TheCable
Is Aregbesola’s dance video linked to nullification of Oyetola’s guber candidacy?
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- Is Aregbesola’s dance video linked to nullification of Oyetola’s guber candidacy?
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A video showing Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior and former governor of Osun state, dancing has surfaced online.
On Twitter, the video was shared with the claim that the minister was dancing to celebrate the nullification of Gboyega Oyetola, governor of Osun, as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the recent election in the state.
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- Son of Lagos deputy governor did not participate in ‘Obidient’ rally
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
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- FACT CHECK: How accurate are Atiku’s claims at LCCI economic parley?
- Runtime
- 3:33
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president and presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made multiple claims while presenting his economic plans at the 2022 edition of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) private sector economic forum.
TheCable checked some of the claims, and here is what we found.
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- #BBnaija: I felt the competition got toxic due to level difference, says Doyin
- Runtime
- 8:35
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Ogun health workers speak on impact of BHCPF
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Across several communities in Ogun state, the federal government’s Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) is improving access to healthcare but its success is threatened by several factors, including the discontinuation of a similar intervention — the Midwives Service Scheme (MSS).
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- Shin Borno girman daya da UK da Sweden kamar yadda Osinbajo yayi ikirari?
- Runtime
- 5:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Mataimakin shugaban kasa Farfesa Yemi Osinbajo ya bayyana cewa jihar Borno tana da girman kasar Ingila (Birtaniya) da Sweden a hade ko kuma Burtaniya da Denmark.
Laolu Akande, mai magana da yawun Osinbajo, a wata sanarwa da ya fitar, ya bayyana cewa mataimakin shugaban kasar ya tattauna da kungiyar daliban makarantar kasuwanci ta Harvard da suka ziyarce shi a fadar shugaban kasa a ranar Lahadi, 28 ga watan Agusta.
- Title
- Ṣé òtítọ́ ni wí pé ìpínlẹ̀ Borno tóbi tó orílẹ̀-èdè UK àti Sweden?
- Runtime
- 3:22
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Yemi Osinbajo, igbá-kejì Ààrẹ orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà sọ láìpẹ́ yìí pé, ìpínlẹ̀ Borno tóbi tó United Kingdom (UK) àti Sweden lápapọ̀ tàbí orílẹ̀-èdè UK àti Denmark.
Nínú àtẹ̀jáde kan, Laolu Àkàndé, ẹni tí ó jẹ́ agbẹnusọ fún Osinbajo, fi ye wa pé igbá-kejì ààrẹ sọ ọ̀rọ̀ yìí nígbà tí ó ń jíròrò pẹ̀lú àwọn akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ ilé ìwé tí a ti ń kọ ni nípa ọrọ ajé ti ìlú Harvard (Harvard Business School) ní ìlú Amẹ́ríkà tó ṣe abẹwo síi ní Presidential villa, ibi ibùgbé ìjọba fún Ààrẹ orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà ní ọjọ́ àìkú, ọjọ́ kejidinlọgbọn oṣù kẹjọ, ọdún yìí.
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- Borno steeti ọ̀ bụ̀ ńhá ńjíkọ́tá UK nà Sweden, dị́kà Osinbajo kwùrù?
- Runtime
- 4:19
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Yemi Osinbajo, òsòté onye isi Naijiria, sị na Borno steeti bụ nha UK na Sweden mà é jikọta ha abụọ ọnụ, mà ọ̀ bụ̀ UK nà Denmark.
Laolu Akande, onye na-ekwuchitere Osinbajo, kpughere na ụmụ akwụkwọ ndị Harvard Business School (HBS) bịara ịhụ nya bụ òsòté onyeisi na Aso Rock Villa n’ụbosị iri abụọ na asatọ, n’ọnwa Ọgọstụ.
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- Borno big reach UK and Sweden as Osinbajo claim?
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo tok sey Borno big reach di United Kingdom(UK) and Sweden or di UK and Denmark.
Laolu Akande, Osinbajo chief informate officer, tok for statement sey di vice-president bin folo some students from di Harvard Business School students wey visit am for di Presidential Villa on Sunday, August 28, tok.
