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  • TRENDING VIDEO: Soldiers celebrate President Buhari’s sack of Gen Buratai with push ups, gunshots

    TRENDING VIDEO: Soldiers celebrate President Buhari’s sack of Gen Buratai with push ups, gunshots

    A viral video of some soldiers celebrating the sack of Maj. Gen. Tukur Buratai as Chief of Army Staff (COAS) has surfaced online.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sacked all the service chiefs and announced their replacements immediately. Those involved are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar.

    TNG reports that the new Service Chiefs are: Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air Staff.

    https://twitter.com/Truthfully83/status/1354403834957860865?s=20

    However, in an obvious celebration of Buratai’s sack, some soldiers in their various formations across the country danced, fire gun shots into the air and did push ups. TNG observed that the soldiers in the video were in a light and refreshing mood.

    TNG recalled that while Buratai was in office as Chief of Army Staff, on several occasions videos of soldiers in battle front against the deadly Boko Haram sects surfaced online. The low morale troops complained of poor welfare and inferior weapons against the enemy.

  • Why Buhari sacked, replaced Service Chiefs – Presidency

    Why Buhari sacked, replaced Service Chiefs – Presidency

    The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, says the President felt it was the best time to rejig the security system in the country with the appointment of new service chiefs.

    Adesina who was a guest on a monitored programmed on Channels Television on Tuesday, said this in reaction to comments that the replacement of the service chiefs may have come following various calls by Nigerians for the sack of the former officers.

    According to Adesina, “the President knew the time to do it and I believe the time has come and that is why it has been done”.

    He faulted claims that their resignation was a result of a number of security failures under their tenure or a result of the pressure mounted on the government for the sack of the service chiefs.

    “I don’t think it is a matter of right or wrong,” Adesina said when asked to clarify the situation, adding: “it is just a matter of doing what is best for the country at the best time”.

    “It will not be right to say one side was right or one side was wrong because the President even in the statement we issued, also commended the outgoing service chiefs for their contribution to engendering a safer country.

    “That shows that by and large, he was satisfied with their performances and he just felt it was time to rejig the system; have fresh energy, have fresh blood, have fresh ideas”.

    Following the resignation of the service chiefs, Major-General Leo Irabor replaced General Abayomi Olonisakin as Chief of Defence Staff; Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao replaced Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff; Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo replaced Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas as Chief of Naval Staff; while General Ibrahim Attahiru replaced Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai as Chief of Army Staff.

  • I ignore sack talk – Frank Lampard

    I ignore sack talk – Frank Lampard

    Chelsea boss Frank Lampard says he’ll select a line-up to beat FA Cup opponents Luton Town.

    Lampard, whose Chelsea side have lost three and won just one of their past five Premier League games, says he is only focused on getting past Championship side Luton Town in the FA Cup.

    “We lost our last game, we won the one before that and we want to every game,” he told reporters.

    “I’ll pick a team to try to get through to the next round.”

    On his job future, Lampard also said: “I don’t listen to it. I don’t scroll social media. I am not stupid because I know the pressure with managing in a top job but the talk doesn’t matter to me.”

  • ‘I am not concerned’, Lampard speaks on City defeat

    ‘I am not concerned’, Lampard speaks on City defeat

    Chelsea manager Frank Lampard insisted he is not worried about being sacked after his side lost 3-1 at home to Manchester City on Sunday.

    The Blues have won just one of their last seven Premier League matches and sit eighth in the table, seven points behind Liverpool having played a game more than the reigning champions.

    Pressure is building on the former Chelsea and England midfielder, but he does not fear losing his job at this point.

    “I am not going to speak for the people above or the board,” he said at a press conference after the match.

    “I can’t answer about my contract, the run and the difficult results, I can only speak as the manager of the club.”

    He added: “I am not concerned on that. I just spoke to the team after the game about how I expected periods of difficulty. I know it doesn’t come easy.

    “A month ago, people were discussing when was I going to get a new contract. Pressure remains constant. My job is to keep working and pick up the players.

    “I had tough periods last year. Maybe I had some mitigating circumstances so people didn’t view them the same but I had a really good run in November and we lost three home games in December that we controlled.

    “We lost 1-0, 2-0, 1-0 and to me they felt tough and rough. I am a perfectionist who wants the best for this club.

