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Puma steps up to face Nike with its own self-lacing trainer Puma has jumped on the self-lacing shoe bandwagon with the announcement of its new FI (Fit Intelligence) sneakers. The company is taking aim at rival Nike, which has recently been showing off its own pair of hands-free, self-tying kicks. On the Pumas, where you’d expect the laces to criss-cross on the front sits a grey block. Inside it lies the company’s self-lacing tech. A motor that operates the laces, and a control panel on the top lets you slide upwards to tighten and downwards to loosen the footwear. Pretty sleek, eh? (Puma / BEEM) No laces, just a teeny, tiny motor (Puma / BEEM) Puma may be trailing Nike on this occasion, but it’s got a good history of footwear innovation. It was the first to create a laceless sports shoe with Velcro straps in 1968, the first to put a computer inside a shoe in 1986 and the first to introduce a wirelessly connected adaptive fit shoe called AutoDisc in 2016. Puma says the shoe com...

Presidential candidate faults hiring of private chopper for Osinbajo’s trip Babatunde Ositelu, presidential candidate of the Accord Party (AP), says the circumstances that led to the use of hired helicopter by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo should be probed and explained to the public. On Saturday, a hired chopper carrying Osinbajo and members of his team crash-landed in Kabba, Kogi state where they had gone to campaign. In a statement on Sunday, while congratulating Osinbajo and his team as well as the crew of the crashed chopper for coming out unscathed, Ositelu said the incident must be probed and the outcome made public in order to ensure that there is no repeat of such accident. “The circumstances that led to the use of a hired helicopter must also be explained to the Nigerian tax payers since it is in the public knowledge that the country has a number of aeroplanes made up of Jets and Helicopters in the Presidential fleet being managed by the Nigerian Air f...

ASUU Strike Update Day 89: Outcome of Feb 1st Emergency Meeting The Emergency meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government on Friday ended in deadlock and was adjourned to February 7. The meeting which started few minutes to 12 noon and ended at 3:15 pm was held at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Abuja. The national president of the union, Biodun Ogunyemi, declined making any comment concerning the outcome of the meeting. According to him, he will only communicate the outcome of the meeting to journalists after he must have communicated with other members of the union.. According to him, ”we have another set of information for our members and we will like to hear from them before saying anything. He however, disclosed that the meeting has been adjourned till next week Thursday. On the other hand, the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige after the meeting said all the demands of the unions h...

Fellaini Leaves Man Utd For China In 10.5 Million Pounds Deal   Marouane Fellaini Marouane Fellaini has completed a £10.5 million ($14m) move away from Manchester United, with the Belgium international linking up with Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng. Goal revealed on Tuesday that talks had been opened regarding a switch to Asia. The 31-year-old then posted pictures of himself at Brussels airport as he prepared to head off and finalise a deal. An agreement was not confirmed during the European transfer window, but the deadline is yet to pass in China. That has allowed Shandong Luneng to acquire the services of an experienced performer who departs Old Trafford after five-and-a-half years. Fellaini had only committed to a new two-year deal with United last summer, with those terms agreed as his previous deal expired. Rather than allow him to drop into the free agent pool, the Red Devils worked hard to put an extension in place. Those discussions were,...

World Wizkid Day: Fans eulogise music star on Twitter Thousands of fans have taken to Twitter to list Wizkid’s achievements under the hashtag #WorldWizkidDay. Wizkid #WorldWizkidDay is the number two trending topic on Twitter at the time of this report with fans eulogising the ‘Ojuelegba’ singer. The trend started after videos of his interview with a US radio station went viral. The hosts of the show were starstruck and attempted to take photographs with Wizkid while the interview was ongoing. Following that, more videos of his career milestones flooded the timeline. These included his O2 show, his major interview as an upcoming artist, his iconic visit to a racially diverse London high school and his declaration at Minnesota. READ ALSO:  Why there is too much crap music in the market -2Baba Fans also took the opportunity to share their most iconic Wizkid moments, best songs from the singer and the traits he is most loved for. @Mistamd001 tweeted, “Till date...

MAN CAUGHT PICKING FEMALE UNDERWEAR, SANITARY PADS IN ONDO   By Dayo Johnson A kure— A middle-aged man, Kayode Michael, allegedly caught picking women under-wears and blood-stained sanitary pads, was almost lynched by irate mob in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The suspect, who was beaten blue- black, was reportedly arrested by the residents of Danjuma area of Akure metropolis. An eyewitness told newsmen, who rushed to the scene, that some “ People saw him picking female under wears around the area, but when he was asked what he was doing with them, he could not give any convincing answer so the people thought maybe he wanted to use them for rituals. File photo: pants “As he could not give answer to the questions put to him, people started beating him, they wanted to kill him but he was later rescued and handed over to security agents.” Another eyewitness said, “ The man was caught by okada riders in Danjuma area of Akure while he was picking female pants and bras ...