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The federal government says it is planning to hold a national census by April 2023 after the general election. Nasir Kwarra, director-general of National Population Commission (NPC), disclosed this on Thursday at the end of the council of state meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. The NPC is expected to conduct […]

Russia, on Thursday, warned that if Sweden and Finland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), it would have to bolster its defences in the region, including deploying nuclear weapons. On Wednesday, Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin said Finland, which shares a 1,300km (810-mile) border with Russia, will make a decision in the […]

Both chambers of the national assembly have approved the request of President Muhammadu Buhari to earmark N4 trillion for petrol subsidy. The lower and upper legislative chambers approved the president’s request after they considered reports from their committees on finance. The committees revised the 2022 medium term expenditure framework (MTEF) and fiscal […]

On Thursday, Cable Newspaper Ltd, publisher of TheCable, launched ‘Our Two Kobo’ podcast.  The maiden episode, ‘The Girls of Chibok: Eight Years After’, is dedicated to the eighth anniversary of the abduction of 276 schoolgirls of Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS) Chibok, Borno state. In this episode, Jam Jam and The Honourable […]

A joker in poker is a wild card. It can be flipped; it can substitute and be substituted. And it can just be that jester. Nigeria’s political caravan is saturated with jokers. While some jokers are well aware of their status as factotums of other interests in the political circus, some are just aboriginal […]

Aliyu Dantani, chairman of Shagari council area in Sokoto, says 26 persons have been confirmed dead after a boat capsized on Shagari river in Shagari LGA of the state. Dantani, who spoke to NAN on Wednesday, said the incident occurred on Tuesday evening. He said the actual number of passengers has not […]

The World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and World Trade Organisation (WTO) have called for urgent action on food security, especially for fragile countries and those affected by conflict. David Malpass, World Bank Group president, Kristalina Georgieva, IMF managing director, David Beasley, UN World Food Program (WFP) executive director and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO […]

Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential hopeful, says he has the necessary experience to represent Nigeria well if elected. He spoke on Wednesday at an event featuring current and past speakers and deputy speakers elected on the platform of the APC. The event, which was held […]

The federal government says a preliminary report on the Kaduna train attack has shown that there is a collaboration between bandits and Boko Haram. Several passengers were killed, some injured and many abducted when gunmen attacked the train in March. Speaking with journalists at the end of the federal executive […]