OBITUARY: Oba Adeyemi III, the boxer turned monarch who wanted to build a museum for women
An African proverb says “death is like a robe everyone has to wear”. The king who had death in his pouch during his 52-year reign has joined his ancestors. Lamidi Olayiwola Atanda Adeyemi III, Alaafin of Oyo, eulogied as ‘Iku Baba Yeye’, (loosely translated as someone who controls death), has journeyed yonder. TheCable […]
PHOTOS: Mourners throng Oyo palace over Alaafin’s death
Sympathisers have thronged the palace of Lamidi Adeyemi, the late Alaafin of Oyo, to pay their last respect. The longest-reigning monarch passed away on Friday night at Afe Babalola Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti. When TheCable visited the palace in Oyo, sympathisers were seen outside and within the compound. A condolence register […]
Alaafin of Oyo to be buried today, says palace
Lamidi Adeyemi, Alaafin of Oyo, will be buried today. Yusuf Ayoola, head of the Oyomesi, while addressing journalists at the palace, confirmed that Adeyemi died at Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti on Friday night. He also disclosed that the monarch will be buried at 4pm today. “We have called […]
Kola Abiola: My opinion on Hafsat comparing my father to Yahaya Bello not for public
Kola Abiola, son of the late MKO Abiola, says he will not react publicly to the recent comment by his sister comparing their father to Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi. Earlier in April, Bello declared his intention to run for president on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and appointed Hafsat […]
Atiku not part of PDP consensus arrangement for presidential ticket, says Dokpesi
The Technical Committee for the Actualisation of Atiku Abubakar’s Presidency says the former vice-president was not part of the arrangement to produce a consensus presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Over the past months, four presidential hopefuls — Bukola Saraki, former senate president; Bala Mohammed, Bauchi governor; Aminu Tambuwal, Sokoto governor; […]
Another explosion rocks Taraba — second time in a week
Many people have been reportedly injured following an explosion in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state. The incident was said to have occurred in Nukkai area of Jalingo on Friday night. Usman Abdullahi, police public relations officer (PPRO) in Taraba, confirmed the incident to TheCable on Saturday. According to the police […]
Alaafin of Oyo dies after 52 years on the throne
Lamidi Adeyemi, Alaafin of Oyo, is dead. TheCable learnt the Alaafin had been ill, but later succumbed to his illness. He was 83 years old and had been on the throne for 52 years — the longest reigning monarch. The monarch was said to have died at Afe Babalola Teaching Hospital, […]
UNDERCOVER: Bribes, cartel and conspiracy… inside Nigeria’s booming petrol smuggling trade
The inscription on his shirt was glaringly ironic: ‘Say no to crime’. But Officer Monday and the caption were worlds apart. “Fuel business is easy,” the police officer told TheCable during visits to Seme and Owode-Apa, two of Nigeria’s border towns with the Benin Republic, where fuel smuggling thrives and sustains the local economy. […]
Okonjo-Iweala: I’m worried about another pandemic… the world’s not prepared yet
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says she’s worried that the world is not ready to handle another pandemic. The WTO DG said this on Friday during a panel discussion on ‘Preserving Open Trade: Subsidies, Geopolitics, and International Cooperation’ at the ongoing spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/ […]
2023: Tambuwal kicks as Saraki, Bala Mohammed emerge as PDP ‘northern consensus candidates’
Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi, and former Senate President Bukola Saraki have reportedly been selected as the “consensus candidates” to represent the northern region in the race for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket. Over the past months, four presidential hopefuls — Saraki, Bala Mohammed, Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto, and Mohammed […]