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I watched the video interview of Tiwa Savage. And I have a few thoughts on it. Seems to me that the basic idea, coming from a PR perspective, was to pull a fast Olivia Pope ish on the scandal which broke a few hours ago. And understandably so. Tiwa Savage is a Brand Ambassador for a few top brands such as MTN, Pepsi and Pampers. Whatever the negative fallout of this impending and scandalous divorce , it’s going to have some downside a bit on the brands she campaigns for. So a fast ‘tell-my-side-of-the-story mode’ had to be employed and fast too. I don’ t know if a professional PR person was involved with the packaging but it was tacky. Not professionally done, in my opinion. I’m not harping on what she said, as those things are her personal heart cry and she has a right of reply but I’m more interested in the optics of what has been put out. First, perhaps in a bid to elicit some linear empathy or something, Tiwa was made to think that looking humble and contrite corresp...

AFCON 2017 Qualifiers: CAF Approves New Date For Egypt Clash Feb 15, 2016 . Egyptian Players Celebrates After Scoring A Goal The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has approved the request made by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) ‎to move Nigeria’s AFCON (African Cup of Nations) 2017 qualifier against the Pharaohs of Egypt from March 23rd to March 26th. CAF has yielded to NFF’s request for three more days for the game billed for the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna, Kaduna State. This was made known to reporters by the NFF’s media officer Ademola Olajire. “‎It will give us room to prepare well for the match. With the new date, Oliseh and his boys would have close to one week of camping and this wouldn’t have been the case if we were to play on the 23rd which is midweek,” he said. Meanwhile, the Super Eagles of Nigeria currently trail the Pharaohs of Egypt by two points in the race to qualify for the ‎2017 AFCON tournament billed for Gabon. ...