The sale process of 9mobile will now be concluded on January 16, 2018 following an approval of the extension of the deadline by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), TheCable can report. The previous deadline of December 31, 2017 could not be met, as earlier reported by Technology Times, the authoritative online ICT newspaper. This necessitated a Read more
Agency Report Twenty-five thousand fans of Atletico Madrid welcomed new signings Diego Costa and on Sunday at Wanda Metropolitano as the Spanish club’s transfer ban finally comes to an end. Atletico had been unable to register new signings in last summer’s transfer window after being handed a ban by FIFA for irregularities in relation Read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Sunday listed the various challenges and successes of the Nigerian government in 2017 as they affect workers. The NLC in a New Year message by its president, Ayuba Wabba, said 2017 “proved to be one of the most difficult for most Nigerians in recent history.” The congress listed some Read more
And so, the comedy of errors in Friday’s appointment of board members by President Muhammadu Buhari continues…-TheCable NG Dead people were nominated. Names were duplicated. Board members were appointed for positions that are statutorily elective. How about appointing board members for a company that the federal government has privatised through concession after a crisis spanning eight years? In the Read more
Agency Report The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has ordered investigation into alleged extortion of truck drivers by soldiers on the Maiduguri-Gamboru Ngala road in Borno. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman said in a statement on Sunday that the order followed the complaint by a man, who Read more
The pyramid of any administration accommodates only at the top, a single block, while many others provide the leverage, spreading from a few more, close to the top, to several others down the base. We all are quick at pointing accusing fingers in the direction of those lonely folks who sit up the pyramid, paying Read more
Wole Soyinka declares ‘country now dysfunctional’ Opposition seeks forensic probe of new subsidy regime As the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continue to bicker over the rationale for the covert restoration of fuel subsidy, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he can only wish Nigerians less misery in Read more
Agency Report UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued “a red alert’’ to the world” ahead of the year 2018. Guterres said: “On New Year’s Day 2018, I am not issuing an appeal. I am issuing an alert – a red alert for our world.’’ The UN chief, in a new year message, expressed regret that Read more
After two failed marriages, fantasyland boss finds love in separated mother of two…. Again, Fola Ogunlesi, the owner of Fantasyland, has ventured into the mysterious overland; that peculiar haven bordered by esplanades of secret treasures and colourful spokes of eternal delight. Thanks to sweet heavenly grace, Fola has rediscovered bliss in ravishing belle, Ireti; after Read more
How Glo was kicked out of Republic of Benin Globacom desperately wants to acquire 9mobile — but it would take a miracle for the nation’s second-largest mobile network to get its wish, those with inside knowledge of the goings-on have told TheCable NG. The company formerly known as Etisalat Nigeria was taken over in July Read more