    “The first person who puts on the pressure is me. At times, last year, I wanted to push and be even better than fourth, even though I felt it was an achievement considering the ban and the youth in the squad.

    “This season the 16-game unbeaten run was something I was always trying to temper as it went on. We breezed through our Champions League group.

    “I didn’t take much notice of that because I felt that with the players and the way they were playing that we should get through and we showed some really good form.”

  • PSG appoints Pochettino as new coach after Tuchel’s sacking

    PSG appoints Pochettino as new coach after Tuchel’s sacking

    Mauricio Pochettino has been announced as the new coach of French champions Paris Saint-Germain.

    This following the sacking of Thomas Tuchel.

    PSG said on its website that former Tottenham manager Pochettino had signed a contract until June 30, 2022, with an option for an additional year.

    The 48-year-old Argentine was the only name in the frame to take over at the club where he played from 2001 to 2003 after PSG abruptly ended Tuchel’s involvement on December 24, reportedly for comments viewed as critical of the Qatari owners.

    “This club has always held a special place in my heart. I have wonderful memories, especially of the unique atmosphere of the Parc des Princes,” Pochettino said in the PSG statement.

    “I return to the club today with a lot of ambition and humility, and am eager to work with some of the world’s most talented players,” Pochettino said, adding he would do his utmost “to give our team the combative and attacking playing identity that Parisian fans have always loved.”

    His priority will be to sate the Qatari-backed club’s quest for Champions League glory.

    Tuchel, who oversaw the club’s first-ever Champions League final appearance last season, guided Neymar and company into the knock-out stages this season before being axed.

    Pochettino’s first major test will be the Champions League last-16 away leg at Barcelona next month.

    Pochettino will take charge of his first match next Saturday at Saint-Etienne as Ligue 1 resumes after the winter break with PSG one point off the leaders in third.

  • Schalke 04 sack coach after 79 days in charge

    Schalke 04 sack coach after 79 days in charge

    The Bundesliga’s bottom club Schalke 04 on Friday confirmed the sacking of Manuel Baum after just 79 days as head coach, with Huub Stevens returning for his fourth stint to try to end their 28-game winless streak in the league.

    Schalke are already on their third coach this season as Stevens, 67, replaces Baum, who was appointed on September 30 after predecessor David Wagner was sacked.

    At the time, Baum was described as the club’s “last bullet” in the fight against relegation.

    Wednesday’s 2-0 home loss to Freiburg left Schalke three matches short of the league record of 31 games without victory, set by Tasmania Berlin in 1965/66.

    This Saturday’s home meeting with Arminia Bielefeld, who occupy the relegation play-off spot, is a chance for Schalke to claim a first Bundesliga win since January.

    After nearly 30 years in Germany’s top flight, Schalke are six points from safety.

    “The game against Bielefeld has enormous meaning for our club,” said Schalke director Jochen Schneider.

    “The team needs a new impulse and we trust Huub Stevens and (his assistant coach) Mike Bueskens to bring just that.”

    Stevens is a club legend having steered Schalke to their 1997 UEFA Cup final triumph, beating Inter Milan on penalties when Bueskens was in the side.

    Stevens last stepped in at Schalke when Domenico Tedesco was sacked in March 2019.

    The Dutchman led the team to a 4-2 win at arch rivals Dortmund the following month which kept Schalke in the Bundesliga at the end of the 2018/19 season.

    “That was definitely the last time,” Stevens insisted at the time, yet just over 18 months later he is back.

    The Gelsenkirchen club, who have huge debts, are taking a financial gamble with Wagner and Baum, who both signed contracts until 2022, still on their payroll.

  • Okorocha to Buhari: Sack all your cabinet members, aides, they have failed

    Okorocha to Buhari: Sack all your cabinet members, aides, they have failed

    Former Governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sacked all the Minister’s and presidential aides he appointed to help him run the government as they have failed to perform their duties.

    He made the call Wednesday in Lafia when he paid a condolence visit to Governor Abdullahi Sule in Government House and the family of the late Nasarawa State Chairman, Mr. Phillip Tatari Shekwo who was murdered by gunmen.

    According, to him, “President Muhammadu Buhari should fire the people he hired to work for the country, because they have failed and are not performing in the national assignments assigned them.

