February 2020

Veteran Musician, Victor Olaiya Is Dead

February 12, 2020 3:43 pm

Veteran musician, Dr Victor Abimbola Olaiya, is dead.

The national merit award winner (OON) clocked 89 years on December 31, 2019.

Bimbo Esho, Managing Director of Evergreen Music Company Ltd, made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday.

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Esho said Olaiya passed away at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Wednesday afternoon.

“We pray that the soul of the Doyen of Highlife music finds repose with his creator while wishing the family and entire music community the fortitude to bear this irreplaceable loss”, he said.

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Joseph Yobo Appointed As Super Eagles Assistant Coach

February 12, 2020 3:42 pm

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Joseph Yobo as Super Eagles’ Assistant Coach.

Yobo replaces Imama Amapakabo who was standing in for Salisu Yusuf, TVC reports.

DAIlY POST recalls that the former Enyimba and Kano Pillars coach was found guilty of receiving an amount of money reported to be around $1000.

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Yusuf was caught collecting money to influence his team’s selection for the 2017 WAFU Cup in Ghana.

The NFF Ethics Committee sanctioned him with a fine of $5000 and a one-year ban from football-related activities.

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Google, EU Bring Battle To Court

February 12, 2020 3:42 pm

Google and the EU battled in court Wednesday as the search engine giant tried to persuade judges that it was unfairly accused of ill-treating rivals of its Shopping service.

The Silicon Valley juggernaut is appealing a 2.4 billion euro ($2.6 billion) fine from 2017 that was the first in a series of major penalties imposed by the European Commission, the EU’s powerful anti-trust regulator.

The court case launches a new phase in the decade-long duel and is a major test of the combative tactics taken by the EU commission against big tech.

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BBNaija Jackye Goes Brutal On Omashola In Retaliation

February 12, 2020 3:41 pm

The reality TV show, Big Brother Naija (BBNaija or BBN) is arguably the most popular and most successful reality TV show in Nigeria.

Some will argue that BBN’s success is hinged on the rivalry between contestants that usually manifests every year with housemates constantly pitted against one another during and after the show.

It has been a number of months since the last edition of BBNaija ended. The 2019 edition of the show saw Mercy Eke emerge winner and since the end of the show, housemates have gone on to other endeavours.

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‘Tupac Shakur Faked Own Death And Fled To Mexico’

February 12, 2020 3:40 pm

The whole world believes that late American rap legend Tupac Shakur died from the gunshot wounds he sustained on the night of September 7th, 1996, in Las Vegas, however, a filmmaker Rick Boss is convinced that the rapper’s death was staged and that he is still alive.

In an interview with ABC 13’s KTNV, Boss talked about his new film, 2Pac: The Great Escape from UMC in which he would explore the conspiracies surrounding Tupac’s death and the possibility of the rapper being alive.

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According to Boss, Tupac Shakur was informed …

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Home Alone Star Culkin On Michael Jackson’s Sex Abuse

February 12, 2020 3:39 pm

‘Home Alone’ star Macaulay Culkin has opened up about his relationship with Michael Jackson in his first interview since allegations of child sex abuse were made against the late pop icon in the explosive documentary Leaving Neverland.

An 11-year-old Culkin had starred in Jackson’s music video for “Black and White,” and the pair became close friends. Culkin now 39, told Esquire magazine he never saw Jackson abuse anyone and denied the singer behaved inappropriately with him.

“I never saw him do anything. And especially at this flashpoint in

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One Reported Killed As Gunmen Abduct JSS3 Students In Kaduna

Bandits Set 16 Family Members On Fire In Kaduna

February 12, 2020 3:38 pm

A family of 16 have been allegedly locked up in a room and set on fire leading to their death when angry bandits launched coordinated attacks on a community in Kaduna State.

The bandits in their numbers, according to eyewitness account invaded Bakali village, Fatika District in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Tuesday’s evening, razed all they could including farm produce, vehicles and motorcycles among others.

In what appear to be a revenge mission, after setting ablaze farm produce and property, the bandits locked up 16 members of the same family in a room and set the …

Gowon Estate

Lagos Dismisses Rumours Of Covid-2019 In Gowon Estate

February 12, 2020 3:37 pm

Lagos State Government has dismissed the rumoured suspicion of cases of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-2019) in Gowon Estate of Alimosho Local area of the State.
The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi on Wednesday, dismissed the rumour making rounds on social media that Chinese people who recently returned from Wuhan, China and residing in Osoba Close of Gowon Estate were having severe symptoms of Coronavirus and treating the symptoms themselves noted that there is no truth in the report.
Abayomi while giving an update on the investigation carried out by the Ministry through its surveillance team declared that there is …

Benard Eronmosele

I Don’t Pity ‘Marks For Sex’ Lecturers- Prof. Eronmonsele

February 12, 2020 3:36 pm

Outgoing vice-chancellor of Samuel Adegboyega University, Prof. Benard Eronmosele has said he has no iota of sympathy for lecturers undergoing punishment for ‘sex for marks’ in the nation’s institutions of higher learning.

He disclosed this at Ogwa,  Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State while fielding questions from journalists at his send forth ceremony.

He said those lecturers caught in the act should be prosecuted and shown the exit door to serve as a deterrent to others who are nursing the idea of indulging in it.

“Whoever committed such offence should be reprimanded, should be sentenced, he should be …

CISLAC

CBN Hasn’t Shown Commitment To Fight Corruption – CISLAC

February 12, 2020 3:35 pm

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of not showing enough commitment to fighting corruption, money laundering and illicit financial flow.

Executive Director of CISLAC, Rafsanjani Auwal Ibrahim Musa, stated this at the opening of a two-day conference titled “Exploring New Frontiers in Nigeria’s Anti Money Laundering Regime through Effective Use of Data.”

Musa, who explained that the purpose of the conference was to assess the level of Nigeria’s effort at dealing with issues of illicit financial flows and money laundering, noted that if indeed the CBN as the regulator of all …

President Muhammadu Buhari

Boko Haram: What Buhari Said In Borno On Wednesday

February 12, 2020 3:35 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari has given the assurance that more proactive and decisive measures would be taken by the Federal Government to put to an end to the Boko Haram menace in the country once and for all.

Buhari, who gave the assurance in Maiduguri during a sympathy visit on Wednesday, however, maintained that intelligence sharing and synergy between law enforcement agencies and the civil populace are critical towards achieving the objectives.

“I assure you that improvement in security will be pursued vigorously. The military will work harder and strategise with tactics to deal with the insurgents. This is however not

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Imo

Protest Rocks Imo; Charly Boy, Others Demand Justice

February 12, 2020 12:19 pm

Indigenes of Imo State under the aegis of Concerned Imo citizens have staged another protest rally calling on the Supreme Court justices to speedily review and reverse the January 14, 2020 judgement which ousted Emeka Ihedioha and declared Sen. Hope Uzodinma as the governor. They described the ruling as the height of injustice to the people of the state.

Our correspondent reports that attempts by some to thugs to scuttle the protest by making a bonfire with tyres apparently  to prevent the protesters from coming out of the Ugwu Ekwema hall along the Egbu road where they had assembled failed …

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