**Party Wants Sacked Council Bosses Recalled Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has been tasked to implement, without delay, the judgment of the National Industrial Court reinstating the elected 22 Council Chairmen in Rivers State sacked by Governor Nyesom Wike. The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, challenged Arase to “do the…
On Monday, July 13, 2015, a top presenter with Cool FM 96.9 Lagos, Ifedayo Olarinde, better known as Freeze, accused his wife, Opeyemi, of assaulting him severally while they were still living together as husband and wife. He also described her as a “violent adulteress.” For a while now, both of them have been having…
President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed new Service Chiefs few moments after he fired the former occupiers of the positions. A statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the Presidency also confirmed the appointment of a new National Security Adviser to the President. Here are the new appointees and their designations. Major-General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin –…
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…