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Basketball W/Cup: Nigeria gets FIBA 3X3 wildcard

December 22, 2017 Editorial IV 0

By Gbenga Jolaosho Abuja Nigeria will compete in the 2018 FIBA 3×3 World Cup holding in Manila, Philippines from June 8-12, 2018 after being awarded a wild card by the Federation of International Basketball Associations FIBA. This latest decision was relayed through a letter to the Nigeria Basketball Federation under the leadership of Engineer Musa Kida by FIBA 3×3 Development Read More

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Call-to-bar hijab controversy

December 22, 2017 Editorial IV 0

  At the Nigerian Law School graduate, Amasa Firdaus, was refused her call to bar for failing to remove her hijab. The incident, which took place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, a week ago, has generated intense debate on the Nigerian cyberspace. Firdaus, who spoke to TheCable and has been asked by the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria not Read More

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PDP convention

December 15, 2017 Editorial IV 0

Twitter handles, Facebook walls and other social media spaces on which Nigerians ally are always awash with ‘comments’ on the socio-political and economic stance of the country. Last week was the convention of the country’s main opposition party, PDP. There were many comments before, during and after the convention. Here are some of them. Shuaibu Usman I hope that the Read More

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FG exposes plans to smear military leadership

December 10, 2017 Editorial IV 0

Stories by Musa Umar Bologi The Federal Government has disclosed that there are plans by some people to tarnish the image of the country and the leadership of the military through sponsored fake information. Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali disclosed this in a statement through his media aide, Col. Tukur Ismail Gusau. He said such people intent to hide under Read More

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APC’s losses in South-east; before Anambra was Enugu , By Majeed Dahiru

November 30, 2017 Editorial IV 0

The attempt by the ruling APC to annex the South-east territory was rudely halted by the massive loss of its hurriedly repackaged ‘change’gubernatorial candidate, Tony Nwoye, a former veteran PDP member. By voting massively for APGA’s Willie Obiano, Ndi Anamra simply embraced performance and rejected an uncertain future of possible failure. The situation of APC in the South-east is made Read More

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Monarch urges Nigerians to pray for leaders

November 29, 2017 Editorial IV 0

By Baba Yusuf A traditional ruler, the Sapayi of Garki, in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Usman Nda Kupi, has appealed to Nigerians to always pray for their leaders instead of going against them. Kupi made the appeal when AMAC National Unity Committee team paid him a visit at his palace in Garki Read More

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2019: Kwankwaso kickstarts presidential campaign, may abandon APC

September 18, 2017 Administrator 0

Former governor of Kano state and Senator representing Kano central, Engr Musa Kwankwaso, has started going round the country in preparations to re-contest presidential primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2019 general elections. Blueprint gathered exclusively on monday that the former Kano governor has earlier visited Delta state to put structure in place and he Read More