Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said the supporters of the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and others who are averse to contrary views can’t stop him from speaking truth to power. He said despite the attack on his personality by Obi’s supporters who are known as ‘Obidents’, during the build-up to […]
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said that the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is unfit to lead the country. This, he said, had become evident with the conduct of his supporters, popularly known as ‘Obidients’, during electioneering of the 2023 general elections. He said that Obi’s failure to reign on his […]
Friday 24 May 2024 Lagos-Calabar highway will retain original route to save submarine cables – Umahi Asset declaration: CCB set to investigate three former governors, nine former ministers I’ll vie for presidency as long as my health permits, says Atiku Naira slumps against dollar, trades at N1,485/$1 Lagos-Calabar highway will retain original route to […]
8-year-old Anambra pupil ‘beaten to coma by teacher’ is dead Henry Okonkwo, a primary two pupil of Landmark School, Mgbakwu, in Awka North LGA of Anambra state who was allegedly beaten to a coma by his teacher, has died. TheCable earlier reported that the teacher simply identified as Faith Nwonye was arrested after she […]
The politics of the ancient and prestigious Emirate of Kano has thrown up some controversial twists and turns in the last ten years. While not as dramatic and shocking as the popular American fantasy drama series, ‘Game of Thrones’, its latest twist is the stuff of a movie script where either a centuries-old tradition […]
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory has detained one of its officers over an accidental discharge that led to the death of one Oyebuchi Anene in Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Adeh said the tragic and […]
A Federal High Court in Kano has issued an order stopping the Kano State Government from enforcing the Kano State Emirate Council Repeal Law. Justice Mohammed Liman granted the order in an application by Alhaji Aminu Babba Dan Agundi, the Sarkin Dawaki Babba of the Kano Emirate. Court papers regarding the case have since […]
Controversy has surrounded the death of a final-year student of the Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, identified as Favour Ugwuka, on Wednesday night. Our correspondent gathered that Ugwuka took her life in her hostel at the Ishieke Campus of the school in Abakaliki. Further investigations revealed that the deceased, a final year student in the […]
The Kano State House of Assembly has dissolved all the four newly created emirate councils in the state. The dissolution of the affected Emirates was a sequel to deliberations on the floor of the House during plenary on Thursday. The Kano State Emirates Council Amendment Bill was considered on the floor of the House […]
IPC’s Centre for the Safety and Protection of Journalists (I-CSPJ), Lagos-Nigeria has demanded immediate release of Globalupfront Editor-in-Chief, Madu Onuorah. Onourah was whisked away by men of the Nigerian Police Force at about 6p.m on Wednesday May 22, 2024, at his residence in Lugbe, FCT Abuja. IPC in a statement issued and signed by […]
