King Pelé and the Beautiful Game
You might never have heard of Pelé if his great-grandparents had been taken as slaves to Argentina instead of Brazil. At the end of slave trade in the 19th century, Argentina was systematically “whitened”. Blacks were reportedly sent to the hottest battlefields in the War of Independence from Spain. Mass migration of whites from […]
See 2023 polls as chance to birth a new country, Jonathan tells Nigerians
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has advised Nigerians to work towards using the 2023 elections to bring forth a new country. He said this on Saturday in his new year message to Nigerians. The former president said although the past year came with its challenges, the new year offers the opportunity […]
PDP crisis: God will never give power to the wicked, Wike replies Okowa
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has responded to a comment by Ifeanyi Okowa, his Delta counterpart, on the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On Friday, Okowa, the PDP vice-presidential candidate, said the party will win the presidential election with or without the support of the ‘G5’. The G5 governors include […]
2023 polls will define if Nigerians are sincere about change, says Bianca at meeting with Obi
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has visited Bianca, the widow of Odumegwu Ojukwu, to seek her support for his presidential bid. Obi, a former governor of Anambra, was received at the Ojukwu’s residence in Enugu over the weekend. Speaking during the visit, Bianca said one of Obi’s […]
‘It is brotherly love’ — Wike, Udom Emmanuel, Ortom meet in Rivers amid PDP crisis
Udom Emmanuel, governor of Akwa Ibom, has visited Nyesom Wike, his Rivers counterpart, amid the lingering crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On Saturday, the Akwa Ibom governor held a closed-door meeting with Wike, while Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, was also in attendance. The meeting held in Port Harcourt, the […]
Russia-Ukraine war, Musk’s Twitter acquisition… top global headlines of 2022
As the page turns to herald a new year, 2022 has not been without its share of the good, the bad, and the jaw-dropping unexpected across the world. From the United Kingdom’s double change of guard within weeks, to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and the one-day-one-trend drama following Elon Musk’s Twitter […]
Tinubu breaks silence on reported meeting with G5 governors
Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has reacted to the recent reports on an alleged meeting involving some governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There have been reports in recent days that the G5 governors, who are PDP members, recently met with Tinubu in London, and agreed […]
Vivian Chime, James Ojo, Busola Aro share TheCable Journalist of the Year award
Vivian Chime, James Ojo, and Busola Aro have been named joint winners of TheCable Journalist of the Year award, the newspaper’s editors announced on Saturday. The award, which comes with a cash prize of N300,000, recognises journalists within the ranks of TheCable “who have demonstrated industry, resilience, and self-motivation as well as having […]
Buhari: Those planning to disrupt 2023 polls will be met with full force of the law
President Muhammadu Buhari says any activity designed to disrupt the 2023 general election will be met with “full force of the law“. Buhari said this in his 2023 New Year message to Nigerians, which was released on Saturday. On February 25, 2023, Nigerians will go to the polls to elect a new […]
Ganduje sacks commissioner over ‘unguarded utterances, disloyalty’
Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano governor, has sacked Tahar Adam, the state’s commissioner for religious affairs, over “unguarded utterances”. According to a statement on Saturday by Muhammad Garba, Kano commissioner for information and internal affairs, the commissioner was also found guilty of running the affairs of his office as personal business. The information commissioner […]