Muhammad Nami, Chairman of the Federal (Board of) Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), seems to have a made of hobby of whining about his predecessor, Babatunde Fowler’s past policies. Recently, he said the FIRS “keeled over” […]
The import duty waiver approved by President Muhammadu Buhari for medical supplies will only be applicable to items needed in treating COVID-19 patients, TheCable understands. Speaking at a citizen’s dialogue session on the government’s response […]
The realities of the moment and conditions objectivity have thrown a great challenge to the Nigerian government and Nigerians. For the first time in centuries, Nigeria has been exposed to a situation which quick intervention […]
On March 3rd, 2020, I got a call from the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. It was a 5 minutes call. The call was centred on Iris Medical Foundation Drugs and its effectiveness in […]
Chris Oyakhilome, founder of LoveWorld Incorporated better known as Christ Embassy, has called out pastors for shutting down their churches in compliance with the federal government’s ban on religious gatherings. The clergyman, while addressing his […]
We are gradually getting to the center of it all, now marking one month and some days since the compulsory lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic, although this has not seriously affected some sectors of […]
TheCable, Nigeria’s independent online newspaper, marked its sixth anniversary on April 29, 2020. In this interview with eelive.ng, Simon Kolawole, Founder and CEO of Cable Newspaper Ltd, speaks on the journey so far, the challenges facing the […]
Continued from yesterday Why do we continue to have mixed signals from government especially in the area of monetary palliative? How do we reconcile our advocacy of cashless society and the prescription of social distancing […]
The circular from the Executive Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, to taxpayers over payment of taxes, is one that has left me heavily puzzled. The circular, which gave an update on […]
The reported disappearance of Miss Bianca Ada Chidi, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, on her way back to Lagos from Ife is heart-rending and lamentable. The family is shocked as to whereabouts of […]
Though Nigeria may have moved up five steps in the World Press Freedom ranking, 115 among 180 countries, communication experts believe there are still more to be done. According to Reporters Without Borders (RWB), Nigeria […]
A widely reported mistreatment of Africans in China, as indicated by, among other evidence pieces, recent video releases in the social media, is most unacceptable. It must stop forthwith. The recent incident in Guangzhou that […]
The Niger government on Tuesday announced ban on night travels from 6 p.m to 7 a.m. as part of measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. A statement by […]
Angst has replaced the initial elation that greeted an agreement with the United States to release another $308 million tranche of the Abacha loot. The transfer has become enmeshed in scandal. Amid unconvincing denials by […]
SELF-inflicted disasters are taking a hefty toll on lives and livelihoods in Nigeria. In this respect, two separate infernos recently wreaked havoc at petrol filling stations in the Ogba and Obalende neighbourhoods in Lagos. The […]
Tayo Oke drtayooke@gmail.com The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Emeka Nwajiuba, made it emphatically clear on April 28, in Abuja, that: “There is no date yet for schools to resume”. He stuck to that […]
Last week, with Nigeria recording about 2,000 cases of COVID-19, the Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, lamented that they might start treating COVID-19 patients at home because of shortage of […]
What is poverty? Pause. Think really well about the question. Take a hard long look at Nigeria and repeat the question to yourself; what is poverty? Do you know poverty? Have you seen poverty? Does […]
The world football governing body (FIFA), the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and football greats on Monday paid tributes to Rashidi Yekini, eight years after his death. Yekini, who died on May 4, 2012 at the […]
Chikwe Ihekweazu, the director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says the easing of the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the federal capital territory (FCT) was not a mistake. After five weeks under […]
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