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In the heat of the 2018 killings by criminals, I received a deluge of broadcast messages steeped in conspiracy theories of how the government was backing certain criminal groups in their festival of bloodletting. According to one of the well-noised fibs, the government was paving the way, through militias, for the occupation of Nigeria […]

In recent years, bandit attacks have become rampant, with gunmen often unleashing terror on several states across the country. Given the alarming frequency of attacks and kidnappings, it’s increasingly becoming challenging to keep an accurate number of victims. Almost every other week, marauding bands of terrorists raid schools and ensnarl students in captivity, […]

Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to contest the presidency in the 2023 general election. Tinubu spoke to state house correspondents on Monday after a meeting with Buhari at the presidential villa. The former governor of Lagos, who […]

Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state, says the south-west region is losing N2.5 billion daily to the consumption of beef. Beef is meat from cattle. TheCable could not immediately verify the governor’s claim. The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had recently banned the consumption of beef and the keeping of […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the killings in Zamfara state will not go unpunished. Last week, gunmen reportedly killed over 60 people in a raid on communities located in Bukkuyum and Anka LGAs of the state. In a statement on Monday, John Akpanudoedehe, national secretary of the APC national caretaker committee, […]

Nyesom Wike, Rivers governor, says he has identified and will arrest persons who are alleged to be involved in oil bunkering and illegal refinery activities in the state.  In a press statement on Sunday, Kelvin Ebiri, Wike’s special assistant on media, said the governor disclosed this in a statewide broadcast on Sunday.  […]

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 537 cases of COVID-19. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Monday. UK GOVERNMENT APPEALS TO PREGNANT WOMEN TO GET VACCINATED The UK government has appealed to all pregnant women to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. It said almost all pregnant women admitted to hospital with COVID-19 […]

Mai Mala Buni, chairman of the national caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is expected to meet with Danjuma Goje, senator representing Gombe central, and Inuwa Yahaya, Gombe governor, over the reorganisation of the party in the state. The politicians have been at loggerheads in recent months over the control of […]