    “He should do the needful to save the nation from the insult on the leaders. The people are angry with the recent events in the country.

    “The culprits who killed people in Borno, the people in Nasarawa and other parts of the country should be arrested and prosecuted. As the killing of people by gunmen should not happen again as it is an insult to the country.

    “President Buhari should hire competent hands to develop the country as many countries suffered similar fate before the experience growth and development,” Okorocha said.

    Okorocha called on Nigerians to be patient, cooperate with the government to reduce unemployment and hunger ravaging the nation.

    In his remarks, Governor Abdullahi Sule said three suspected criminals linked with the death of the late APC Chairman were killed by the military, while one was arrested few days ago and he confessed to the crime and we are waiting for the report from the police.

  • BREAKING: Senate tackles Buhari, demands sack of service chiefs over worsening insecurity

    BREAKING: Senate tackles Buhari, demands sack of service chiefs over worsening insecurity

    Worried about the spate of insecurity in Nigeria, senators on Tuesday demanded the sacking of the nation’s service chiefs.

    The request is coming days after the gruesome killings by Boko Haram terrorists of 43 rice farmers in Zabarmari village in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday.

    The lawmakers are also asking President Buhari to restructure and remodel the entire security architecture and investigate allegations of widespread corruption and leakages within the security architecture.

    The lawmakers made this recommendation at Tuesday’s plenary during a debate on security in the nation and the attack on rice farmers in Borno State which left at least 40 dead.

    The Upper Chamber also recommends the recruitment of 10,000 civilian JTF to complement the efforts of the armed forces and explore a multilateral partnership with Niger, Chad, and Cameroon.

    At the ongoing proceeding today (Tuesday), former Borno State governor, Senator Kashim Shettima, raised a motion for Buhari to replace all service chiefs for underperformance in the war against Boko Haram

    Another Senator, Adamu Aliero tackled President Muhammadu Buhari for failing to visit Borno in person after the ugly incident.

    “Mr President (@MBuhari) should have gone to Borno to condole with the government and people of the state and not to send a delegation. It is now time to act. The service chiefs have outlived their usefulness. It is now time to take new blood.” Senator Adamu Aliero

    Similarly, Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, says Boko Haram’s massacre of farmers in Borno should be a turning point for the war against insurgency and insecurity in Nigeria.

    “Enough of any excuses. People who have little or nothing to add should be shown the way out.” He added

    Details soon…

  • We didn’t threaten to sack policemen who fail to return to work – PSC

    We didn’t threaten to sack policemen who fail to return to work – PSC

    The Police Service Commission, PSC, on Saturday denounced reports that it threatened to sack police officers who failed to return to work in the aftermath of #EndSARS violence in the country.

    A statement issued by Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations, PSC, said the attention of the commission had been drawn to a publication in one of the dailies reporting that it would dismiss Police officers who failed to return to work.

    “The Police Service Commission wishes to state that it did not any time say Police men who refused to get back to work will be dismissed.

    “The Commission had condemned the killing of Police officers on legitimate duties and had warned that any attempt to make the country lawless will be an ill-wind that will blow no body any good.

    “The Commission can only plead with the officers to in the spirit of nationalism return to work while Government works out enough protective programmes for them,” it said.

    The statement added that the Commission would continue to do its best to ensure the police were motivated to do its job.

    It added that the Commission being the employers of the Police was pained that policemen were killed and stations set ablaze throughout the country.

    “It will be very insensitive at this point for anyone to say that the Commission will dismiss any police man who didn’t return to work.

    “The Commission is even at present mourning the deaths of it’s gallant officers who were killed in the crisis,” it said.

  • Buhari sacks NCC Chairman

    Buhari sacks NCC Chairman

    President Muhammad Buhari has approved the removal of the Board Chairman of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Mr Tonye Clinton Jaja.

    According to a 15 October letter by Dr Dayo Akpata, SAN, the Solicitor General, Jaja’s removal was with immediate effect.

    Jaja was directed to handover all property of the commission to the Director General, John Asien.

    “Wishing you success in your future endeavours. Please accept the assurances of warn regards and best regards,” the letter reads.

    No reason was given for the removal.

    The board was inaugurated on 28 May 2019 by the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.

    NCC is the government agency that enforces copyright laws and regulates the creative industry.