BREAKTHROUGH: Pig heart transplanted into US resident in first-of-its-kind surgery
David Bennett, a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease, has undergone a successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig’s heart — the first-operation-of-its-kind. According to a statement issued on Monday by the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), the historic surgery was conducted on Friday. The organ transplant was reportedly the only […]
Don’t discard state police over fears of abuse by governors, Edwin Clark advises Buhari
Edwin Clark, an Ijaw national leader, says majority of Nigerians believe in state police. Speaking during a recent Channels Television interview, President Muhammadu Buhari had said state police is not an option for the nation. Reacting to the president’s statement on Monday, Clark said state police is one of the cardinal […]
‘No rule says kingmaker can’t become king’ — Tinubu speaks on presidential ambition
Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state, says there is no rule preventing a kingmaker from becoming king. Tinubu played a role in the merger of different parties to form the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the subsequent emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari as the party’s candidate in 2015, thus earning him […]
Irabor: With bandits now declared terrorists, we’ll give them bloody nose
Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, says the official declaration of bandits as terrorists will enable the armed forces to take necessary action against them. The defence chief said the gazette proscribing bandits as terrorists was long desired by the armed forces. Irabor spoke on Monday when he featured on ‘Good Morning […]
The Christianisation of Nigeria by Buhari
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 […]
TIMELINE: Condemn, appeal, threaten — chronicling Buhari’s responses to major bandit attacks
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, […]
Tinubu: I’ve informed Buhari of my interest in contesting presidency… it’s a lifelong ambition
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 […]
Salah: Egypt under pressure to win AFCON — we’ll do our best to beat Nigeria
Ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Group D opener between Nigeria and Egypt, Mohamed Salah says the Pharaohs are ready to clip the wings of the Super Eagles. The Liverpool goal poacher told TheCable that there is pressure on the Egyptian team to win the tournament. The seven-time AFCON winners […]
EXTRA: Akeredolu asks south-west to stop eating beef, says region losing N2.5bn daily
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 […]
Killings in Zamfara won’t go unpunished, says APC
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, […]