R.I.P : Smooth FM OAP and programmes director, Kirk Anthony, dies at 53

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Jamaican born Smooth 98.1FM On-Air-Personality and Director of Programmes, Kirk Anthony Derrick has passed on. According to sources, Kirk collapsed a few hours after his show, The Kazbah, yesterday evening May 31 and was rushed to Reddington hospital in Victoria Island where he was pronounced dead. Cause of death will be known next week when the autopsy result comes out.

“For him being part of the Smooth 98.1FM family was the next chapter in his life and sadly, it was his last,” Smooth FM said in a press release.

Kirk relocated to Nigeria in 2009 to work at Smooth FM. He was 53 years old. He is survived by his wife and children. 

Israeli airstrike on Syria is 'declaration of war' - Syrian deputy

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Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said the Israeli airstrikes are a "declaration of war" by Israel and that Syria would retaliate in its own time and way. He said the attack proved that there is an alliance between Israel and Islamists trying to topple the Syrian government.

Oscar Leaves Inspiration FM, Joins City FM As Head Of Programmes

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Popular broadcaster and On-air-personality Gbemileke Oyinsan otherwise known as Oscar has left Inspiration FM 92.3 after four years. The ever cheerful OAP has picked up a new job at another Lagos based radio station City FM 105.1 as Head of Programmes. Oscar says there were a couple of reasons he left Inspiration FM in December 2012, one of them being his recent marriage to another Inspiration FM radio presenter Titi who he tied the knot On April 30, 2012.

‘Their marriage doesn’t really follow the company’s poilicies, if you understand‘, a worker at Inspiration tells us.

‘Well, I got married to Titi in April then there was also my Master Degree I had to get done‘, Oscar told NET in a telephone chat. ‘I also fully setup my media com Amber 11‘, he added Oscar resumed at City FM as Head of Programmes in January and currently hosts the ‘Breakfast in the City‘ show.