Road repairs: Govt. announces diversion on Badagry expressway
Traffic on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway will be diverted from the major carriageway to the service lane Saturday and Sunday, the Lagos State Government announced on Friday.…
In Nigeria, we evoke God to witness corruption – Kukah
Matthew Kukah, bishop of Catholic diocese of Sokoto, says in Nigeria we evoke God to witness corruption and “outright larceny.” Kukah said this while speaking at…
Armed Robbers Told Me To Sing After Robbing Me – Banky W Shares Experience
Singer and filmmaker, Bankole Wellington, aka Banky W, has shared a story of his experience with some armed robbers on Lagos Island who asked him to…
BREAKING: MKO doctor, Ore Falomo, dies
Physician to late Chief Moshood Abiola, Dr Ore Falomo, is dead. Sources at his Maryland, Lagos hospital said he died around 2 am on Saturday after a brief illness. A renowned…
Darkness across Nigeria as national grid ‘collapses’ again
Nigeria appears to have been hit by system collapse to the national grid, according to reports from across the country.Several social media users reported seizures of electricity to their areas starting Friday…
They gave Atiku false sense of hope
After the Supreme Court threw out the legal challenge by Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on the February 2019 presidential poll last week, two things flashed across my mind. One was a…
Mosquito can cause malaria – Obaseki replies Oshiomhole
Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has replied the ‘mosquito buzz’ comment by National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.…
80 birthday garlands for Mamman Daura
When I look back now, I think the struggle against former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Third Term Agenda cemented my relationship with Malam Mamman Daura. As Editor of DAILY TRUST, I had been one of the…
Oil companies weigh options after Buhari’s PSC Act assent
President Muhammadu Buhari earlier in the week signed the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract (PSC) Amendment Bill into law, putting to rest decades of calls for review of the PSC…
Paul Scholes advises Manchester United on how to fix their midfield woes
Manchester United returned to winning ways by thrashing Partizan Belgrade 3-0 in a game where they also qualified for the UEFA Europa League knockout stages on Thursday. In…
BREAKING: Tension as another Petrol tanker falls in Anambra
There was tension on Saturday morning in Awka, Anambra state when a long tanker conveying petrol to one of the filling stations fell to a gutter. Residents and passersby are on the…
We need Biafra not presidency – MASSOB tells Igbo
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has charged Ndigbo to focus on the emergence of Biafra and not on producing the president in 2023. The…
Ikosi-Ketu fruit market demolished for proposed N2.8bn ultra-modern complex
The popular Ikosi-Ketu fruit market in Ketu, Lagos, was on Friday, demolished by the state government to pave way for an ultra modern market in the area. The Ikosi-Isheri…
Banks’ loan cut slows revenue growth – Report
NIGERIAN banks have continued to face lower margins, increased competition, often encouraged by regulators and cut in loans which have led to drop in revenue, a new report by…
‘No one too powerful for Buhari to control’ — 3 things Garba Shehu said on sack of Osinbajo’s aides
Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, says President Muhammadu Buhari is too powerful for anyone to control. Shehu said this in reaction to comments that some…
PHOTOS: Sanwo-Olu presents N1.1tr budget for 2020
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday presented the N1.1 trillion 2020 budget on the floor of the Lagos State Assembly. A breakdown of the budget…
BREAKING: Presidency explains why Osinbajo’s aides were asked to go
The presidency has broken its silence on why some aides of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo were asked to go. The appointments of more than 30 aides of the nation’s number two…
The danger of an unchallenged myth: The lie that is Rwandan President Paul Kagame
When I set about writing this, two poignant quotes kept bouncing around in my head, which describe everything I want to express in this column. The first, by Martin Luther King goes thus: “Nothing in all the world is more…
INFOGRAPHICS: Thailand’s rice export to Nigeria’s border countries drops
Rice exports from Thailand to countries that share borders with Nigeria has recorded a decline from 2018 levels. TheCable’s analysis of the data provided on the Thai Rice Exporters…
See reactions of neighbours after a woman started singing loudly from her room (Video)
A woman who is most likely an opera singer was singing so loud and beautifully got the full attention of her neighbours who became very quiet, walked to their windows to listen to the beautiful music coming from this woman. The…
Border Closure Bites Hard On Rice, Textile Shops In Benin Republic
Investigation by our reporter has revealed that the major textile and rice markets in Cotonou, Benin Republic, have seen a massive decline in patronage following the complete closure of…
Abba Kyari: The Untold Story Of President Buhari’s Chief Of Staff
There is a popular saying that has since gained traction in the social media, which is to the effect that if you want to know how difficult it is to govern Nigeria, create a…
VIDEO: Ladies Take Part In Bikini Fashion Parade Inside a Church In Trinidad and Tobago
There is an Adage that says "Wonders Shall Never End", I thought have seen it all not when i came across a video of a church in Trinidad and Tobago where their girls whom i guess to be their choristers walk…
Nigeria Police arrest First Weekly Magazine editor
The police in Lagos have arrested a newspaper editor following a petition alleging defamation of character, the journalist’s wife and colleagues said Dipo Awojobi of First…