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Ahead of October 6 Presidential convention of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, slated for Port Harcourt, some aspirants are not comfortable with the use of the Rivers state capital for the all-important event. The aspirants, Vanguard gathered, are demanding an alternative venue. It would be recalled that last Thursday, when the PDP governors and the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party held a meeting with the aspirants, the governors had picked Port Harcourt, ditching  Enugu and Akwa Ibom, on the excuse that Port Harcourt had more hotel space than the two states. In that meeting held at Ekiti State Governor’s Lodge,…

The Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, a faction of Boko Haram has killed one of the three humanitarian workers abducted in Rann, Kala Balge local government area of Borno State. The victim- Saifura Ahmed- was abducted alongside Leman and Alice Ngaddah, a mother of two, who are the ones in captivity among the three people abducted in Rann during a raid on a military facility in the area on March 1. In a video seen by TheCable, the deceased was wearing a white hijab. She was shot from behind. At least four soldiers, policemen and three humanitarian workers were killed in…

The Senate President and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Bukola Saraki, Monday, said the Nigerians need a president who can save the soul of a divided country. “In Nigeria, we are at the crossroad and we need to save the soul of this country because we have not been so divided like we are facing currently across the country. Saraki, who spoke at the PDP Secretariat in Lagos State noted,”There are many killings across the country and this makes some section of the country to be wondering if they are part of this country,”…

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Federal High Court, Abuja, Monday, barred its judges across the federation from granting ex-parte orders in any political case brought before the court. It equally directed that all pending political cases that could affect the opportunity of candidates to pursue their political ambition should be concluded before the end of next month. Chief Judge of the High Court, Justice Abdul Abdu-Karafati, who gave the directives during a special session the court held to mark the commencement of its 2018/2019 Legal Year, said the decision was aimed at forestalling hiccups and the…

French Telecoms company- Orange and leading West African Connectivity and Data Centre services provider, MainOne- have struck a partnership deal to improve internet access in French West Africa countries. The deal will see the French telecoms giant co-invest in two new cable landing stations in Dakar, Senegal and Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, while MainOne will provide additional capacity via its 7000km cable system from Europe to Africa, with landing stations in Nigeria, Ghana and Portugal. The partnership is to reinforce the position of both companies in the African telecommunications ecosystem. With this new cable connection, several countries in…

Former Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio has taken a swipe at some political leaders in Akwa Ibom state, who play up the cards of tribalism and religion in the process of choosing credible leaders. Since Akpabio defected on August 8 from Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to All Progressives Congress, APC, many political leaders have been engaging in campaign of calumny, attack on personalities, tribal politics and denominationalism to woo voters instead of selling their programmes to the populace. ‘’I want to tell religious leaders and political critics in the state who see those joining the APC as Anti-Christ…

Senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has boasted that he can never be impeached, saying the All Progressives Congress, APC, championing the cause is in minority and does not have the powers to carry out the threat. Saraki  also made it clear that he would never step down as Senate president as demanded by the APC. According to him, succumbing to such calls will only amount to sacrificing the national interest of the country for personal interest. Saraki, who who spoke in an interview with newsmen in Minna, Niger State, as part of his presidential campaign yesterday, said:…

A new book has revealed how former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, saved ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo from near bankruptcy before he emerged president in 1999. According to the new book, titled ”Too Good to Die: Third Term and the Myth of the Indispensable Man in Africa’, Atiku made all his resources available for Obasanjo’s presidential campaign. The book, written by former chairman of National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Chidi Odinkalu, and Ayisha Osori, author of ”Love Does Not Win Elections”, a copy of which was obtained by TheCable, also revealed how Obasanjo beat late Alex Ekwueme to the presidential ticket…

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday, traded verbal missles on the resignation of Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, and the former’s call on security agencies to track election finances of opposition politicians particularly of the latter party. While the APC asked relevant agencies in the country to track election finances of opposition politicians, particularly those of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and also described the resignation of Kemi Adeosun as minister of finance an an act of honour, strength, character and integrity, the PDP said both the APC and President cannot speak of integrity and…

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, yesterday, gave insight into how former President Goodluck Jonathan became acting President through the popular doctrine of necessity. Tambuwal said that the governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, approached him in the heat of the tension that followed the incapacitation and death of former President Umaru Yar’Adua, in 2010, to work out the process that culminated in the emergence of Jonathan as acting President. Tambuwal, according to a statement by Governor Dickson’s Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, spoke during a condolence visit to the country home of Dickson, Toru…