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Many people have been reportedly injured following an explosion in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state. The incident was said to have occurred in Nukkai area of Jalingo on Friday night. Usman Abdullahi, police public relations officer (PPRO) in Taraba, confirmed the incident to TheCable on Saturday. According to the police […]

Lamidi Adeyemi, Alaafin of Oyo, is dead. TheCable learnt the Alaafin had been ill, but later succumbed to his illness. He was 83 years old and had been on the throne for 52 years — the longest reigning monarch. The monarch was said to have died at Afe Babalola Teaching Hospital, […]

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says she’s worried that the world is not ready to handle another pandemic. The WTO DG said this on Friday during a panel discussion on ‘Preserving Open Trade: Subsidies, Geopolitics, and International Cooperation’ at the ongoing spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/ […]

Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi, and former Senate President Bukola Saraki have reportedly been selected as the “consensus candidates” to represent the northern region in the race for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket. Over the past months, four presidential hopefuls — Saraki, Bala Mohammed, Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto, and Mohammed […]

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reopening of four more land borders. The borders are Idiroko in Ogun, Jibiya in Katsina, Kamba in Kebbi and Ikom in Cross River. In August 2019, Nigeria closed its land borders over the proliferation of illegal importation of drugs, small […]

The Canadian government says it will soon resume its Express Entry draws for immigrants. In a statement issued on Friday, Sean Fraser, minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, said invitations for candidates to apply for permanent residency will begin in early July. The ‘Express Entry’ programme is a points-based system through which […]

Researchers in the United Kingdom (UK) say the longest period of COVID infection in a person lasted 505 days. The previous longest known COVID infection period in a human was recorded as 335 days. According to a statement by the European congress of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases, the researchers carried out a […]

Femi Adesina, presidential spokesperson, says former President Olusegun Obasanjo did “nothing” to address issues on restructuring and state police during his tenure. Recently, the debate on restructuring and creation of state police has been at the frontburner of Nigerian political discourse. Owing to rising insecurity in many parts of the country, many […]

Pauline Tallen, minister of women affairs, says she would push for psychiatric tests to be made a compulsory marriage requirement to curb issues of gender-based violence (GBV). In a statement issued on Friday, Tallen expressed concern over the recent increase in the cases of gender-based violence in the country. TheCable had earlier […]