President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the federal government does not have $200 million to pay Sunrise Power Transmission Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPTCL) as final settlement claims over the The post EXCLUSIVE: We don’t have $200m to settle Sunrise over Mambilla, Buhari tells Malami appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGThere are only two doctors and 19 nurses employed by the government to serve a population of approximately 200,000 people in Awe town, Nasarawa state, TheCable has learnt. Awe town The post ‘Two doctors to 200,000 people’ — the state of healthcare in Awe, Sanusi’s exile home appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGThe federal government has agreed to pay $200 million to Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited (SPTCL) as final settlement of the dispute over the Mambilla power project in Taraba The post EXCLUSIVE: FG to pay Sunrise Power $200m ‘compensation’ to end Mambilla dispute appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGThe Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF) has written Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), to request details of payment to lawyers who worked on the latest repatriation of over The post $308m Abacha Loot: Cable Foundation writes Malami, seeks details of payment to lawyers appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGAfter altering his looks and taking psychiatric lessons every day for one week, investigative journalist ‘FISAYO SOYOMBO went undercover for three weeks in November, including 10 straight days on ward The post UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION (II): Staff shortage, ghost workers, principalities and powers… Many things not right at ‘Yaba Left’ appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGOsagie Ehanire, minister of health, says the decrepit state of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos will be investigated. Ehanire made this known via Twitter, on Wednesday. This comes after The post ‘We’ll look into this immediately’ — minister reacts to TheCable investigation on ‘Yaba Left’ appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGAfter altering his looks and taking psychiatric lessons every day for one week, investigative journalist ‘FISAYO SOYOMBO went under cover for three weeks in November, including 10 straight days on The post UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION (I): Bed-space corruption, terrible food, well-fed rats… Many things not right at ‘Yaba Left’ appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGCleanliness, they say, is next to godliness, while security is everybody’s business. But these are not for the Federal Government Boys College (FGBC), Garki, Abuja, where poor sanitation is obvious, The post INVESTIGATION: Dry taps, bad toilets… inside the harsh environment where students of Unity Schools learn appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGAfter beating Lagos traffic, I finally arrive at a place Google Maps called Iju Train Station — it looked nothing like a train station. To the right was a middle-aged The post REPORTER’S DIARY: ‘Be at the station 3 hours before take-off’ — welcome to the new Lagos-Ibadan train service appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGPresident Muhammadu Buhari’s bid to raise foreign loans for infrastructural projects is already in jeopardy as the gas supply agreement (GSA) between the Calabar Generation Company Limited and and Accugas Ltd The post EXCLUSIVE: Accugas moves against Nigeria, issues notice of default over Calabar GenCo appeared first on TheCable.
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