The scope of the ongoing probe of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reached N170billion. Idris, who was battling for bail last night, has opened up on some top government officials allegedly involved in some transactions. The EFCC has grilled a Permanent Secretary in connection…

Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra, and Pat Utomi, a professor of political economy, are set to contest the presidential ticket of the Labour Party (LP). TheCable understands that the national convention of the party is set to hold on Monday in Asaba, the Delta capital. A source in the party told TheCable that Obi…

ABUJA- LEADERS of thoughts, elder statesmen from four of the six geo-political zones of the country, under the aegis of Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF led by South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark have lampooned the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for electing former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as its Presidential candidate, describing the…

There were more facts yesterday on how former Vice President Atiku Abubakar beat 14 other aspirants to clinch the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday. It was learnt that two last-minute negotiations with presidential aspirants from the North, especially Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal, gave Atiku the cutting edge over his closest…

I come in peace; this is an essential phrase for this message because I do not want to ruffle any feathers as the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primaries approach. I’ve recently emphasized the need for the APC to exercise caution ahead of its presidential primaries. When I keep harping on Jonathan’s presidential bid under the APC,…

The failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the amendment made by the National Assembly to the Electoral Act, 2022, which gives recognition to statutory delegates, may have dealt a big blow to the presidential ambition of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Lagos State governor and presidential aspirant of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)….

When the results of the PDP presidential primaries revealed that HE Alhaji Atiku Abubakar had emerged as the opposition party’s presidential candidate, it came as no surprise. Atiku Abubakar is a seasoned politician with a political network spanning the Federation’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. His political doggedness should never be underestimated. On…

Over the past few days, Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, was on some sort of momentum ahead of the primary election. His public boosting, painted the picture of a man that already has the ticket of the party in his pocket. At the Moshood Abiola Stadium, the venue of the PDP national convention, all…

Kanunta, a brother of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has suggested why Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State lost at the just concluded Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primary election. He alleged that the IPOB and those killed during the massacre of Obigbo were responsible for Wike’s loss at the PDP…