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It was 12:09 am on March 27 at the convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mary Ekpere-Eta, an aspirant for the woman leader position, was on stage, visibly displeased as she said “excuse me” repeatedly. Although Alphonsus Eba, Cross River APC chairman, had earlier suggested that she had dropped out of the race, […]

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has insisted that Joseph Kabungo, the medical doctor from Zambia, died of “cardiac arrest” and not as a result of the stampede at the Abuja stadium. Kabungo, who was the Confederation of African Football (CAF) doping control officer for the Super Eagles and Black Stars encounter on Tuesday, […]

The senate has asked Multichoice to reduce the prices of its DStv and GOtv packages owing to the prevailing economic circumstances of the country. Last week, Multichoice increased the prices of its DStv and GOtv packages. The resolution of the upper legislative chamber was followed by a motion sponsored by Abba Moro, senator […]

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has described the Abuja-Kaduna train attack as “a horror dream”. The train was attacked by gunmen on Monday night while it was a few minutes away from the Kaduna station. About eight people were killed in the attack while many others were injured and several unaccounted for. […]

Ghana’s parliament has approved a new 1.5 percent tax on electronic payments, known as the “e-levy”, despite a walk-out by opposition lawmakers. The bill was passed on Tuesday after it scaled through the second and third reading with a clear majority. It now requires presidential assent to become law as the West […]

In what may have started as an uneventful day for the hundreds of passengers who boarded a train in Abuja on the evening of March 28, things took a different turn after 8pm when gunmen attacked the train in Kateri-Rijana area of Kaduna. TheCable had reported that the train was not far from its […]

A federal high court in Benin, Edo state, has sentenced Debest Osarumwense, mother of Endurance Osarumwense, an internet fraudster. In a statement on Tuesday, Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesperson, said Debest was arraigned by the Benin zonal command on a one-count charge for “aiding her son to receive the sum of N91,296,150.00, proceeds of […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the country is in dire straits. The opposition party was reacting to the recent attack on a train in Kaduna state. TheCable had reported how a train on its way from Abuja to Kaduna was attacked by gunmen in Kateri-Rijana area of Kaduna state on Monday night. The […]