves to remove Muhammad Sanusi II as the emir of Kano, TheCable can report.On Monday, the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission reopened investigation into the expenditure of the state emirate council under Sanusi II.Also at Monday's plenary of the house of assembly, Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, the speaker, read a letter [...]
THE CLAIM: Sabo Mohammed, chairman of senate committee on trade and investment, raised the alarm recently that N42 billion was allocated to a private firm, the Nigeria Special Economic Zone Company (NSEZCO), by the ministry of industry, trade and investment. BACKGROUND: The ministry had proposed N15.63 billion as its budget for 2019. At the defence, Okechukwu Enelamah, the minister, was confronted by Mohammed [...]
If President Muhammadu Buhari goes by the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC), Walter Onnoghen, the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) could get retirement benefits in cash and kind up to N2.5 billion, checks by TheCable have revealed.As part of the package for a retired chief justice, a house will be built for him in Abuja with a nine-digit [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has given the nod to Ahmad Lawan as senate president and Femi Gbajabiamila as speaker of the house of representatives in the in-coming national assembly, TheCable can report.The national working committee (NWC) of the ruling party was in a meeting with the newly elected APC members in the house of representatives on Monday when this report was [...]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced a car owned by Walter Onnoghen, the embattled chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), to Joe Agi, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The anti-graft agency believes the car is a gift from the lawyer, who had cases before Onnoghen at the time of purchase. But Agi has told the EFCC that aside being a [...]
Atiku Abubakar will not concede the presidential election to President Muhammadu Buhari as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assembled a team of lawyers to challenge the result in court, TheCable understands. Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is projected to win the election with the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).PDP sources told TheCable that [...]
By Wednesday, February 13, 2019, experienced members of staff and management of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) knew that the February 16 presidential and national assembly elections would not hold -- no matter the magic. But because of the pervading atmosphere of mutual distrust and suspicion at the commission, people went about their businesses in hushed tones, preparing for [...]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced a deposit of $30,000 by Joe Agi, a senior advocate, into the bank account of Walter Onnoghen, the embattled chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), TheCable understands. It has emerged that Onnoghen also failed to disclose that he has an account at Heritage Bank in his asset declaration form -- another violation of [...]
Nigeria’s foreign commercial assets are at risk as a British company moves to enforce a $9bn arbitration award against the country over a breach of contract, TheCable can report.Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID), an engineering and project management company, is expected to get a final order from English courts on February 15, 2019 to enforce the arbitration tribunal award [...]
Ahead of the emergency meeting of the National Judicial Council (NJC) on Tuesday, the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) has sent a list of criminal allegations against Water Onnoghen to the body, TheCable can report.Insiders at the ministry of justice informed TheCable that the petition contains a number of damaging allegations against the chief justice of Nigeria [...]
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has summoned an emergency meeting over the suspension of Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN).TheCable understands that the meeting will now be held in Abuja on Tuesday after it was moved by one day.The meeting was called by some NJC members in line with its rules.A member of NJC told TheCable on Sunday that [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami, for a legal opinion on the possible extension of the inspector-general of police's tenure, a senior presidency official has told TheCable.Ibrahim Idris, appointed IGP by Buhari in March 2016, clocked 35 years in service on January 3, 2019 and should ordinarily have retired.However, he has continued to report [...]
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar will travel to the United States after the launch of the presidential campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), TheCable understands.Atiku, who is the party's presidential candidate, received his US visa on Thursday, after which he travelled to the UK before making a surprise return to the country on Saturday.A source had earlier told TheCable that [...]
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