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Many people are feared dead following an explosion in Bogoso, a town in western Ghana. The Ghana police said a vehicle carrying mining explosives collided with a motorcycle in the town on Thursday. The police asked nearby towns to “open up their classrooms, churches to accommodate surviving victims”. “Preliminary investigation has […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday recounted the 2014 bombing that rocked Kaduna state and left over 80 people dead. The president is in the state to inaugurate some projects initiated by the Nasir el-Rufai-led Kaduna government. A combined team of heavily armed soldiers and the police were deployed to strategic locations across […]

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has approved the amendment to the state’s anti-open grazing law. On May 22, 2017, Ortom signed the Benue anti-open grazing bill into law as part of efforts to address the clashes between herders and farmers. The law, among other things, prohibits the movement of livestock on foot within […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked nations to lift or ease COVID-19 travel restrictions. The global health body said the restrictions are detrimental to economic growth and have proven to have little public health value. On January 13, the WHO emergency committee on international health regulations met to evaluate the latest […]

The house of representatives has passed the electoral act amendment bill after revising the compulsory direct primary clause.  The bill was read for the third time and passed during the plenary session on Thursday. The house at its sitting on Wednesday removed the clause (84) requiring political parties to only select candidates […]

Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, says an increase in the price of petrol will push more Nigerians into poverty. Abubakar spoke at the 19th Daily Trust Dialogue in Abuja, on Thursday. TheCable had reported that the federal government might increase the price of petrol to N302 per litre in February if […]

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says Nigeria’s crude oil production declined by 78,000 barrels per day (bpd) in December, producing an average of 1.197 million barrels per day. This is according to the OPEC’s Oil Market Report for January 2022. Checks by TheCable also showed that the output in December […]

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says it will meet with organised labour unions on how best to address the removal of petrol subsidy. Speculations that the price of petrol will be increased have stirred up reactions among Nigerians, with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) threatening to embark on a strike action if the […]

Shuaibu Labaran, counsel to the federal government, says Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), denied being a member of the proscribed group. Kanu was on Wednesday, re-arraigned on a 15-count charge of treasonable felony. When the charges were read to him, the IPOB leader pleaded not guilty. […]