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On Thursday, the national assembly approved the request of President Muhammadu Buhari to earmark N4 trillion for petrol subsidy in 2022. Subsidy or under-recovery is the underpriced sales of premium motor spirit (PMS), better known […]

The Lekki Concession Company (LCC) has announced the postponement of toll collection at the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge. In a statement on Friday by Yomi Omomuwasan, managing director of LCC, the company said a new date […]

The United States State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria worth nearly $1bn, apparently after US lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency […]

Sections of the Abuja-Kaduna rail track that were destroyed by bandits in March are currently under repair. Yakub Mahmood, deputy director of NRC public relations, confirmed the news to TheCable. “Work is ongoing on the […]

Death of veteran Highlife musician, Orlando Julius Olusanya Ekemode better known as Orlando Julius, has been confirmed. The news was confirmed through Facebook post of Managing Director of Evergreen Music, Bimbo Esho. The saxophonist, a […]

Julius was born in 1943 in Ikole, Nigeria to a merchant family during British colonialism. He is a native of Ijebu Ijesha in Osun State, Nigeria Julius’ first musical teacher was his mother, who would […]

Julius was born in 1943 in Ikole, Nigeria to a merchant family during British colonialism. He is a native of Ijebu Ijesha in Osun State, Nigeria Julius’ first musical teacher was his mother, who would […]

The House of Representatives has condemned the rising insecurity in the country, especially the recent killings in Benue, Taraba and Plateau states. The lawmakers, who stated this at the plenary on Wednesday, demanded the removal […]

Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential hopeful, says he has the necessary experience to represent Nigeria well if elected. He spoke on Wednesday at an event featuring current and […]

The Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirants are facing a tough battle in agreeing on a consensus arrangement among them, The PUNCH has learnt. It was gathered on Tuesday that the consensus moves by some top […]

Some Kano residents have decried the acute water scarcity being experienced in the metropolitan areas of the state during the ongoing Ramadan fasting. An investigation conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) revealed that […]

Crowds have continued to besiege service outlets belonging to telecoms operators and designated National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) centres to register for the National Identification Number (NIN), link their NIN to their Subscriber Identification Module […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has informed telecoms consumers, whose subscriber identity module (SIM) cards are barred from making calls, that affected SIMs will not be unbarred by the service providers until they are linked […]

Few hours after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo declared his interest in the 2023 presidential election, his erstwhile political godfather, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently locked in a meeting with governors of the ruling All […]

Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has finally declared to run for president, ending months of speculations and tepid denials. “I formally declare my intention to run for the office of the President, Federal Republic of […]

The Federal Government has inaugurated a 10-man steering committee for the implementation of the Programme for Integrated Development and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Niger Basin (PIDACC/NB) project. The Minister of Water Resources, Mr […]