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Antoine Griezmann draws Atletico level Atletico Madrid reached their second Champions League final in three years by edging past Bayern Munich on away goals in a pulsating semi-final. Trailing 1-0 from the first leg in Spain, Bayern levelled the tie through Xabi Alonso’s deflected free-kick. Atletico keeper Jan Oblak saved Thomas Muller’s low penalty, before Antoine Griezmann coolly fired in an equaliser. Robert Lewandowski’s header set up a tense finish, but Atletico held on after Fernando Torres missed a penalty. Bayern, backed by a vociferous home crowd, desperately pressed for a third goal that would send them through. However, they could not find a way past Oblak, who blocked David Alaba’s 20-yard volley in injury time. Atletico, aiming to be crowned European champions for the first time, will meet Manchester City or Real Madrid in the final on 28 May. City face Atletico’s neighbours at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday after the teams drew 0-0 in last week’s first leg.

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose “President Buhari is too old to rule this country and that is why there is problem in this country now”, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State said sarcastically while addressing journalists in Ibadan, Oyo state capital today. He then went on to label Nigeria’s number one citizen is “grandfather” explaining why he has become his implacable critic. Shedding light on his posture towards the president, Fayose who was the guest lecturer at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) World Press Freedom Day held at Press Centre, Ibadan, spoke on the topic, “Journalism and Politics : Two Sides of A Coin,” said “being my grandfather” does not mean that I will not criticise him when he goes wrong”. He claimed that his criticism of President Buhari is healthy for Nigeria and the people of the country to achieve economic, and political stability stressing he would rather die than concealing the truth and that it would be absurd for al

Internet fraudster, Ighofose Oyoma The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today, May 3, 2016, arraigned one Ighofose Oyoma before Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State on a seven-count charge bordering on Conspiracy, Forgery and Obtaining Money by False Pretence to the tune of Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200). Ighofose was arrested sometime in May, 2015 in Calabar, Cross River state following intelligence report on his involvement in internet scams. During investigation different scam mails which he used in defrauding his victims, mostly foreign women by presenting himself as Mike Anderson, an American businessman, were recovered. One of the charges read, “that you Ighofose Oyoma (a. k. a) Mike Anderson, on or about the month of May, 2014, at Warri, Delta State, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court did conspire with one Bright Achi and Desmond (now at large) to commit felony to wit: obtaining money by false p

A witness in the ongoing trial former Kaduna State Pension Bureau consultant, Ibrahim Mohammed Sodangi, today presented startling evidence on how the consultant smuggled his name into the pension payroll and started drawing benefits like a bona fide pensioner. Michael Wetkas, an operative of the EFCC, while being led in evidence by prosecution counsel Sylvanus Tahir, told the court that, in the course of investigation into the matter, analysis of the account opening package and statements of account furnished the Commission by Keystone Bank and First City Monument Bank revealed that Sodangi used his accounts to receive funds under the guise of being a pensioner of the Kaduna State government. The investigation was triggered by a petition written by a group named, “movement for better future”, which alleged massive fraud in the Kaduna State Pension Bureau. The petitioners alleged that the then management of the Bureau conspired with the consultant to steal pension fund through enrolm

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo discussing with the visiting Camerounian president, Paul Biya at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Tuesday In Pictures: President Paul Biya of Cameroon on Tuesday arrived Nigeria. He was met on arrival by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the presidential wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agents in the country to clampdown on herdsmen attacking communities around the country. Speaking at a meeting with members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), President Buhari confirmed that heads of national security agencies have been ordered to take all necessary action to apprehend and expose those behind the heinous attacks. “We are determined to secure all Nigerians and I have told the Inspector-General of Police and other security agencies, in very strong terms, to deal decisively with the attackers,” the President said. President Buhari expressed his personal condolences to the Catholic Bishop of Enugu, the people of Ukpabi Nimbo and all other communities that have suffered fatalities and other losses from the recent attacks. Speaking on other national issues, the President assured the Bishops that he was acting with deliberation and moving methodically to implement hi

The rescued Kenyan baby being attended to by health officials The Kenya Red Cross said rescuers pulled out a one-year old girl from the rubble of a building on Tuesday morning in Nairobi, more than 72 hours after it collapsed following heavy rain. Red Cross spokeswoman, Arnolda Shiundu, said the rescued baby was severely dehydrated. She said the baby was receiving medical attention at Kenyatta National Hospital. Meanwhile, officials have put the death toll so far at 21. Aid workers had on Monday said chances of finding more survivors was unlikely after the building fell down on Friday night.

