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Shehu Sani, former senator representing Kaduna central, says it is not sustainable for the federal government to keep paying rent for embassies.  According to NAN, Sani said he observed Nigeria has been renting about 60 percent of its embassies abroad. He spoke in reaction to complaints about dilapidated state of Nigerian embassies […]

Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is qualified to be president but age is not on his side. The former vice-president is 75 years old. Speaking when he received a report from a contact and consultation committee he set up for his presidential ambition, Mohammed said Atiku […]

A neighbour sent me a WhatsApp chat last week with a million-dollar question: “Who are we voting for?” It was an awkward question. I have been discussing all the theories about the qualities the next president should have but I have paid little attention to a crucial part of the equation: what determines the […]

Many people are feared to have been killed following an attack by gunmen on Galkogo village in Shiroro LGA of Niger state. Speaking with TheCable on the development, Jibrin Alawa, spokesperson of youth association in the state, said the attack occurred at about 3pm and lasted till 6pm on Saturday. Alawa said […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 74 new cases of Lassa fever in nine states across the country. Lassa fever, an acute viral hemorrhagic disease, is transmitted to humans through contact with food, household items contaminated by infected rodents or contaminated persons. According to the NCDC’s situation report for […]

Chukwuma Soludo, governor-elect of Anambra, says there is a need for a new liberation movement in Nigeria and, by extension, Africa. Soludo spoke on Saturday at the 2021 pioneer class graduation ceremony of the School of Politics, Policy and Governance (SPPG) in Abuja. The event had as its theme, ‘Emergence of the […]

Osita Okechukwu, director-general of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Okechukwu reportedly arrived at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja around 1:30 pm on Saturday, following an invitation regarding a case of alleged conspiracy, abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds. He is […]

The Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA) in Chibok, Borno state, says 110 girls are still unaccounted for. The girls are among the over 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in 2014. Speaking on Saturday at a media briefing held in Abuja, Dauda lliya, KADA president, urged the government to deploy more […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned the public of TangleBot, a new virus infecting Android mobile devices through short messaging service (SMS).  This was disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday by Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC spokesman, following a recent security advisory made available to the commission by the Nigeria Computer Emergency Response Team (ngCERT). […]

The family of Fadlullah Agboluaje, identified as a 19-year-old Nigerian, has called on the federal government to help them investigate his “death”, which was said to have occurred shortly after he arrived in Ukraine.  Rofeeha, Agbolauje’s older sister, had raised the alarm on social media on Wednesday that her family was informed that […]