WITH barely three months to the start of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the Minister of Youth and Sports, Barr. Solomon Dalung has cried out over the inability of the country’s contingent to embark on overseas training.

THE five pipeline surveillance workers arrested by Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, last Friday, in connection with the bombing of a Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, pipeline at Makaraba community, Gbaramatu clan, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, have been released.

ABOVE are some very common, yet upsetting news headlines read almost on a daily basis. The spate of domestic violence in Nigeria is so rife that even its various penalties seem incapable of serving as deterrents to offenders. Although domestic violence is described as any violent confrontation between family or household members such as spouses/partners, relatives, children or wards, involving physical harm, willful intimidation, sexual assault, psychological or emotional assault, women have remained the numero uno sufferers of the epidemic in Nigeria.

Talented upcoming music act, Kingsley Chima Irozuru, who is popularly known as IC, is set to take the music industry by storm with a remix to his single ‘Yellow Tomato’ which was released a few years back. According to the Abia state born artiste who has an MSc from the School of Media and Performing Arts, Middlesex University, London “Yellow Tomato remix is targeted at every woman, regardless of her skin color. It has to do with how a woman appears in a man’s eyes.”.

Sensational and highly controversial Fuji musician, Alhaji Qudus Abass Akande famously known as Obesere is in the news again. This time, the Ibadan, Oyo State born musician is being battled by his promoter, Alhaji Taofeek Bello Abefe, the CEO of Solid Worth Entertainment. According to findings, Taofeek feels betrayed by Obesere whom he accused of leaking the video of his new song, Ebelesua on Youtube as against their agreement.