Salah Disappoints As Russia Crush Egypt Out Of World Cup
Three weeks and three days after Sergio Ramos twisted and slammed Egypt’s best World Cup hope into the grass, Mohamed Salah returned. He won a penalty, and scored it, ripping the ball with his left foot into the top corner. But by then, Russia were already three up and this game was as good as […]
Argentina Rally Behind Messi Ahead Of Key Croatia Clash
Argentina are rallying around captain Lionel Messi as the South American giants prepare for their crucial Group D clash with Croatia here on Thursday. Messi made an unhappy start to the World Cup on Saturday, missing what would have been a winning penalty as Argentina were held to a 1-1 draw by minnows Iceland. It […]
Senegal To The Rescue As African Teams Struggle At World Cup
Senegal proved to be Africa’s saving grace at the World Cup on Tuesday. Take away their win over Poland and it is five defeats in five for the continent’s representatives in Russia. After Nigeria and Algeria, both reached the knockout phase four years ago, following Ghana’s run to the quarter-finals in 2010, it is already […]
Two Feard Dead As Truck Falls Off Ojuelegba Bridge
A truck conveying plywood fell off a bridge at Ojuelegba, Lagos, killing some passengers of commercial buses better known as Danfo. A Toyota Camry was also involved in the accident which happened around 9pm on Tuesday. Adebayo Kehinde, spokesman of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), told TheCable via a telephone call that he […]
APC Has Done More Than Enough To Merit Re-Election – Ajimobi
The Oyo State Governor, Mr. Abiola Ajimobi, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has done more than enough within the last three years to deserve re-election. Ajimobi stated this during his appearance on Roadmap 2019, a Channels Television Programme, which aired on Monday. “Definitely, it (APC) has done more than enough (to deserve a second […]
All Eyes On Salah As Egypt Face Russia
World Cup hosts Russia face an Egypt side buoyed by the likely return of star man Mohamed Salah on Tuesday knowing a win will all but guarantee a place in the last 16. Liverpool wizard Salah missed his team’s defeat to Uruguay on Friday as he struggles to recover from the shoulder injury sustained during […]
President Buhari Sends Delegation To Bauchi Over Windstorm, Market Fire
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a Federal Government delegation, to be headed by the Minister of Education, Mr Adamu Adamu, to Bauchi State following a windstorm and fire incident that occurred in the state last weekend. This was made known in a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and […]
Super Eagles And Marcus The Pig At The World Cup By Reuben Abati
There has been nothing in recent memory like the build-up to Nigeria’s first match at the on-going 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia. Football is Nigeria’s greatest unifier: when it is football, our compatriots drop all ethnic, religious and ideological differences and profess the missing faith and ideology of one Nigeria. They have expressed […]
Buhari To Sign 2018 Budget Wednesday
President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the 2018 budget into law on Wednesday. A presidential source told TheCable that the budget would be signed at 11am. Last week Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, had told state house correspondents that the president would give assent to the budget this week. Two […]
Buhari Rules Out Meeting With nPDP Members
President Muhammadu Buhari has called the bluff of the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The bloc which pulled out of the PDP to team up with the APC for the 2015 elections had demanded to meet with the president to discuss some pressing issues. But a presidential source […]
