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How a Nigerian Editor resigns to become a freelancer

On 31 May 2019, Mr. Fisayo Soyombo, resigned as Editor of foremost online newspaper, TheCable, to focus on investigative journalism as a freelancer. Exactly one year after, Soyombo shared his experience on the journey so far via his Twitter handle @fisayosoyombo Excerpt Exactly 1year ago, I resigned from my role […]

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COVID-19: The grand coronavirus cover-up in Kwara

Published in TheCable by Fisayo Soyombo If you weren’t pressing away your phones or ogling the fine boys or girls during Logic classes in school, you would easily have noticed the grand cover-up of the circumstances of the death of Alhaji Muideen Obanimomo, a prominent Offa son, at the University […]

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U.S Visa ban: How Buhari’s alleged support for terrorism costs Nigerians immigration visa

  There are strong indications that the alleged support for extremists by President Muhammadu Buhari may have led to travel ban on Nigerians seeking to immigrate to the United States. On Friday 31st January, 2020, United States restricted Nigerians, Eritrea, Sudan and Tanzania from applying for Immigrant Visa. Acting Homeland […]

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Time to Restructure Nigeria is Now

There is no better time to restructure Nigeria than now. The unity of the country is being threatened due to actions and inactions of the country’s political elites. There have been insinuations that there exists a group of faceless Nigerians popularly called the ‘CABAL’ who are behind Nigeria’s internal woes. […]

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Buhari: A Threat to Freedom of Speech, Press

The suspension of broadcasting license of Daar Communications Plc, owners of AIT and Raypower, did not come to many Nigerians as a surprise because of the antecedents of President Muhammadu Buhari, during his reign as a military dictator in 1984. AIT had on Wednesday 5th June 2019 aired a documentary […]

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Boko Haram seizes more Borno towns

Despite denials by the Nigerian military, Boko Haram fighters seized Baga, Doron-Baga, Kross Kawwa, Bunduran, Kekeno and Kukawa towns of Borno State after three days of fierce battles from Wednesday to Friday last week, Daily Trust learnt from impeccable military and political sources in Maiduguri on Sunday. All six towns […]