Marilyn Amobi, managing director of the Nigeria Bulk Electricity trading Plc (NBET), fraudulently paid at least N2 billion to two power generating companies, documents obtained by Leaks NG have shown. Leaks NG is Nigeria's collaborative investigative platform, comprising eight leading newsrooms, including TheCable.The documents also revealed that Amobi, who was made the substantive MD of NBET in July 2016, was also [...]
"And by the time I am gone, that is what I want to be remembered for," were the words of blunt and assertive Joseph Waku, a former Nigerian senator, while extolling the courage and legacy of John McCain, ex-US Republican senator. McCain was an American politician and military officer who served as a senator from Arizona. So principled, the US lawmaker [...]
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 [...]
Exactly one week ago, President Muhammadu Buhari suspended Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), over alleged false assets declaration.In his speech at the occasion where Onnoghen was suspended and Ibrahim Muhammad appointed in acting capacity, Buhari said Onnoghen had admitted that he failed to "follow the spirit and letter of the law" in declaring his assets.Defending his action which [...]
Attahiru Bafarawa, former governor of Sokoto state, says he manipulated the presidential primary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in favour of Muhammadu Buhari in 2003.Buhari got the party’s nomination but lost to President Olusegun Obasanjo in the presidential election.Bafarawa, who was doubling as the party’s chairman then, said Rochas Okorocha was set to pick the ANPP presidential ticket [...]
The suspension of Walter Onnoghen as the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) by President Muhammadu Buhari has predictably generated furore within and outside the country, a situation that is less desirable a few weeks to the 2019 general election.The process leading to Onnoghen's suspension, beginning with the petition by a civil society group against him over an alleged non-declaration of assets, [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, swore in Tanko Ibrahim Muhammad as the new chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) following the suspension of the Walter Onnoghen.Onnoghen, who was appointed in 2016, was removed after corruption allegations were levelled against him.Muhammad is coming on board three weeks to the presidential election.Here are key facts about him.EDUCATIONBorn on December 31, 1953 at Doguwa, Giade, [...]
On Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari took an unprecendent move when he suspended Walter Onnoghen as chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) over his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The president said Onnoghen’s removal followed the ruling of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) which ordered that he should be suspended and replaced with his second-in-command.But the big question [...]
The flagship vice-presidential and presidential debates for the February 16 elections have come and gone with a sour taste in the mouth of many Nigerians at home and abroad.Many are angry at Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who flew 12 to 13 hours from Washington DC, only to boycott the debate over the incumbent's [...]
Finally, we are at the threshold of history, witnessing the 2019 flagship presidential debate!The debate, which is hosted by Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) is currently ongoing at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.To keep the debaters accountable, TheCable, Nigeria's independent online newspaper, is live-checking the supposed facts and figures being bandied by the politicians, who [...]
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