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Toyin Suarau has reiterated the resolve of the State government to increase the aggregate food supply of the State from less than 15% to 25% within the next four years through various projects and programmes. Suarau who disclosed this while giving account of achievements of the Ministry of Agriculture at a press briefing to commemorate the first year in office of the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode led administration in Lagos noted that the aggregate food supply internally is less than 15% of total food consumption but added that the State is poised to increase this to 25% within the next four years. The Commissioner stated that the State has continued to intensify efforts in the agricultural areas where it has comparative ecological and socio-economic advantages, despite its high industrialised status, population density and pressure on land for non-agricultural purposes. These a

A Lagos housewife Aduke Mustapha, 44 has narrated before the Igando Customary Court in Lagos how her estranged husband usually poured a substance into her vagina before having sex with her. The mother of three who is also a fashion designer had lived with her husband for 22 years before she was dragged to court on account of trying to poison her man, Yaya Mustapha, 67. She denied allegations that she tried to kill the petitioner by poisoning his food, adding that she never planned to take over his property. She also accused her husband of being fetish. “My husband always put his finger inside my virginal to pour substance before making love to me. “Whenever I queried him, he told me that it was anointing oil he was dropping inside my private part to prevent his sudden death,” she said. The mother of three said that she never poisoned her husband’s food to kill him nor did she plan to take over his property. She pleaded with the court not to dissolve the marriage, claiming that

Colonel Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser is at the centre of the arms deal fund The trial of a former national security adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dauski, has been stalled again at the FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, due to the inability of the prosecution to produce him. Those being tried at the court are Dasuki, Shuaibu Salisu, a former Director of Finance, Office of the National Security Adviser and Aminu Baba-Kusa, a former NNPC Executive Director. The others were Acacia Holding Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited. They are being tried for alleged diversion of N13.6 billion meant for arms purchase. At the last sitting, Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf had ordered that the prosecution should allow Dasuki’s lawyers access to him following an application made by his counsel Mr Joseph Daudu (SAN). At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, Mr Leke Afolabi, who held brief for Mr Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), told the court that the prosecution was having challenges producing D

Mugabe: back from Singapore after surgery Following the severe drought in the country, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has announced the sale of its wild animals to save them from imminent death. In a statement in Harare, the authority urged members of the public “with the capacity to acquire and manage wildlife” – and enough land to hold the animals to get in touch to register an interest. There were no details on the animals on offer or their cost, but the southern African country’s 10 national parks are famed for their huge populations of elephants, lions, rhinos, leopards and buffalos. A drought across the region has left more than four million Zimbabweans needing aid and hit the crops they rely on for food and export earnings, from maize to tobacco. It has also exacerbated an economic crisis in the cash-strapped country that has largely been deserted by foreign donors since 1999. Selling the animals would give some of them a new home and ease financia

Late Oba Erediauwa of Benin The Edo State Government has declared five days of mourning for the late Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa. Governor Adams Oshiomhole announced this on Tuesday during the State Executive Council meeting in Benin. Oshiomhole also directed that the nation`s green-white-green flag should be flown at half mast in the state within the period of mourning. The death of Oba Erediauwa was officially made public on Friday, April 29, by the Oba’s palace in Benin. Oshiomhole later paid a condolence visit on the Crown Prince, Iheneden, on Monday.

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria Ndi Igbo Germany (NIG), an umbrella organisation of all Igbo Unions and associations in Germany, through its executive council has called for calm while tasking President Muhammadu Buhari to bring the perpetrators of Enugu attack to justice. In a statement issued in Frankfurt, Germany, NIG says it condemns the massacre of innocent citizens of Ukpabi, Nimbo community in Uzo -Uwani Loca Government Area of Enugu State. The association noted that: “we are shocked and saddened over the level or the carnage perpetrated by these Fulani herdsmen in Nimbo community. More painful is the fact that security agencies had ample time and opportunity but they looked the other way; in view of this, we are calling on the readiness of the police to do all in its powers to ensure that those involved in the gruesome murder of the villagers are arrested and prosecuted. Ndi Igbo then restated its commitment to Nigeria, stressing that, Igbos are law abiding citizens

Henry Ojelu Scene of the Synagogue building collapse Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja today granted two engineers involved in the construction of the collapsed 12 September 2014 Synagogue church building N10 million bail each. Engineer Faterigun Akinbela and Ogundeji along with their respective companies HardRock Construction Company Ltd and Jayden Trust services and Trustees of the Synagogue Church of all Nation, SCOAN are standing trial for manslaughter and criminal negligence. Ruling on the bail application filed by the two engineers, Justice Lawal-Akapo held that there was credible facts before him on why the defendants should not be granted bail. He subsequently set bail for the engineers at N10 million each with two sureties one of whom must be a civil servant at grade level 14. The judge also insists that one of the sureties must have a property at GRA Lagos. He also ordered that the defendants must deposit their international passport with the

Akin Kuponiyi President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari, has authorised that, the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Attorney General of Federation and Minister for Justice alongside National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on behalf of 350 communities in Delta and Bayelsa states affected by Bonga Oil spills of 20 December 2011, to commence legal action against Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company. The Federal Government is demanding for N884 billion as compensation for oil spillage that destroy the affected communities. The Nigerian government is also demanding for another sum of N495 billion as restitution and restoration of the devastation of the economic zone of the Nigeria territorial water and N50 million as cost of this legal action. Joined as co-defendants in the ensuing legal battle are, Shell Petroleum N.V, B.V Netherlandse International Indusrie-E Handel Maatschappij, The Shell Transport and Trading Co

, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and GMD of NNPC Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Two suspected smugglers of fuel have been arrested by officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Ogun State. The two suspects identified as Aminu Sanni, 30, and Aminu Muhammed, 37, were caught along Igbogila- Igua road attempting to smuggle 33,000 litres of premium motor spirit (PMS) to Nigeria’s neighbour, Republic of Benin. The petrol tanker with registration number Kastina DTS 47 XA was also impounded by the NSCDC officials. A statement signed by NSCDC spokesman in Ogun State Kareem Olanrewaju, revealed that the corps’ anti-hoarding and petroleum pump price monitoring team made the arrest, acting on a tip off. The State Corps Commandant, Aboluwoye Akinwande has ordered investigation into the matter to ascertain the source of the fuel “The Command is interested in the source of the fuel as it could have been siphoned from vandalised pipeline. “The

Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Petroleum Minister The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has hinted that former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke will face trial over the $115million (N23.29bn) bribe paid the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) across the 36 states ahead of the 2015 general elections. After investigation, EFCC operatives believe the $115m doled out by Diezani and her associates through Fidelity Bank came from proceeds of stolen crude oil. The companies who fronted for Diezani by transferring money into Fidelity Bank account on her behalf are Northern Belt Gas Company Limited; Auctus Integrated; Midwestern Oil and Gas; and Lenoil, owned by Laitan Adesanya. Out of the N23.29 billion distributed by Fidelity Bank, Gesila Khan, who was the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Rivers States at the time got N185.8million. She is now the REC of Cross River state. READ: Fidelity Bank MD arrested for receiving $11

Mohammed Lawal Balarabe, acting Fidelity Bank MD Fidelity Bank Plc has appointed an Mohammed Lawal Balarabe, as its acting Managing Director. He replaces Nnamdi Okonkwo who is presently in Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s net. The bank’s Board of Directors approved the appointment, stressing that, the development followed the absence of the substantive Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer. Prior to his appointment, Balarabe was the Executive Director North and will begin to act as MD pending approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria. Nnamdi Okonkwo, former MD/CEO Fidelity Bank The bank assured it’s stakeholders, including over 400,000 shareholders and about 3.4 million customers, of it’s continued seamless services. It would be recalled that former MD/CEO Okonkwo was arrested and detained by the EFCC after the anti-graft agency traced $115m dollars to the bank. READ: $115m Diezani wired through us was duly reported – Fidelity Bank The slush fund was lodged in

Leicester’s captain Wes Morgan was in this season’s PFA team of the year Leicester City are set for a potential £150m boost for winning the Premier League title, analysts at sports data and marketing firm Repucom have said. The sum comprises Premier League prize money, Champions League participation cash, and increased match day revenues from ticket and hospitality sales. The Foxes will also enjoy a higher valuation of sponsorship assets, and a growth in fan bases globally, it said. Leicester clinched a fairytale first championship on Monday evening. Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with second-placed Tottenham Hotspur meant the north London club could not catch Leicester. The East Midlands club will now feature in the Uefa Champions League next season, taking them to an even larger European and world TV audience. Social media surge Spencer Nolan, head of consulting at Repucom UK and Ireland, said adding fans worldwide remained “central to realising the club’s full potential as a commercia

Burnley won promotion back to the Premier League 359 days after being relegated from the top flight Burnley secured an immediate return to the Premier League by beating QPR. The Clarets began the game at Turf Moor knowing a win would be enough to confirm a top-two finish after Brighton drew 1-1 with Derby earlier in the day. After an edgy first hour, Sam Vokes headed in Dave Jones’ free-kick to seal promotion at the first attempt. Sean Dyche’s side are only two points clear of Middlesbrough and Brighton, but cannot be overhauled by both as they face each other on the final day. While Boro and Brighton fight for the remaining automatic promotion spot on Saturday, Burnley will be crowned champions if they win at relegated Charlton. However, the Lancashire side were far from their best against mid-table Rangers and survived a scare when Alejandro Faurlin hit the post with a long-range drive with 20 minutes to play. Burnley confirmed their return to the Premier League just 359 day

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Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo Around $15 billion (about N4.8 trillion) which is equal to about half the country’s foreign currency reserves was stolen from Nigeria’s public purse under the previous government through fraudulent arms procurement deals, the vice president said on Monday. Africa’s top oil exporter is going through its worst economic crisis in decades due to the drop in global crude prices and ministers say these problems have been exacerbated by the impact of fraud under previous administrations. President Muhammadu Buhari, who last year won election fought on his vow to crackdown on corruption, has said the theft of “mind boggling” sums of oil money meant state coffers were virtually empty in Africa’s biggest economy when he took office last May. Corruption charges have been levelled against former military chiefs and companies accused of involvement in an alleged arms procurement fraud during the tenure of Buhari’s predecessor Goodluck Jonathan. The