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Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has asked Facebook to prevent the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) from using its platform to incite violence. Speaking at a meeting with a team from Facebook in Abuja on Tuesday, Mohammed said people have been killed because of the group’s activities. The minister […]

Adamu Garba, a presidential hopeful, has joined the Young Progressives Party (YPP) and has bought the party’s presidential expression of interest and nomination form. Speaking with reporters in Abuja after picking his form at the party’s national secretariat on Tuesday, Garba said he is seeking to create a “new Nigeria” by correcting the […]

The naira, on Tuesday, weakened against the dollar to trade at N600 at the parallel market. Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs), popularly known as ‘abokis’ who spoke told TheCable, said the currency fell sharply on Monday. The figure represents a 0.8 per cent drop compared to N595 a dollar it traded last week. […]

The Sokoto police command says it declared wanted suspects who claimed involvement in the killing of Deborah Yakubu as seen in a viral video. On May 12, Deborah, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, was attacked by a mob and set ablaze over comments purportedly considered to be an insult to Prophet […]

Oil prices rose on Tuesday amid an ongoing push by the European Union for the Russian oil imports ban.  Brent crude climbed 1.04 per cent to $115.29 a barrel on Tuesday — the highest since March 28. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) saw a corresponding leap of 0.36 per cent, trading at 114.6 […]

Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), says he is not running for the office of the president of Nigeria. There have been calls for Adesina to join the presidential race ahead of the 2023 elections. Some groups had reportedly purchased and submitted the presidential nomination form of the All […]

An explosion has reportedly hit Sabon Gari area in Kano state. The explosion was said to have occurred near a primary school on Tuesday. It is unclear the cause of the explosion. The incident has caused panic in Sabon Gari. Four people were reportedly killed in the explosion, while some […]

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., says his $44 billion Twitter deal “cannot move forward” until the social media company shows proof of its spam account figures. He said this in a tweet on Tuesday. In a filing earlier this month, Twitter estimated that fewer than 5 per cent of […]

The federal government says the Abuja-Kaduna train service will resume operations on May 23. Yakubu Mahmood, spokesperson, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), said this in a statement on Monday. In March, the government suspended operations on the route after an attack on the train by gunmen.  Eight passengers died in the attack, […]