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Governor Oshiomhole Sacks Two New Perm Secs Over Lateness

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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.

How I Escaped Assassination – Buhari Narrates

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 staff sustaining mi

Suarez could start season with Barca

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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

I thank God for sparing Buhari’s life -Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday condemned the bombings in Kaduna which he said appeared to have been targeted at a former Head of State, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and prominent Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi. He however thanked God for sparing their lives.Jonathan’s message was contained in astatement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati.He denounced the targeting of political and religious leaders by terrorists, whomhe described as enemies of the nation.He said he had directed the Police and other security agencies to take all necessary actions to apprehend the perpetrators of the attacks. The statement read, “President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan condemns thebombings in Kaduna today which appeared to have targeted former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari and prominent Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi.“President Jonathan denounces the dastardly targeting of the prominent political and religious leaders by terrorists and enem

100 Days Of Missing Chibok Girls: The Government Is Treating It Like A Joke –2Face Idibia Speaks

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Today, Wednesday 23rd July 2014 makes it 100 days since276 girlswere kidnapped from the Government Secondary School,Chibok Borno stateandto mark this, there has been heavy conversation centred around the missing Chibok girls and #BringBackOurGirls campaign. Joining in the was the What’s Trending team atClassic 97.3fm who had 2Face Idibiaas a guest on the show.2Facewho happened to be in the studio promoting his latest album,“The Ascension” was quizzed on the issue of themissing girlsand the multiple award winning singer was very vocal in his disappointment over the manner in which the situation was being handled.“I think the whole thing is a joke”he began,“The government has not expressed enough seriousness in handling the situation.”He went on to say that rather than politicise the situation, if there was really akidnap, the government should live up to its responsibility and work hard towards the return of the missing girls rather than trade blames amongst the various political parti

Fayose Reveals Why Fayemi Is Rejecting Result Of Ekiti Elections

Governor-elect of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose, has explained why incumbent Governor Kayode Fayemi is making a u-turn to reject the result of the 21 June, 2014, election in the state.According to Fayose, the new resolve by Governor Fayemi was to boost support forthe All Progressives Congress, APC’s suit at the election tribunal.Fayose, who spoke on Monday, 21 July, 2014 during a programme on “Progress FM,” a sister station of Radio Nigeria based in Ado-Ekiti, stated that Fayemi must have been advised to recant in ordernot to jeopardise the suit filed by the APC challenging the outcome of the election.“I think what went wrong was that APC and its leaders feel that by accepting defeat, Fayemi has shot their suit in the leg, but they are still wrong” * Fayose “Their case has nothing to stand on; they did the same thing in 2003 when I defeated one of their current chieftains, former governor Niyi Adebayo, and the eventual result was that they came back empty.“You will recall that APC won in on

Luiz Suarez Caught TeachingHis Son How To Bite (See Photo)

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The recently Banned uruguan Footballer Luiz Suarez Caught Teaching His Son How To Bite. We all know what he is famous for, but judging from the picture below, does it mean luiz suarez is teaching the innocent kid how to bite?Luiz suarez just made a record breaking transfer of 75million pounds from liverpool to FC Barcelona weeks ago inspite of his bad image from the just concluded Fifa World Cup in Brazil.Well, Check out the picture below and share your View about it:-

Luiz Suarez Caught TeachingHis Son How To Bite (See Photo)

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The recently Banned uruguan Footballer Luiz Suarez Caught Teaching His Son How To Bite. We all know what he is famous for, but judging from the picture below, does it mean luiz suarez is teaching the innocent kid how to bite?Luiz suarez just made a record breaking transfer of 75million pounds from liverpool to FC Barcelona weeks ago inspite of his bad image from the just concluded Fifa World Cup in Brazil.Well, Check out the picture below and share your View about it:-

Why Manchester United Coach “Van Gaal” Should Be Very Worried!!!

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2005:- Juventus sign ARSENAL CAPTAIN Patrick Vieira.2006:- Juventus MANAGER Fabio Capello RESIGNS.2007:- Barcelona sign ARSENAL CAPTAIN Thierry Henry.2008:- Barcelona MANAGER Frank Rijkaard SACKED.2011:- Barcelona sign ARSENAL CAPTAIN Cesc Fabregas.2012:- Barcelona MANAGER Pep Guardiola RESIGNS.2012:- Man Utd sign ARSENAL CAPTAIN Van Persie.2013:- Man Utd MANAGER Ferguson retires…Hmm just wondering wat will happen to VAN GAAL if he complete the signing of Arsenal Captain Thomas Vanmealin…Whats your say?

Colombia Star, James Rodriguez Completes Six-year Transfer Deal To Real Madrid

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Colombian star James Rodriguez has completed a transfer move to Spanish giants Real Madrid after agreeing a six-year deal.Rodriguez who had a fantastic World Cup campaign in Brazil scoring six goals,moved to Madrid from Monaco in a reported £63million deal.He is now the fifth most expensive player in the world,following the hefty sum Madrid paid to acquire his services.“The player will be presented today, Tuesday 22 July, at 20:00 CET (7pm), in the Santiago Bernabéu’s presidential box,”A Real Madrid statement read.“Following that, James Rodríguez will takehis first steps on the Santiago Bernabéu’s pitch wearing the Real Madrid jersey and will then answer questions from the mediaoutlets in attendance in the press room.”A statement on Monaco’s official website read: “The club would like to take the opportunity to thank James for the role heplayed in getting the club back to the Champions League and wishes him the very best for the future.“The club had no intention to sell the player, how