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Wednesday, 31 August 2022 07:01

Western-style democracy can spark anarchy, Benin President says

Benin President Patrice Talon said that democracy can lead to anarchy and paralyze government decisions, and that he doesn’t intend to fully implement it. The country’s economy and history make it impossible to emulate Western democracies, Talon said at a business event in Paris. He argued that authoritarian measures are necessary in his country and defended a decision to ban protests by health workers, police officers and firefighters and to limit the right to strike to 10 days a year for others. “It is true that it is a rollback in terms of democratic achievements but you know I don’t…

Tuesday, 30 August 2022 07:04

Angola’s ruling party triumphs with 51 percent support, slimiest margin of 5 consecutive wins

Angolan President Joao Lourenco pledged that youth job creation will be one of the priorities of his administration after the national electoral commission confirmed his ruling party as the winner of last week’s vote. “We hear and will correctly interpret the wishes of the people and the youth, to whom we will pay special attention,” Lourenco said in the first speech to his party after the final count was announced earlier Monday. “We will be strongly committed to creating more job opportunities. This is the time to open the doors of opportunity to our young people.” Lourenco’s Popular Movement for…

Friday, 26 August 2022 07:03

Is Lagos the 3rd largest economy in Africa? Did Tinubu inherit N700m monthly IGR? The Cable fact-checked these claims and returned these verdicts

Kashim Shettima, the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), recently claimed that Lagos is the third biggest economy in Africa. The former Borno governor spoke on Monday at the ongoing annual general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), where he represented Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the APC. While making a case for Tinubu and providing reasons why he believes his principal stands out among other presidential candidates, Shettima said Lagos is the third largest economy in Africa. “When Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu became the governor of Lagos state in 1999, there was only one ambulance in…

Friday, 26 August 2022 07:00

After meeting with Obasanjo, Obi, Wike hosts Atiku to dinner in London

Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), dined with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in London on Thursday. Wike, who had earlier met with Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), received Atiku alongside Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State. Governors Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), and Samuel Ortom (Benue) were with Wike when he hosted the August visitor. The London meeting held hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo alongside the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, met with the Rivers governor in London. The meetings were said to be aimed at…

Friday, 26 August 2022 06:58

2023: Don't support any presidential candidate without agreement on restructuring, Oyo Afenifere tells leaders

Oyo State chapter of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has called on its leadership to have a well-documented agreement on restructuring before supporting any presidential candidate in the forthcoming 2023 general election. The chapter in a communique issued after its monthly meeting held in Ibadan and signed by the Chairman, Gbola Adetunji and Secretary, Dauda Adams, respectively, said its position is in accordance with the resolution at Adamasingba Stadium in 2017, stating that the present political arrangement has short-changed the Yoruba nation. The group maintained that the primary objective of Afenifere as conceptualized by the founding fathers is to struggle…

Wednesday, 24 August 2022 07:16

Security briefing: 2023 elections may not hold in Northwest, govs tell Buhari

Nigerian governors are of the opinion that elections may not hold in several Northwest states as a result of the prevalent insecurity in the geopolitical zone. Northwest comprises seven states — Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara. TheCable understands that the governors shared their perspective with President Muhammadu Buhari in a policy brief. The brief was part of the political economy situation review sent to the president in July 2022. The governors asked the president to expedite actions on various promises to address insecurity, according to a copy of the review seen by TheCable. INSECURITY IN NORTHWEST To…

Wednesday, 24 August 2022 07:14

Wike leads PDP govs to meet Tinubu in London

There are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, is intensifying efforts to get the support of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike for the 2023 presidential poll. Contrary to some online reports that the duo met in France on Tuesday, multiple sources confirmed that Tinubu and Wike met in London, the United Kingdom, on Monday as part of moves to work together ahead of the election. It was gathered that some APC and Peoples Democratic Party governors also attended the crucial meeting. Prior to the Monday meeting, the ruling party had attempted to cash in on…

