Welcome to Fayemioye's Blog

Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole today July 24th reversed the appointments of two Permanent Secretaries for coming late to their swearing-in ceremony. According to Channels TV, the two appointees along with 18 other would-be Perm Secs were expected to have been seated at 12 noon for the swearing-in ceremony which was billed for 1pm but when the Governor arrived at 12.23pm, thetwo men were not there. Oshiomhole started the ceremony immediately and went ahead to swear in the 18 Perm Secs present. When the othertwo eventually showed up, Oshiomhole refused to swear them in, reversing their appointments. Appeals from the men and others around fell on deaf ears.

General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), yesterday gave an account of what how he escaped death in a bomb attack apparently targeted at him in Kaduna. In a statement released abou six hours after the attack, the former military head ofstate said : “I was personally involved in a clearly targeted bomb attack today (yesterday) at about 2:30pm on my way to Daura. “The unfortunate event, clearly an assassination attempt, came from a fast-moving vehicle that made many attempts to overtake my security car, but was blocked by escort vehicle. We reached the market area of Kawo where hetook advantage of our slowing down and attempted to ram my car and instantly detonated the bomb which destroyed all the three cars in our convoy. “Unfortunately, when I came out of my vehicle, I saw many dead bodies littered around. They were innocent people going about their daily business, who became victims of mass m****r. Thank God for His mercy, I came out unhurt, but with three of my security st...

Luis Suarezcould have his four-month banfor biting reduced, allowing the Barcelona striker to play in the club's first La Liga game of the 2014-15 season. The 27-year-old was handed a nine-matchinternational ban and was suspended for four months from "any football-related activities" by Fifa in June after biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup group stage match in Brazil. After having an initial appeal against the punishment rejected by football's world governing body, Suarez ultimately completed an €88 million move to Barcelona - though the Catalan giants were unable to formally present their new acquisition because of the ban. Barcelona decided to take an appeal to theCourt of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after the player's lawyer described the punishment as "draconian, totalitarian and fascist". And a source from CAS has now told Goal that, while Suarez's ban from international football will remain in place, his four-month susp...