Nigerian Navy has released the list of successful candidates for the 2017 Nigerian Navy Recruitment Exercise. A statement yesterday by Navy spokesman Captain Suleman Dahun said the candidates emerged successful after the aptitude test held nationwide on Saturday 12 August 2017. He said, “Candidates are therefore advised to check online at www.joinnigerianavy.com for their names.” He added that, “All successful candidates are to report at the Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Ojo, Navy Town, Lagos for the final selection interview which is scheduled to hold from Friday 25 August 2017 to Saturday 14 September 2017.” He also said, candidates are reminded…

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan The controversy over the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by Oyo State government on Olubadan chieftaincy declaration, has assumed a new dimension as Oba Saliu Adetunji on Tuesday described the recommendation of 32 crowns for Ibadanland by the commission as a joke taken too far. The monarch while reacting through his Director, Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Adeola Oloko, to a statement credited to the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr. Bimbo Kolade, by a private radio station in Ibadan, said the opposition of Oba Adetunji to the chieftaincy review embarked upon by…

National Broadcasting Corporation has banned five Nigerian songs having tagged them as “Not to be Broadcasted.” The banned songs are Olamide‘s “Wo” and “Wavy Level“; Davido‘s “Fall” and “If (Remix)“; and 9ice’s “Living Things.” The corporation released the list on Tuesday, saying it had banned the 5 songs from being aired across the Nigerian airwaves. Federal Ministry of Health had in a tweet on Friday said that the video to Olamide’s “Wo” violated the Tobacco Control Act 2015. The 28-year-old rapper, who is signed to his own record label, YBNL, had returned to Ladi Lak in Bariga where he was…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with government officials including Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and some presidential aides as he formally resumed duties in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Presidential aides including Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari, and the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, were among the early callers at the president’s office. Mr Kawu Sumaila, Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives) was also in the president’s office to collect letter of resumption of duties for onward transmission to the National Assembly. Osinbajo, who received the…