Wednesday, 24 August 2022 07:13

Here’s the man rallying ‘Obi-dients’ to shake up Nigeria's election - Reuters

Peter Obi is hardly a political outsider, but the bespectacled former governor says he is looking to harness Nigerians' anger with the status quo to power his third-party presidential bid. Obi, 61, has generated substantial buzz among younger voters in Africa's most populous democracy, where the average age is 18, but the president - and both major-party candidates for the February 2023 election - are septuagenarian political veterans. His followers, who call themselves "Obi-dients", say he can solve what ails Nigeria, including unprecedented insecurity, industrial-scale oil theft and allegations of widespread corruption eight years after President Muhammadu Buhari ran promising…

Wednesday, 24 August 2022 07:12

Muslim-Muslim ticket insensitive, ill-timed - Soyinka

The choice of a same faith ticket by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 presidential election is controversial, avoidable and ill-timed, according to Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka. Soyinka stated this while fielding questions in an interview with Channels TV anchor, Ladi Akeredolu-Ale. The Nobel Laureate who spoke on a wide range of issues, noted that he may not “give a damn if the president, vice president, speaker, etc come from the same village, have the same religion, belong to the same tribe,” but Nigeria is not ready for a Muslim-Muslim ticket. He added that political leaders should have…

Tuesday, 23 August 2022 07:11

Atiku, Obi, others attended NBA’s annual conference in Lagos. This is what the presidential candidates said at the meeting

Some of the presidential candidates for next year’s election attended the 2022 conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Lagos where they spoke about the country’s leadership challenges. Some of the candidates who attended the conference were Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), Adewole Adebayo of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and Dumebi Kachikwu of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) who were originally invited to the conference did not attend.…

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Sunday, 21 August 2022 06:44

Obasanjo denies endorsing Tinubu’s presidential ambition

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied reports that he endorsed the presidential ambition of the APC candidate, Bola Tinubu, when he visited him in Abeokuta. In a statement by Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Saturday, the former president said the statements coming from those claiming to be supporters of Mr Tinubu are unhelpful. He said the discussion during the visit was “more brotherly than political.” Obasanjo’s aide further said the former President has neither agreed nor disapproved of Tinubu’s ‘request’. “Those claiming to be insiders at the meeting issuing statement on the discussion and those crediting to…

Wednesday, 17 August 2022 06:20

‘Nigeria can borrow till eternity’ – APC national chair

National Chairperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, has said Nigeria can borrow money for development till eternity. He stated this when he appeared on Trust TV on Tuesday. Adamu’s comment comes at a time that the International Monetary Funds warned that Nigeria may spend nearly 100 per cent of its revenue on debt servicing by 2026. According to the Debt Management Office (DMO), as of March 2022, Nigeria’s total debt portfolio (FG, State and FCT) was N41.6 million. The country’s public debt has risen the most under the APC-led Buhari administration when compared to previous governments since…

Tuesday, 16 August 2022 05:25

Kenya's Ruto defeats incumbent president-supported Odinga in close presidential race

Kenya's elections chief declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of a tight presidential race on Monday but some senior election officials disowned the result, fuelling fears of widespread violence like that seen after previous disputed polls. Hailing the electoral commission as "heroes" after he was declared the winner, Ruto said: "There is no looking back. We are looking to the future. We need all hands on deck to move forward." The 55-year-old had made Kenya's class divisions the centrepiece of his campaign to become Kenya's fifth president, promising to reward low-income "hustlers." He was also scornful of Kenya’s political…

Saturday, 13 August 2022 06:06

Tinubu’s campaign DG, Simon Lalong seeks forgiveness of Catholic Church over Pope comments

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has tendered apology to Catholic faithful over a remark he made while defending his appointment as Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council. Addressing reporters at Aso Rock on Tuesday, Lalong had said as a born, baptised and confirmed Catholic, who has the highest award from the papacy, Knight of Saint Gregory the Great, the Pope has not told him there was anything wrong being the lead campaigner of the ruling party, especially over the Muslim-Muslim ticket. “For those who are talking about Muslim-Muslim ticket, I don’t even know where they are.…

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