Foreign

CNN fires 3 staffers for working at headquarters without vaccination

Ihesiulo Grace 6 August 2021 0

CNN has dismissed three employees for entering its New York headquarters without being vaccinated for protection against the Coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a memo from the cable news network’s president. “In the past week, we have been made aware of three employees who were coming to the

News

EndSARS: CNN releases second report, says Army, Minister claims contrary

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2020 0

Cable News Network (CNN) has released a second investigative report on the shooting of armless protesters at the Lekki toll plaza during the #EndSARS protest, Daily Times gathered. This second report released on Tuesday follows a series of threat issued to CNN by the Nigerian government. The Minister of Information and Culture,  Lai Mohammed, had last […]

News

Federal Government petitions CNN over #EndSARS report

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2020 0

The Federal Government on Monday petitioned the Cable News Network (CNN), demanding the immediate and exhaustive investigation into its report on the Lekki Toll Gate incident to determine its authenticity and conformity to basic standards of journalism. In the petition addressed to Mr. Jonathan Hawkins VP, Communications, CNN Centre Atlanta, Georgia U.S, the government

News

Burna Boy is Africa’s biggest music star – CNN

Ihesiulo Grace 26 November 2019 0

Following his nomination in the Grammy Awards, CNN has named Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy as number one in their list of Africa’s biggest music stars of the year. His 19 track album, African Giant, was nominated alongside music heavyweights including Angelique Kidjo and Altin Gun. He follows in the footsteps of Femi and Seun […]

Brands and Marketing Business

Bode George wrong in faulting Glo, Zenith, Dangote adverts on CNN-Ugoagwu

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2019 0

Chief Bode George, former National Deputy Chairman, People’s Democratic Party of Nigeria (PDP), was recently reported in the media to have criticised Nigeria domiciled companies who place adverts on CNN and other international media.  In this interview with the Brand Times anchor, Mike Bamigbola, the chief executive, STB-McCann Lagos, Paul Ugoagwu, who created the famous

Business Headlines News

Times Multimedia Partners CNN To Debut Folio.ng

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2018 0

The management of Times Multimedia, a media, digital publishing and technology company in partnership with CNN, the world’s news leader, is set to debut a premium news and entertainment platform entitled: “Folio.ng.” A statement made available on Wednesday and signed by the Managing Director, Times Multimedia, Zubby Emodi, said the exclusive affiliation will bring global

News

Glo sponsored CNN African Voices pushes artistic boundaries

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2018 0

National Telecommunications Company, Globacom says this week’s edition of CNN African Voices will showcase exemplary performances of two artists and one photographer who are making waves across the continent and beyond. In a press statement released in Lagos on Friday, the company disclosed that the new edition would feature Johanesburg based Tumelo Mosaka, Gala Yousif

Business Headlines

Africa Promises Good Investment Opportunity, Says Elumelu

Ihesiulo Grace 25 January 2018 0

The Group Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and one of Africa’s top businessman, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has stressed the need to change the African narrative while concentrating on the myriad of opportunities inherent in the continent, stating that its economic transformation and stimulation should be the focus of all governments and global institutions. This, […]

News

Netanyahu Once Again Blasts Iran Nuclear Deal

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2015 0

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday again denounced the agreement between Tehran and world powers as a “bad deal” that will strengthen Iran’s military and leave it with a large nuclear infrastructure. An outline deal agreed in Switzerland on Thursday paves the way for Tehran to curtail its nuclear activity in exchange for relief […]

News World

US Warplanes Hammer ISIS Targets

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2015 0

U.S.-led warplanes continued to hammer ISIS positions around the pivotal Iraqi battleground city of Tikrit, stepping in at the Iraqi Prime Minister’s request to get at what a spokesman called “difficult targets.” The U.S. military announced Thursday that it and its allies conducted 17 airstrikes around Tikrit, going after three ISIS checkpoints, two

News

Saudi-led Group Strikes Yemen

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2015 0

A coalition of Middle Eastern forces pounded positions in Yemen from the air overnight in the second day of a campaign to bring a rebel group to its knees, CNN reports. At least 10 people died in the north-western province of Saada, home to Abdul Malik Al Houthi, the supreme leader of Houthi Shiite insurgents, […]

News World

Obama Meets Afghan President, To Discuss Troop Withdrawal

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2015 0

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is White House-bound on Tuesday for a series of meetings, a working lunch, and a press conference with President Barack Obama, where U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan are expected to be at the top of the agenda, CNN reports. Ghani has requested that the U.S. consider adjusting its troop withdrawal timeline, […]

Entertainment Nollywood

Why I Have Been Scarce in Movies – Ramsey Noah

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2015 0

When last did you see a recent movie that stared Nollywood sweetheart, Ramsey Noah? A long time right? He has been relatively scare in the movie scenes and in a recent interview with CNN voices, Ramsey said the reason why he is been scares in movies is because he is “spearheading the new Nollywood”. He […]

Entertainment

Cancer Risk: Angelina Jolie Removes Ovaries, Fallopian Tubes

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2015 0

United States envoy and actress on Tuesday revealed that she had surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes to cut her cancer risk, CNN reports. This came after two after she underwent a double mastectomy for the same reason, she wrote in the New York Times. Jolie, 39, carries a mutation of the BRCA1 […]

Opinion

That CNN report on Nigerian army

Ihesiulo Grace 21 March 2015 0

I watched the recent CNN segment on the Boko Haram terror vis-a-vis the state of the Nigerian armed forces; and I was appalled at CNN, appalled at the misguided ‘soldiers’ that granted them the interview; and thus concluded that CNN has, in relation to Nigeria, changed its name to ‘Celebrating Negative News’. I wager that […]

Headlines News Oil & Gas

Petrol Sector Stinks – Emir Lamido

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2015 0

The Nigerian crude oil industry is not only oily but also crude. That was the damning verdict of the Emir of Kano, HRM Muhammadu Sanusi 11, while speaking on the Cable News Network (CNN) on Wednesday. The emir, the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), identified the un­resolved controversy over kero­sene […]