President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the country’s service chiefs. Spokesman of the President, Femi Adesina, disclosed this on Monday, July 13, 2015. He disclosed that their replacements would be announced later. The affected officers are the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Kenneth Minimah; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin; Air Chief, Air Vice…
Young Nigerian singer, David ‘Davido’ Adeleke, has reacted to reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, was looking into a music video he recently shot with an American artiste, Meek Mill, showing a white substance that looked like cocaine. The controversial video, ‘Fans Mi’, has been getting attention over the issue and still…
Former Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Chris Olakpe (rtd), has described situations happening in northern part of Nigeria as ‘war’. The ex-cop, while speaking as a guest on a Channels TV programme, Sunrise Daily, on Monday, said the country is in a serious war situation with the recent rise in bomb attacks in some parts…
The ongoing advert campaigns rolled out by two of the telecommunication companies in Nigeria, Airtel and Etisalat, have been criticised a cross-section of subscribers, who term them as ‘fraud’. The full report is reproduced below; The on-going advert campaigns by the four major telecom service providers on their 11 kobo per second tariff for calls…
US-born female tennis player, Serena Williams has won the 2015 Wimbledon Championships in an astonishing comeback match. The world number one defeated her Spanish opponent in the Grand Slam final, Garbine Muguruza, to pick her sixth Wimbledon title. Serena beat Muguruza 6-4 6-4 to claim her 21st Grand Slam title and also complete ‘Serena Slam’…
Reports from Germany suggest that Bastian Schweinsteiger’s move to Manchester United is almost a done deal. A tweet on Saturday afternoon from Bayern Munich’s Twitter handle confirms that the World Cup and Champions League winner has asked his current club to respect his wishes to move to Old Trafford for a new challenge. “Bastian wants…
A cross section of Nigerians from different walks of life have faulted the verdict of the coroner investigating the cause of death of 116 persons who perished in the unfortunate incident of the building collapse at The Synagogue, Church of All Nations, Ikotun-Egbe, Lagos. According to them, the verdict of the coroner smacks of the…
Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, has promised to transform the state-owned television station, LTV 8, to a world class media house. Ambode made this disclosure when he paid an unscheduled visit to the station, located on Lateef Jakande Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja, on Wednesday, July 8, 2015. He was taken round facilities in the station…
The Ondo State Government has said it has not received a bailout from the Federal Government to pay outstanding workers’ salaries. This was made known on Friday by the state government through a statement signed by its Commissioner for Information, Kayode Akinmade. Akinmade disclosed that what the state has got so far it just N2.2…
No fewer than two persons were feared dead in a suicide bomb attack on Saturday morning in Maiduguri, Borno State. The suicide bomber and one other person reportedly died in the attack, which occurred near the office of the Directorate of State Security Services and directly opposite Elkanemi College. The bomber was said to have…