Ghana Targets America Aviation Category 1 Status, Negotiates National Carrier
Cecilia Abena Dapaah, outgoing Aviation Minister has disclosed government will “by the end of the year move towards the establishment of a home-based carrier.’’ This follows Cabinet’s approval for the Ministry to negotiate with Africa World Airlines, Air Mauritius and Abu Dhabi Aviation while continuing discussions with Ethiopian Airlines, amongst other investors. Government, in […]
Nollywood Star, Jim Iyke Arrested at Lagos Airport
Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke was yesterday arrested by the Nigerian police, Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos Command for slapping a security staff of Dana Air, simply identified as Suleiman. A report gathered by our correspondent indicated that Iyke who had arrived late for the flight out of Lagos to Abuja was reluctant to be screened […]
Leah Sharibu Speaks From Captivity, Asks Buhari To Pity Her (audio)
Leah Sharibu, the only Christian among the abducted 119 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, Yobe state, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to save her from captivity. As a “proof of life” amidst speculations on her fate, TheCable has exclusively obtained her latest picture as well as the audio of her plea to Buhari. […]
MI Abaga: I Felt My New Album Was Career Suicide
MI Abaga, Nigerian rapper, has acknowledged that his latest album is not mainstream material and that he felt it was “career suicide”. The ‘One Naira’ rapper released his eighth album on Friday titled ‘YungDenzl: A Study On Self Worth’. Abaga said due to the saturation of the music scene with club songs, he never expected […]
INEC Moves Against Vote Buying, To Redesign Polling Units
In a deft move to curtail the menace of vote buying in the country, the South South Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mustapha Lecky, has said that the commission would redesign the structures of all polling units ahead of the 2019 general election. The move, according to Lecky, is channelled towards midwifing a free […]
John McCain’s Last Fight
John McCain always said he’d go down fighting, and so he has, dickering from his deathbed over CIA nominee Gina Haspel and pre-emptively uninviting President Donald Trump from his funeral, then leaving as a legacy some fierce final words for the leader of his party, who is now a political enemy. All Trump displays […]
Buhari Charges Lawyers to put Country First
Nigerian President Muhammad Buhari has urged Nigerian lawyers to put national interest and professional ethics above self in the conduct of their business. And like his famous 1984 statement ” I will tamper with the rule of law,” the Nigerian President reiterates that human rights and rule of law will play a second fiddle to national […]
NCAA Moves Against Unregistered Travel Agencies, Says Only 150 are Registered
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has cautioned all intending travellers to stop patronising unregistered travel agencies. A statement signed by the agency’s General Manager, Public Relations, Sam Adurogboye adduced reason for the warning to the recent increase in reports of fraudulent ticketing practices by unregistered travel agencies. He stated that the Nigeria Civil Aviation […]
Jubilations as Court Frees 114 Women IPOB Protesters
There were jubilations as a high court in Owerri has granted the unconditional release of 114 women arraigned by the police on suspicion that they were members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group. The women who were remanded on the orders of a magistrate’s court in Owerri were arrested on August 17 […]
Osun 2018: INEC Releases Names of Party Candidates, Deputies
The Independent National Electoral Commission has published the names of the 48 political parties that are contesting the governorship election in Osun State on September 22, 2018, with the names of their governorship candidates and deputies. The list was unearthed by the Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Segun Agbaje, at the presentation of soft copies […]
