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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) are probing Muhyi Rimingado over alleged corruption. While a letter by the EFCC asked Rimingado, chairman of Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), to send PCACC’s director of finance and accounts to appear at its headquarters in […]

Gunmen have kidnapped Kawu Yakassai, the organising secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state. Yakassai is said to have been abducted on Friday night in Soba LGA of the state. No ransom has been demanded for the release of the APC chieftain yet. Confirming the development on Saturday, […]

Mohammed Usman, Nigeria’s ambassador to the Republic of Niger, was not expelled by the military junta, TheCable can report. There was a viral rumour on Friday night which gained further traction on Saturday that the junta gave Usman 48 hours to leave the country for failing to attend a meeting without explanation. […]

Adebayo Adelabu, the minister of power, has promised to ensure the completion of the Zungeru power plant and “subsequently add 700MW to the national grid”. The Zungeru Hydroelectric power plant is the largest hydroelectric dam to be built in Nigeria since the commissioning of the Kainji dam in 1968. Situated on River […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says there is no need to panic over new COVID-19 variants. In a statement on Saturday, the agency said it is monitoring the new subvariants of the Omicron variant named EG.5 and BA.2.86. The agency said the EG.5 variant is a descendant of XBB.1.9.2 which […]

The Nigerian telecommunications industry generated $399.9 million as foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2022, according to data obtained from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). This figure represents a decrease of $353.1 million (46.9 percent), relative to the foreign investment of $753 million recorded in 2021. The NCC disclosed this in its latest […]

Adebayo Adelabu, the minister of power, says Nigerians will start witnessing improved electricity supply between six months and one year.  Adelabu was one of the 45 ministers inaugurated by President Bola Tinubu on Monday. Speaking with reporters on Friday at the Ladoke Akintola Airport in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, Adelabu acknowledged […]