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- I want Hermes to win #BBNaija 2022 because he's real, says Amaka
- Runtime
- 5:12
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- #BBNaija: I'm not surprised Amaka called me fake -- she's a talkative, says Giddyfia
- Runtime
- 7:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
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- #BBNaija: I’m not thinking of relationship now — money first, says Modella
- Runtime
- 6:08
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- #BBNaija: Being a fake housemate made me feel special, says Deji
- Runtime
- 6:56
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
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- Di claims wey Tinubu and Shettima make about di size of Lagos economy correct?
- Runtime
- 2:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- E neva tey wey Kashim Shettima, di All Progressives Congress (APC) vice-presidential candidate, claim sey Lagos na di third biggest economy for Africa.
Di former Borno govnor tok am for di annual general conference of di Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), where im represent Tinubu, di APC presidential candidate.
As im dey try give reasons why im oga (Tinubu) beta pass di oda presidential candidates, Shettima tok sey Lagos na di third largest economy for Africa.
“Di time wey Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu be govnor for Lagos in 1999, na only one ambulance bin dey di whole state. Na N700 million Lagos bin dey make as dia internally generated revenue (IGR),” na so im tok.
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- Ya gaskiyan maganganun Tinubu da Shettima akan yawan tattalin arzikin jihar Legas?
- Runtime
- 3:48
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Kashim Shettima, dan takaran mataimakin shugaban kasa a karkashin jam’iyyar All Progressives Congress (APC), yace jihar Legas ce ta uku a girman tattalin arziki a Afrika.
Tsohon gwamnan jihar Borno yayi wannan furucin ne ranar litinin a wurin taron shekara shekara na Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), inda ya wakilci Tinubu, dan takaran shugaban kasa a jam’iyar APC.
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- Íhé Tinubu nà Shettima kwùrù màkà àkụ̀ nà ụ̀bá Lagos ọ̀ bụ̀ ézíókwu?
- Runtime
- 4:01
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Kashim Shettima, òsòté Bola Tinubu, onye All Progressive Congres (APC) họpụtara màkà ntụlị aka nke 2023, kwùrù sị na akụ na ụba Lagos state bụ̀ nke atọ kachasị ukwu na Afrịka.
Nya bụ onye bụbu gọvanọ Borno steeti nọchiri anya Tinubu n’ụbọchị Monde n’ọgbakọ izugbe nke ndị Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) na-eme afọ ọbula.
Shettima kọwara ihe ọ sị patara na Tinubu pụrụ iche n’etiti ndị ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị ọzọ.
Ọ sị na Lagos steeti bù akụ na ụba nke atọ kachasị ukwu na Afrịka.
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- Ṣé òdodo ni ọ̀rọ̀ tí Tinubu, Shettima sọ nípa ọrọ̀ ajé ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó?
- Runtime
- 3:40
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Kashim Shettima, Gómìnà Ìpínlẹ̀ Bornu tẹ́lẹ̀rí tí ó sì tún jẹ́ oludije fún Ipò igbá-kejì Ààrẹ nínú ẹgbẹ́ òṣèlú All Progressives Congress (APC) ni ọdún 2023, sọ láìpẹ́ yìí pé ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó lóní ọrọ̀ ajé kẹta tí ó tóbi jùlọ ní ilẹ̀ Áfíríkà.
Gómìnà ìpínlẹ̀ Bornu tẹ́lẹ̀rí náà sọ̀rọ̀ ní ọjọ́ ajé, ní ibi ìpàdé ọdọọdún ẹgbẹ́ àwọn agbẹjọro ní orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà (NBA–Nigerian Bar Association Conference), ní ibi tí ó ti ṣe aṣojú fún Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ẹni tí ó jẹ́ olórí ẹgbẹ́ òsèlú APC ní ilẹ̀ Nàìjíríà tí ó sì tún jẹ́ olùdíje fún ipò Ààrẹ nínú ibo àpapọ̀ tí ọdún 2023.
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- FACT CHECK: Will Nigerians pay to use WhatsApp as claimed?
