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The Canadian government has banned travellers from Nigeria and nine other African countries over concerns about the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The country earlier announced a ban on South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Namibia. In a statement on Tuesday, it said it was expanding the travel ban […]

The Lagos state government says it accepts the recommendation of the judicial panel of inquiry to declare October 20 as a toll-free day “as long as the Lekki tollgate exists”. A white-paper committee was set up by Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, following the submission of the judicial panel’s report. The panel […]

Report for the World, an initiative of the GroundTruth Project, a non-profit organisation based in the United States, has announced the selection of nine journalists for its 2021 reporting corps. In May, the organisation had announced TheCable as its first Nigerian partner newsroom to cover under-reported issues around the globe. The programme […]

The Lagos government says the testimony of John Obafunwa, a pathologist who appeared before the judicial panel on police brutality, shows that there was no massacre at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020. In June, Obafunwa appeared before the panel to say three, out of 99 bodies examined after the #EndSARS protests […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the detection of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in Nigeria. According to a statement by Ifedayo Adetifa, the NCDC director-general, the variant was detected in two Nigerians who arrived in the country last week. The agency, however, said the two cases are asymptomatic, and […]

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 105 cases of COVID-19. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Wednesday. UK to offer vaccine booster shots to its citizens by end of January 2022 All eligible adults in England aged 18 and over will be offered a COVID-19 booster vaccine by the end of January. […]

The Lagos government has released the white paper on the report submitted by the judicial panel set up to probe cases of police brutality in the state. Gbenga Omotoso, Lagos commissioner for information, in a statement on Tuesday, announced the release of the white paper. The development comes two weeks after a […]

No fewer than 20 people, mostly women and children, have lost their lives in Badau village, Bagwai LGA of Kano state following a boat mishap. An eyewitness told TheCable that the incident occurred around 6pm on Tuesday. He said the boat capsized in the middle of the river while conveying passengers from […]