Highlife Legend, Chief Emeka Morocco Maduka Dies At 73

Chief Emeka Morocco Maduka, a famous Igbo music legend and Ekpili music crooner, has been confirmed dead. On Thursday afternoon, October 29, 2020, Chief Emeka Morocco Maduka, the oldest Igbo performing musician alive, died. He was aged 73. The chairman of the Association of Performing Musicians of Nigeria (Anambra Chapter), Ikeme Mazeli, confirmed the news. […]
 

‘I Didn’t Mean To Be Insensitive’ – Desmond Elliot Apologizes To Nigerians

 

BT Sports: Sunshine Players Boycott Camp Over Five-Month Unpaid Salaries

 

#COVID19: Self-Acclaimed ‘Baby Girl For Life’, Toke Makinwa Contracts Virus

Toke Makinwa, a prominent media personality, has confirmed that she recently tested positive for COVID-19. The Rhythm FM OAP revealed that the last two weeks have been very rough for her. “The last two weeks of my life have been pretty hard to manage. I tested positive for COVID-19 and my experience wasn’t great. It […]
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BT Sports: Ahmed Musa In, Dessers Out As Gernot Rohr Picks 24 Players For Sierra Leone Clash [SEE FULL LIST]

by Seun Adeuyion October 30, 2020
Victor Osimhen returns for next month’s 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double against the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone after missing out of this month’s friendlies against Algeria and Tunisia. Also, midfielder Joseph Ayodele-Aribo, and South Africa –based goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi, were picked by Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr for the clash against the […]

ASUU Insists On Rejection Of IPPIS, Says Some Profs Were N8,000 As Salary In Some Months

by Seun Adeuyion October 30, 2020
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday lamented that due to the Integrat­ed Payroll and Personnel Informa­tion System (IPPIS) introduced by the Federal Government, some university lecturers were losing up to 70 percent of their salaries while some professors received N8, 000 as monthly salaries for several months. President of the union, Prof. Abiodun Ogunyemi, also ex­plained that ASUU […]

President @MBuhari Condoles With Burkina Faso President Over Father’s Death

by Seun Adeuyion October 30, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the President of Burkina Faso, Marc Christian Kabore and the nation following the demise of his father, Bila Charles Kabore, who died at the age of 90 years. The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, in a statement said, the President on […]

Policemen Didn’t Shoot #EndSARS Protesters — IGP Adamu Replies Amnesty International

by Seun Adeuyion October 30, 2020
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has rejected reports by global rights organisation, Amnesty International, that police officers shot at #EndSARS protesters. He described Amnesty’s report of October 21, 2020, that police personnel shot at peaceful protesters as “untrue, misleading and contrary to all available empirical evidence”. Adamu said police officers, instead, “acted professionally, exercised […]

Social Media Regulation Speech: “You Just Destroyed All The Precious Childhood Memories You Gave Us In Movies” — Davido To Desmond Elliot

by Seun Adeuyion October 30, 2020
Award-winning artiste, Davido has reacted to a video of Desmond Elliot addressing the Lagos House of Assembly in which he condemned the way Nigerians make use of social media. Recall that the Nollywood cum politician made a contribution during a plenary session at the Lagos House of Assembly where he stated that Nigerian youths make […]

WTO Top Job: “Humbled To Be Declared Candidate With Largest, Broadest Support” — Okonjo-Iweala @NOIweala

by Seun Adeuyion October 30, 2020
The Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said she was humbled to be declared the candidate with the largest votes amongst the 164 member states of the 25-year-old global trade organization. BREAKING TIMES had reported that the Former Minister of Finance, would likely emerge as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, WTO after polling […]

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