- Runtime
- 3:09
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A viral voice note on WhatsApp claimed Nigerians have to pay in order to access the messaging app henceforth.
Verdict
The claim that Nigerians have to pay to use WhatsApp is false.
The voice note did not originate from Williams. Williams is also not the WhatsApp Ambassador to Nigeria as the voice note claimed.
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- FACT CHECK: How true are claims by Tinubu, Shettima about size of Lagos economy?
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Kashim Shettima, the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), recently claimed that Lagos is the third biggest economy in Africa.
The former Borno governor spoke on Monday at the ongoing annual general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), where he represented Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the APC.
While making a case for Tinubu and providing reasons why he believes his principal stands out among other presidential candidates, Shettima said Lagos is the third largest economy in Africa.
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- #BBNaija: Marriage shouldn’t be barrier for coming on BBNaija, says Kess
- Runtime
- 4:21
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Coming to BBNaija season seven as a married man, Kess proved marriage was never a hurdle. In this interview with TheCable Lifestyle, the entrepreneur talked about the persona he embodied on the show, the barriers he put up with, his marriage, and the plans he has in the works post-show.
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- #BBNaija: I’ll love to have a close relationship with Diana, says Pharmsavi
- Runtime
- 7:23
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Prior to his BBNaija stint, Saviour Ikin Akpan was already a licensed pharmacist. Immersed in his pursuit of ambition, the reality TV star nicknamed Pharmsavi sought independence. TheCable Lifestyle caught up with the evicted housemate for an interview where he reflects on his money problems, his fondness for Diana, and the challenge of staying on the show.
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- #BBNaija: I'm not a reserved person... medication made me weak on BBNaija, says Christy O
- Runtime
- 3:38
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- hristy O wishes she had more time to unveil her true essence. The reality TV star says her reserved demeanour on the BBNaija show was not an act or a strategy. In this interview with TheCable Lifestyle’s TAIWO OSHUNLOYE, the 24-year-old graduate of Afe Babalola University talks about her stint in the ‘Level Up’ house and what she’s up to post-eviction.
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- I’m not living in Fela or my dad’s shadow, says Made Kuti
- Runtime
- 13:24
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Growing up at the iconic New Afrika Shrine can be both a blessing and a burden. It’s a blessing because it comes with a hefty generational influence, wealth, and loads of achievements; and a burden because of the huge shoes to fill. But Made Kuti, the son of Femi and grandson of Fela Anikulapo, sees it as a blessing and holds the lifetime experience in high esteem. In this interview with TheCable Lifestyle’s Kunle Daramola, Kuti discusses his music career and the roles his grandfather and father played in his journey to stardom.
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- #SHORTS This or That with Mádé Kuti
- Runtime
- 0:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
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- 'I ate eba before my race' — Favour Ofili, silver medalist, speaks on preparing for CWG
- Runtime
- 0:47
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
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- I dedicate my victory to all Nigerians, says Oluwafemiayo Folashade, weightlifting gold medalist
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Folashade Oluwafemiayo has clinched the gold medal for Nigeria in the women’s heavyweight para powerlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
She also broke the world record after lifting 130, 150 and 155 kilograms to score a cumulative 123.4 points on Thursday evening.
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- Residents scoop as fresh ‘oil spill’ hits Rivers community
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A fresh oil leak has occurred on the Trans-Niger Pipeline, operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company joint venture (SPDC JV) in Bodo community, Rivers state.
The community had in 2008 experienced two large-scale oil spills from SPDC’s facilities.
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- #PreventEpidemicsNaija; Advocating for Domestic Resource Mobilisation to Strengthen EPR in Nigeria.
- Runtime
- 20:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- PROMOTED: #PreventEpidemicsNaija; Advocating for Domestic Resource Mobilisation to Strengthen EPR in Nigeria.
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- Role of fake images in aggravating Nigeria’s security challenges
- Runtime
- 8:37
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Nigerians have been through a roller coaster of emotions, ranging from anguish to hopelessness, since these problems escalated. And so when fake photos surface online showing vivid scenes of killings, kidnappings and arson from different parts of Nigeria, they go viral and generate a lot of comments, conspiracies and controversies.
