The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has stated that only proper fiscal framework can facilitate and accelerate new oil field licensing round bid in the country. Kyari said without legal framework, bid rounds may not work, adding that the industry is moving […]
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WED 2020: Nigeria celebrates as Namsar welcomes Finima Nature Park to global standard
By Olatunde Dodondawa As the world marks World Environment Day (WED) on June 5, 2020, Nigeria celebrated the recognition of the Finima Nature Park in Bonny Island of Rivers state as Ramsar Site of International Importance. DODONDAWA.COM reports the elevation of Finima Nature to global standard conforms to the tradition of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
50th Anniversary of Stonewall Rally: Bleak future for Nigerian LGBT rights
Activists from around the world will rally in New York’s Greenwich Village on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the LGBT movement. The anniversary marks the moment on June 28, 1969, when patrons of a Greenwich Village gay bar called the Stonewall Inn rose up in […]
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 […]
Celebrating LGBTQ’s Pride: President Trump deserves accolades not criticism
By Olatunde Dodondawa June 1 was a special day for the special people, The LGBTQ Community, and the most prominent comment was from the World President, Donald Trump. President Trump’s celebration of LGBTQ’s right was met with criticism by some commentators across the globe. Mr. Trump said on Friday on […]
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 […]