A follower is clearly not happy with controversial OAP, Daddy Freeze following his statement yesterday, June 28, 2016 when he called the US basketball team racist. Freeze yesterday reacted to the 2016 United States Olympic basketball team being all black. According to him, Black people are always chanting racism while keeping quiet when it happens to a whiteman. Now, a not so happy follower slid into his DM (direct messaging) calling him a Lebanese half cast and talkative for involving himself with the US basketball team. She wrote, “What is your business with US team you Lebanese half cast. talkative,…
Author: David Folami
The Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being biased in his appointments. YOWICAN made the accusation via a statement released by President, Daniel David Kadzai. The statement reads in part: The appointment of key federal positions is clearly skewed to favour either a particular religion or region. We believe this does not reflect the unity of Nigeria, equity, fairness or federal character principles. Men and women of honour and integrity abound in every religion, tribe or region capable of handling important government positions.
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the imprisonment of former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode. The decision was reached today, June 28, 2016, by presiding judge, Justice Sule Hassan following Fani-Kayode’s arraignment on money laundering charges, according to Daily Trust. Fani-Kayode was charged along with former finance ministers, Nenadi Usman and one Danjuma Yusuf for allegedly laundering N4.9 billion. The accused persons will be imprisoned until their bail applications are heard on Friday, July 1.
The minister of state for petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu has revealed that President Buhari is in support of talks with the militants in the Niger Delta. He said this on Monday, June 27, 2016, while speaking to Bloomberg in China. The minister also said talks with the militants has been effective, adding that oil production has also increased. Kachikwu further revealed that Nigeria’s crude oil production has increased to 1.9m barrels per day from the dropped output of 1.4m barrels per day. The Daily Sun reports that he said “All the way from January right through to about April, we were…
254 teachers have dragged the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike to the National Industrial Court in Bayelsa State, following the non-payment of their salaries since February 2016. Punch reports that problem started when the Governor announced that his administration will no longer pay the salaries of teachers who work in demonstration schools of institutions like; The Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, and Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, because the students pay school fees. The teachers asked the court to order Wike to pay their salaries adding that their employers refused to pay them…
A group of workers in Ekiti state, under the aegis of Enlightened Workers’ Forum (EWF), have accused Governor Ayo Fayose of giving N10m to six labour leaders to end the strike. The group said the decision by their leaders to end the strike is a coup against the suffering workers of the state. Daily Post reports that the Coordinator of the group, Mike Bamidele, said “One wonders what gave Labour the impression that the Federal Government would again be willing to release another bailout to Fayose when the first one had not been accounted for. “This is a mark of…
A group known as the Conference of Nigerian Civil Rights Activists has called for the sack of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai. This is following allegations that the COAS bought two properties in Dubai with funds he got from a vehicle purchase scam. The group’s spokesman, Ifeanyi Odili also said the continued stay of Buratai in office, is a slap on President Buhari’s anti-corruption war. Odili said “The recent revelation of the procurement of properties in Dubai by the COAS as published by Sahara Reporters on June 25, 2016 which was subsequently denied by the…
Senator Shehu Sani, during the trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, took out time to lecture them on prison life. According to Daily Trust, Sani spent four years in different prisons across the country, during the regime of Gen. Sani Abacha. Reports say a Senator who was there, confirmed that Sani tutored the Senate leaders. His words: “Sani came and lectured the presiding officers on life in the prison. He told them that in the prison there is ranking rule like at the National Assembly. He advised them to cooperate with the Governor in…
Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Tuesday, donated two vehicles to Rangers International FC, Enugu to enhance their performance. Handing over the keys of the vehicles in Enugu, Ugwuanyi urged the club to aim at winning laurels for the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vehicles included: a 30-seater Toyota Coaster bus and a KIA Cerato car. The governor advised the club’s management and players to work harder and improve their performance. He explained that the donation underscored the importance his administration attached to the well-being of the club now that the players are doing…
The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Tuesday, struck out appeals by Ecobank, against a Federal High Court’s ruling, over alleged indebtedness of Honeywell Plc. Ecobank had in January, instituted a suit before the lower court, over an alleged N3.5 billion unpaid loan facility by Honeywell. The Lower Court Judge, Justice Mohammed Yunusa, had issued an interim order via an exparte application by the bank, restricting Honeywell’s financial transaction. However, the appellate Court had in a judgment delivered on March 30, set aside the exparte orders, describing it as not judicious. The bank had then filed a motion for injunctions…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja hosted a cross section of Islamic Clerics to breaking of Ramadan fast with a call on religious leaders to intensify prayers for a better and progressive Nigeria. The president, who recalled his last meeting with the scholars during the last Ramadan period in 2015, revealed that he had similar meetings with Christian clerics before the beginning of Ramadan period. He described the meetings as useful and meaningful as various developmental ideas were offered on how best to move the nation forward. “I’m very pleased we have actually met. Before the Ramadan I met…
Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has petitioned the European Union, US Congress and other foreign missions over his trial for allegedly forging Senate standing rules. In a recent report by Nation Newspaper, the Deputy Senate President wrote the foreign missions on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. Other foreign missions copied in the petition include the United Nations, European Union Parliament, Governments of United States and United Kingdom. The report further revealed that Ekweremadu was moved to petition the foreign missions over what he described as attempt to truncate Nigeria’s democracy and “silence him as the leader and highest ranking member…
Paris Saint-Germain have confirmed the appointment of Unai Emery as their new head coach. Emery has been hired on a two-year deal, which can be extended to three, to replace Laurent Blanc, who paid the price for an inability to get beyond the Champions League quarter-finals in any of his three seasons in charge. Former Sevilla coach Emery has bags of continental pedigree though, having won the Europa League in each of his three full seasons in charge at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. “It is with great pride that I agreed to become the Paris-Saint Germain coach,” Emery told the…
Argentina president Mauricio Macri revealed his discussion with Lionel Messi as he tried to convince the star to remain with the national team. The 29-year-old stunningly announced he was set to retire from internationals after his side’s penalty shoot-out loss to Chile in the Copa America Centenario final on Sunday. Fans and players have urged Messi, Argentina’s all-time leading goalscorer, to reconsider. Marci has tried to do the same and said the Barcelona star was huge for the country. “I spoke with him to congratulate him and tell him he had done a great championship,” Macri told reporters. He added:…
Chelsea are close to completing the signing of Belgium striker Michy Batshuayi from Marseille in a deal worth £33 million, according to multiple reports. Batshuayi has been one of the most coveted players of the transfer window, with Marseille said to have rejected bids from West Ham and Juventus earlier this summer before Crystal Palace reportedly had an offer of £31.6m accepted on Monday. L’Equipe, which first reported the story on Tuesday evening, reports that Chelsea have agreed to pay £33m to secure Batshuayi, making him the most lucrative sale in Marseille’s history ahead of Didier Drogba, who made the…
Luis Suarez is confident his Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi will reconsider his early retirement from Argentina duty. Messi, 29, unexpectedly announced that he was planning to end his international career after the Copa America Centenario defeat to Chile, which represented a third consecutive loss in three years in a major final for Argentina. Uruguay star Suarez, though, said he was hopeful that Messi, who had served as Argentina’s captain, would reconsider. “Knowing Leo, for sure he will have said something in a moment of sadness and powerlessness,” Suarez told Tenfield.com. “It would be a pity for football if he took…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp tracked Sadio Mane for four years before finally managing to sign him. The 24-year-old became Liverpool’s third most expensive player when he completed a £30 million move from Southampton. Klopp is delighted to have captured the Senegal international, who has reportedly signed a five-year contract. “I have followed Sadio for a lot of years since his impressive performances in the Olympics in 2012, and then watched his development in Austria and in his time at Southampton,” the Reds boss told the club’s official website. “Since I came here I have spoken to the staff a lot…
England captain Wayne Rooney has offered his preference for another homegrown manager to replace Roy Hodgson with the Three Lions. Two of the country’s last four permanent bosses have been imports — Sweden’s Sven-Goran Eriksson and Italy’s Fabio Capello — and Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn suggested on Tuesday nationality would be no barrier for the right candidate. When asked for his opinion, Rooney, who earlier on Tuesday denied a rift with Hodgson, said: “Of course it’s better if he’s English, but he has to be the right man for the job. “He has to have the credentials and…
Manchester United are closing in on the signing of Borussia Dortmund’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan after making an “improved offer” for the midfielder, the Bundesliga club’s CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has said. The Armenia international has been linked by British media with a move to Old Trafford under new manager Jose Mourinho. “The situation is now different. Manchester have made a much improved offer,” Watzke told Sport Bild magazine. “In situations like this there are always a lot of different things to consider and in the end at one point we have to make a decision. “As we are back in training on…
The day Euro 2016 kicked off, Paul Pogba’s youthful face featured on the front page of L’Equipe, flanked by pictures of France’s all-time greats Michel Platini and Zinedine Zidane. It was the French sports daily’s way of illustrating just how much the host nation was expecting from the 23-year-old midfielder — maybe too much. A couple of weeks later and Pogba has shown only glimpses of his talent on the pitches of France, with some people starting to wonder whether he was worth all the hype. “Is Pogba the world’s most over-rated player?”, former England captain turned pundit Gary Lineker…