These images mislead people and have also become a method to stir up and intensify social conflict. They inflame hate speech, extremism and ethno-religious tensions. In some cases, they even provoke violence and protests, further destabilizing the country.
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- Supreme court will reverse its decision on hijab, says Lawyer, who dresses as ‘juju priest’
- Runtime
- 6:11
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- In this interview with TheCable, the human right attorney, who has been appearing in court in his traditionalist regalia, expressed optimism, saying there is a glimpse of hope that the apex court will reverse its decision. He added that until then, he would dress to court as his ‘god’ pleases and directs.
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- INEC officials demand payment for PVC registration in Benue
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Amid the advocacy for inclusive and widespread participation in the 2023 elections, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benue state are demanding payment from the electorate attempting to obtain their permanent voter cards (PVCs).
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- Nigerian women struggling to keep traditional cloth weaving from extinction amid COVID-19 storm
- Runtime
- 7:25
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
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- Story of Africa has been misrepresented, says Kunle Adeyanju, biker who rode from London to Lagos
- Runtime
- 23:28
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Kunle Adeyanju was just elected the President-elect Rotary Club of Ikoyi when he decided to take on an incredible feat of embarking on a bike ride expedition from London to Lagos. Through this, the biker also made ‘fight against Polio’, the primary theme of the expedition by creating more awareness and raising fund to curb the life-threatening disease.
In this interview with TheCable, Adeyanju painted a pictorial representation of his 12,000 kilometers journey through the freezing temperature of Europe and the African Sahara. He detailed his experiences with diverse cultures; discovery of peculiar histories and how pilgrimage has altered his preconceived notions about African nations and its peoples. He intends that everyone come to the same alteration about Africa.
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- SPOTLIGHT: ‘We can’t hear but can work’
- Runtime
- 10:53
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- At first glance, there is no indication that they are persons with disabilities (PWDs). But Betty Olayikan and Yewande Odutoye, who are deaf and currently work at the Sheraton Hotel Lagos, have had interesting experiences growing up. Watch their inspiring story.
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- Gideon Olanrewaju, Malala Fund champion, speaks on assignments and aspirations
- Runtime
- 39:16
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- In April, the Malala Fund led by Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, named GIDEON OLANREWAJU, the founder and chief executive of Aid for Rural Education Access Initiative (AREAi), as one of its global education champions. He was one of only four Africans listed for the year 2022. Malala Fund said with the grant, "Gideon will lead a school-to-community intervention that aims to improve quality education and increase girls’ attendance and retention rates in 30 schools across Oyo state". In this interview with TheCable's 'MAYOWA TIJANI, Olanrewaju details his journey so far, his multiple innovations for education, his ambition to someday lead the ministry of education in Nigeria, and the immediate goal of getting girls to school.
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- Inside Nigeria’s booming petrol smuggling trade
- Runtime
- 25:04
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- With millions of Nigerians grappling with the fuel shortage scarcity and with the consideration for the removal of fuel subsidy which is said to gulp N150 billion every month, investigations by TheCable reveal a black market of subsidies; one in which individuals smuggle thousands of gallons of fuel to Nigeria’s neighbours in well-coordinated operations with support from security operatives.
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- How Bunmi Akinkugbe is rewriting the story of local rice distribution in Nigeria
- Runtime
- 11:26
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Bunmi Akinkugbe is the chief executive officer (CEO) of EM Organic, a firm which focuses strictly on the sale and distribution of locally-produced rice.
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- A reporter's journey tracking ‘stateless Nigerians’ through the paths of death
- Runtime
- 3:07
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Mayowa Tijani: Over the next four years, I have attempted -- with little success -- to tell the story of hundreds of thousands of Nigerians who cannot lay claim to their identity as Nigerians. Not because they do not want to, but simply because the state and its actors collaborate -- unconsciously -- with Boko Haram to make it impossible for them. They are victims of porous borders, ailing insecurity, and weak state infrastructure for citizens' identification. The biggest victims of this loss of statehood are those living in northeastern Nigeria, where Boko Haram is 'king'. Read more at thecable.ng
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- Muslim appointees in the office of the vice president
- Runtime
- 3:29
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The office of the Vice-President has released a video showing Muslim appointees working with him. The video was released amid allegations that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is biased against Muslims.
