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Troops of the multinational joint task force have killed 18 suspected members of Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) around the Lake Chad. The task force is made up of soldiers from Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon. The killing of the suspected terrorists in the early hours of April 3 followed a […]

The Ibadan office of Yinka Ayefele’s Fresh FM radio station was attacked on Sunday by three armed robbers, causing the station to go off air for a while. TheCable learnt that the robbers broke in while a gospel programme was on. “Three armed robbers came just after 6am while the gospel tune […]

George Obiozor, president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to use his prerogative of mercy on Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and other Igbo youths in detention across the country. Speaking at an event organised in his honour by Hope Uzodimma, Imo governor, in Owerri […]

Two things happened on Thursday that forced me to write on this topic. First, I bought a copy of TIME magazine featuring “100 Most Influential Companies”. I will explain why. For 20 years, I have been challenging my wife to come up with an idea that would make us billionaires. I regret to report […]

Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as the Latter Rain Assembly, has declared his intention to contest the presidency in the 2023 elections. He disclosed his intention on Saturday at a Zoom event organised by the PTB4-Nigeria movement. The event was organised to unveil ‘Project 16’ […]

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the terrain where bandits operate contributes to making security operations difficult. According to NAN, the minister said this on Saturday during a radio programme on Bond FM. He said the current administration has invested in tackling insecurity, adding that efforts would be more impactful […]

Presidential hopefuls on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the south-east have asked members of the party from other regions to support a candidate from their zone. The presidential hopefuls — former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim; Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra; Sam Ohuabunwa and Nwachukwu Anakwenze — spoke on […]

The federal government says the recent nationwide blackout was caused by the vandalisation of a transmission power in the south-south region. The national grid had collapsed on Friday night — the third incident in less than four weeks. Earlier, the ministry of power said a detailed investigation into the causes of the recurring […]

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says duty payable on imported cars has been reduced from 35 percent to 20 percent. Timi Bomodi, the spokesman for NCS, confirmed the development to TheCable in a chat on Saturday. “The new common external tariff (CET) 2022 to 2026 puts the duty for cars at 20 […]

Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, who is currently seeking to run for president, says he is confident he will secure the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor said this on Saturday in response to a question at the ongoing second GYB annual seminar for political and crime correspondents and […]