Issues/Policy

The Lagos-based On Air Personality, OAP, Daddy Freeze has alleged that a pastor who he attended his church for eleven years has nipped him with a curse.

Pension Bodies That Are Not Scandalised By Eric Teniola

I am not surprised that the story on the former boss of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Alhaji AbdulRasheedMainais still running, after Premium Times broke the story about his comeback to Government about […]

Soldiers Chain Man To Motorcycle In Lagos, Drag Him On Street

An electronics dealer in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, Lukman Lambo, may have to undergo a surgery to regain the use of his left eye. The injury was allegedly inflicted on him by soldiers, […]

Punch: NASFAT Rejects Underage Marriage

A Muslim group, Nasrul-Lahi-L-Fatih Society, also known as NASFAT, on Tuesday commenced a campaign to end violence against children, stressing that underage marriage is against the tenets of Islam. NASFAT’s Second Vice-President, Alhaji Abdul-Rauf Adedeji, […]

A Rejoinder: Church and Tithe-True or trite Talk

Dear Mr.J.Disu You highlighted an article last Friday on the aforesaid caption written by Mr Fola Ojo in the Punch Newspaper. And here is my submission. A real follower and believer in Jesus Christ should […]

Our Doctors Are Disappearing By Wale Fatade

I had already made up my mind to write on the alarm raised by Dr. Olumuyiwa Odusote, the Lagos State chairman of Nigeria Medical Association, before something else made it more compelling. Earlier this morning, […]

Solving Nigeria’s Inequality Equation By Bukky Shonibare

Growing up, I was that somewhat rare teenager who loved Mathematics. In particular, solving inequalities caught my fancy, and I would curve my right or left arm, singing the “greater than, less than” rhyme, in […]

Still On Kaduna Teachers By Omotayo Lewis

On Saturday 10, 2017, the African Independent Television (AIT) and some other stations aired the finals of the 2017 Cowbell Mathematics Competition for secondary school students. The contest, annually sponsored by Promasidor, makers of Cowbell […]

Go, Mugabe, Go By Reuben Abati

Since August, I have been the anchorperson of a programme on television called ThisDay Live where we discuss political matters – local and global. The programme is available on Arise News TV at 6pm, 9pm […]

TheCable EXCLUSIVE: Diezani Forced Jonathan To Sack Me — She Even Ordered My Arrest, Says Stella Oduah

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Stella Oduah has sensationally alleged that she was removed as minister of aviation in 2014 at the prompting of Diezani Alison-Madueke, then-minister of petroleum resources, who also allegedly ordered the EFCC to arrest her. Oduah, […]

EDITORIAL: Time To End The Maina Saga | Leadership

Mr Abdulrasheed Maina must be revelling in the superstardom, albeit, negative media blaze, that he has exposed himself to in the aftermath of the alleged pension fund fraud. It is possible that he is enjoying […]

How UK-Based Nigerian Helped Diezani ‘Acquire Choice Property In London’ | TheCable

Adeyemi Edun, a London estate agent, allegedly helped Diezani Alison-Madueke, to buy property worth millions of pounds. According to This is Money, a UK financial website, Edun, who is the sole director of Daniel Ford, […]

Wasteful Oil Search In The North | Punch

President Muhammadu Buhari took a wrong step on assuming office in 2015 when he ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to double up its search for oil in the North. But it appears the wild […]

Tackling Apapa Gridlock Decisively | Vanguard

IN apparent reaction to the intense media advocacy mounted by Vanguard Newspapers in the past week, the Federal and Lagos State Governments are taking steps to tackle the Apapa gridlock head-on. While Vice President Yemi […]

Guardian (NG): Tragedy Of The Migrants

The death of 26 migrant Nigerians, all female, between the ages of 14 and 18, whose bodies were recovered from the Mediterranean by a Spanish Warship, Cantabria, the other day is the latest poignant illustration […]

Why I Didn’t Implement 2014 Confab Report — Jonathan By Bartholomew Madukwe

ABUJA—Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, said, yesterday, he didn’t implement the 2014 Confab report because time was too short for him to do so, as the report was submitted in the twilight of his administration. […]

Why Nigerian Fulani Won’t Accept Ranching — Miyetti-Allah By Joseph Erunke

ABUJA—THE Fulani in Nigeria have said they will not accept cattle ranching because the country’s geographical location was not suitable for it. It’s caused by strangers fuelled by politicians, religious leaders – Miyetti Allah […]

From January 1, Lagos Bus Conductors To Start Wearing Uniforms by Jamilah Nasir

The Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria (BCAN) says its members in Lagos state will start wearing uniforms from January 1, 2018, for security reasons and effective service delivery. Isreal Adeshola, national president of the association, […]

TheCable EXCLUSIVE: How I Tackled Illegal Wood Export And Deforestation, By Amina Mohammed

Amina Mohammed, the deputy secretary-general of the United Nations, has strongly denied claims that she was involved in the illegal export of African rosewood, also known as kosso, from Nigeria to China, a trade estimated […]

I Didn’t Receive Any Money From Maina, Jonathan Says