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- FULL SPEECH: Osinbajo finally joins 2023 presidential race
- Runtime
- 6:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has finally declared his bid to join the 2023 presidential race. The declaration was broadcast live on TV on Monday, after several weeks of speculation and expectation.
In his declaration speech, the vice-president emphasised the need to build on the achievements of the Muhammadu Buhari administration while noting that he understands the hopes, fears and aspirations of Nigerians.
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- Nigerians must be allowed to take up arms — and defend themselves, says Reps majority leader
- Runtime
- 7:20
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Alhassan Ado Doguwa, majority leader of the house of representatives, says Nigerians should be allowed to take up arms and defend themselves against terrorist attacks. The All Progressives Congress (APC) member from Kano state spoke during the plenary session on Thursday.
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- From dropping out to advocacy, Hamzat Lawal's transition to politics
- Runtime
- 1:01:21
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- On March 12, Hamzat Lawal, the chief executive officer of Connected Development (CODE), turned 35. For Lawal, this is not only a year of exit from youth but also of transition. Marking his birthday with a symposium in Abuja, with the theme – ‘The Man. The Journey. The Transition’, Hamzat boldly declared that he would be involved in Partisan politics going forward. Having been an activist and a youth and community development advocate over the years, the next phase of Lawal’s life seems to be filled with hopes, big dreams and more milestones. In this interview with TheCable’s MAYOWA TIJANI and VIVIAN CHIME, Lawal shares his life’s journey as an activist and future aspirations.
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- How Amara Agbim of The Nanny Academy is rewriting the childcare narrative in Nigeria
- Runtime
- 9:59
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Speaking on why she decided to set up the academy, Amara, who describes herself as "an immigrant to Lagos by marriage", said not having the required support system when she was pregnant, birthed the idea.
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- #Breakthebias: Meet Covenant University best graduating student
- Runtime
- 8:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- As we celebrate the International Women's Day 2022 with the theme #Breakthebias, meet Hephzibah Tolulope who defied sickle cell to become the best graduating student at Covenant University. Be inspired!
- Title
- How students live, learn in terrible conditions in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions
- Runtime
- 11:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- From polytechnics to colleges of education to universities, poor infrastructure in Nigeria’s public higher institutions has remained a source of concern over the years. To determine the present state of things, TheCable visited several institutions across the country, where students were found living in unlivable hostels, making use of dilapidating and unhygienic facilities and learning in unconducive and abnormal conditions.
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- EXPOSED: Inside Facebook groups offering tips on ‘yahoo yahoo’, money ritual
- Runtime
- 3:14
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- EXPOSED: Inside Facebook groups offering tips on ‘Yahoo Yahoo’, money ritual
- Title
- FACT CHECK: Tinubu says current PVCs have expired. Is this true?
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Bola Tinubu, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC), has said the current permanent voter cards (PVCs) issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have expired. Speaking while addressing the women leaders of the party who paid him a visit in Abuja, Tinubu asked voters to obtain new PVCs.
Checks by TheCable showed that a PVC does not carry an expiry date.
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- AFCON: Speaking Yoruba and Hausa, Super Eagles players express gratitude to Nigerians
- Runtime
- 1:33
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Title
- Meet Iyabo Makanjuola, Nigerian supporter that won CAF best dressed fan against Egypt
- Runtime
- 2:40
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Her flamboyant headgear, beaded accessories and colourful garb stole the show as she cheered the Super Eagles of Nigeria to victory over the Pharaohs of Egypt in Garoua, Cameroon on Jan 11, 2022. Having been named by CAF as best dressed supporter of the said AFCON 2022 game, TheCable had a chat with this interesting personality. Enjoy!
- Title
- No, these photos are not from recent bandit attacks in Sokoto
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Some images showing corpses portrayed as victims of recent bandit attacks in Sokoto state have been circulated on social media.
