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Has Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, lost his trenchant voice to the serpentine politics of Aso Rock? Has the fabled Lion of Ubima been emasculated and magicked into a wimpy cat? Has Chibuike Nwaamaechi, who defied a sitting president; survived lethal political machinations in his former party — the PDP — and fought against […]

The Ogun state police command says it arrested four teenagers for allegedly killing a girl for money rituals. According to a statement by Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state police spokesman, the police received information on Saturday at Adatan divisional headquarters from the head of the community’s security guards, that the suspects were seen burning […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Muhammadu Buhari cancelled his trip to Zamfara over the fear of being attacked by terrorists.  Buhari, who was in Sokoto on Thursday to inaugurate some projects, was billed to proceed to Zamfara to discuss insecurity in the state and also to commiserate with the people over […]

The trend of bypassing, tampering with electricity meters and cables is not alien to Nigerians. Stakeholders in the electricity sector have continuously bemoaned persistent energy theft and meter bypass, which they say result in loss of revenue and could potentially cripple the power sector. In 2018, the Association of Electricity Distributors (ANED) said […]

Nigeria on Friday recorded 72 cases of COVID-19. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Saturday.  Morocco begins construction of COVID vaccine plant Morocco has started building a COVID vaccine manufacturing plant in collaboration with Recipharm, a Swedish firm. Sensyo Pharmatech, the manufacturing plant, will manufacture vaccines against COVID-19 and […]

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended the membership of Burkina Faso over the recent military takeover of the country. The military in Burkina Faso, on Monday, said it has seized power and overthrown President Roch Kaboré. The announcement, signed by Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, a lieutenant-colonel, was read by […]

Airtel Africa, a multinational telecommunications company, has surpassed Dangote Cement to become the most capitalised company listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). For the first time, Airtel Africa hit an all-time high of N1,271 per share during the week with a market capital of N4.7 trillion at the end of Friday’s trading […]

Muhammad Badaru, governor of Jigawa, says he did not “connive” with his Ekiti counterpart, Kayode Fayemi, on the outcome of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in the state. Baduru, who is the chairman of the primary election committee, said this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television. On Thursday, Biodun […]

Tunde Rahman, media aide to Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the former Lagos governor is in the United Kingdom for “consultations”. TheCable had earlier reported that the APC chieftain travelled to London. There were, however, unconfirmed reports that the former Lagos governor travelled to the UK […]