LIKE FALCONS, D’TIGRESS GET NATIONAL HONOURS, $100,000 EACH FOR AFROBASKET TRIUMPH President Bola Tinubu has conferred national honours on all members of the D’Tigress for winning the 2025 Women’s Afrobasket in Cote d’Ivoire. The president also pledged $100,000 to each of the players and an additional $50,000 to members of the technical crew. Vice President Kashim Shettima, who represented Tinubu …

LIKE FALCONS, D’TIGRESS GET NATIONAL HONOURS, $100,000 EACH FOR AFROBASKET TRIUMPH President Bola Tinubu has conferred national honours on all members of the D’Tigress for winning the 2025 Women’s Afrobasket in Cote d’Ivoire. The president also pledged $100,000 to each of the players and an additional $50,000 to members of the technical crew. Vice President Kashim Shettima, who represented Tinubu …

OBIDIENT MOVEMENT PETITIONS OBI OVER ADC MARGINALISATION Fresh cracks appear to be emerging within the coalition led by the African Democratic Congress, following a leaked memo from the Obidient Movement to Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi. In the memo, the movement raised the alarm over alleged marginalisation of members in key decision-making processes. The ADC was unveiled on …

RETIRED SOLDIERS LAY SIEGE TO FINANCE MINISTRY HEADQUARTERS Scores of retired soldiers who voluntarily exited the Nigerian Army, on Monday shut down the main entrance to the headquarters of the Ministry of Finance. The protest, which commenced at about 10:15am, witnessed presence of heavy security personnel drawn from the military, police and the Department of State Services (DSS), apparently to …

IT’S A LIE! WE WERE NOT RESCUED BY POLICE; WE PAID N10M RANSOM EACH –ABDUCTED NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL STUDENT’S A Nigerian Law School student, David Obiora, who was abducted on his way to Yola Campus, has narrated a harrowing account of beatings, starvation, and community-aided captivity. Obiora also debunked the Nigerian police claims that the operatives rescued him and five …

WIKE GIVES CONDITIONS FOR PEACE IN PDP The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has given final conditions that will make peace return to the Peoples Democratic Party. The Minister insisted that the South-South zonal congress of the party must stand. Wike stated this on Monday while fielding questions during his monthly media parley in Abuja. According to …

CATHOLIC PRIEST BLASTS SOLUDO OVER ATTACK ON PETER OBI Catholic Priest, Fr. Kelvin Ugwu has taken a swipe at Anambra Governor Charles Soludo over his recent attack on Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election Peter Obi. Ugwu stated that Soludo wants to be President of Nigeria but is threatened by the Presidential ambition of another Anambra indigene, Peter …

NIGERIAN ANGLICANS FAULT ELECTION OF LESBIAN BISHOP AS PRIMATE OF WALES The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has criticised the election of the Rt. Rev. Cherry Vann, as the Archbishop of Wales, and described it as a further indication of abandonment of the faith once delivered to the saints. The Church argued that, aside from being a further authentication of …

SUPPORTERS OF SUSPENDED RIVERS STATE GOVERNOR, FUBARA, JOIN ADC Suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara has lost several supporters and loyalists to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, recently adopted by opposition leaders ahead of the 2027 general elections A source said the supporters have shifted their loyalty to the former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, who is aspiring …

2027 ELECTION: GOODLUCK JONATHAN VISITS IBRAHIM BABAGIDA Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday held a closed-door meeting with former Military President General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (Rtd), popularly called IBB The meeting was held at IBB’s Hilltop residence in Minna, Niger State. It was gathered that former President Jonathan arrived at Babangida’s Minna home at about 4.15 pm and left at …

THIS IS THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES – EL-RUFAI ASKS NIGERIANS TO SACK TINUBU’S GOVT IN 2027 Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna, has urged Nigerians to unite and vote out the President Bola Tinubu administration in the 2027 general election. El-Rufai, who visited Sokoto on Saturday as part of a grassroots mobilisation tour, warned that another term …

MIDDLE-CLASS NIGERIANS NOW BEGGING TO SURVIVE – CHIMAMANDA Popular Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has decried the worsening economic situation in the country. Speaking on Channels Television, Adichie lamented how the ongoing hardship reduced middle-class Nigerians into beggars. She said, “Life has become so hard in Nigeria, and me I can see it. For example, people who were formerly kind …

D’TIGRESS BEAT MALI TO WIN FIFTH CONSECUTIVE AFROBASKET TITLE Nigeria’s D’Tigress won a fifth consecutive Women’s AfroBasket title following a 78-64 victory over Mali. It was the seventh time Nigeria would lift the trophy. Rena Wakama’s side extended their unbeaten streak at the Women’s AfroBasket tournament to 29 games. The West Africans have also qualified for the 2026 FIBA Women’s …

BAYO OJULARI’S DAYS ARE NUMBERED As NNPC GMD – THE CABLE The days of Bashir Bayo Ojulari as the group CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited are numbered, TheCable has been informed. Although there are reports that he has resigned, TheCable learnt from insiders that he has not thrown in the towel yet, “but only a miracle …

2027 WILL BE DARK, DANGEROUS – MAHDI SHEHU Political activist and public affairs commentator, Mahdi Shehu has warned Nigerians that the 2027 election season will be full of danger, chaos, and uncertainty. In a post shared on X on Sunday, he described the political landscape as delicate, dicey, dark, dangerous and chaotic. Shehu said the mix of politicians involved will …