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One of the obstacles to application is the skyrmion Hall effect, which can lead to the annihilation of moving skyrmions at the lateral boundary of thin-film tracks. In order to resolve this issue, it was recently proposed to exploit ferromagnetic nanotubes as alternative skyrmion guides. In this work, we investigate the field-effect of current-driven skyrmion motion in nanotubes using micromagnetic simulations. It is found that, in the presence of an axial field, the skyrmion motion becomes asymmetric in tubes. This is fundamentally different from the flat strip, in which a field has little influence on the skyrmion dynamics. Based on the dissipation tensor determined by the spin texture of the skyrmions, the solution of the Thiele equation is obtained, yielding a perfect match with simulations. 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