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The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday said it had the intention of adding value to pension administration in the state. The Speaker, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, disclosed this at a Public Hearing on a Bill for a Law to Amend the…

Dana Air has been named the official airline of the maiden edition of the Coalition of Wives of Presidents and Vice Presidents in Africa for Peace (COWAP) Summit for Peace and Development. The summit is scheduled to hold from April…

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has ruled out widespread allegation linking him with a plot to defect to the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) insisting that no forces in that party would trick him to dump the governing…

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has reportedly blamed Manchester United’s interest in defender Samuel Umtiti for his side’s Champions League exit to Roma. Barca were eliminated from the competition on Tuesday after falling 3-0 to…

A Brazilian judge on Tuesday denied former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva the right to receive a visit from nine regional governors and other politicians in the prison where he is staying in the southern city of Curitiba, the…

Ghana owes a total of $160m for gas supplied to its largest power producer, Volta River Authority, from Nigeria through the West Africa Gas Pipeline, our correspondent has learnt. N-Gas Limited, a company owned by the Nigerian National…

Chelsea legend, Frank Lampard has revealed why Mohammed Salah did not do well while at the Stamford Bridge. The Egyptian has scored his 39th goal of an increasingly prolific season to help send Jurgen Klopp’s side through to the last…

The management of MTN Group is hopeful that its Nigerian subsidiary will finally be listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) before the end of 2018. This comes on the heels of earlier speculations that the telecommunication giant…

US President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday that missiles would be launched at Syria following a suspected chemical attack, virtually ensuring a military strike against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The question now becomes…

The Spanish press questioned Lionel Messi and rounded on boss Ernesto Valverde after Barcelona’s shock Champions League quarter-final exit at the hands of Roma, Skysports reports. Barcelona surrendered a 4-1 first leg advantage to…

The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, has queried the professor who was allegedly accused of demanding sex to upgrade a female student’s poor result. The university also appealed to the student to…

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, in Lagos Wednesday said it had seized 98 bags and 570 parcels of Indian hemp with duty paid value at N74.4 million. The agency said the drugs were coming from Togo and Ghana and a…

The federal executive council (FEC) has approved N47 billion for the repair of three roads. The roads to be rehabilitated are Baban Lamba-Sharam road in Plateau state, Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta and Enugu-Port Harcourt road. Speaking with…

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has lifted the technical suspension on Oando’s shares for the second time in 48 hours. In a statement released on Wednesday, NSE said the instructions from the Securities and Exchange Commission was…

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook chief executive, has told US lawmakers that he was among the 87 million users of the platform whose data was improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, a consultancy firm. Appearing before the lawmakers on…

Real Madrid and Bayern Munich joined Liverpool and Roma in the semi finals of the UCL after overcoming the challenges of Juventus and Sevilla respectively. Zinedine Zidane’s wards were abysmal on the night but were saved by talisman…

Controversial Ghanaian singer and model, Sister Deborah has taken to Instagram to release new photos of herself, in which she was captured completely nude while covering her modesty with just beads in some of the photos. Sister…

A lady simply identified as Dara has taken to Instagram to narrate on how she was robbed today on the Eko Bridge. According to Dara, she was mercilessly slapped, beaten and injured in the process just because she refused to hand over her…

The constituents of Senator Murray Ben-Bruce in Bayelsa East, yesterday said the ‘common sense’ senator did not deserve re-election in 2019. The constituents lamented their alleged poor representation by Ben Bruce and asked him to…

According to a story shared by a Twitter user on the platform. A man identified as Babatunde Jubril failed to show up for his court marriage at Ikoyi registry today. His parents and bride were at the venue waiting for him but he was no…

Fidelity Bank has alerted the public of an attempt to bring its image to disrepute. The commercial bank said this in a statement issued on Wednesday. It disclosed that it had filed a complaint at the appropriate quarters. “Our…

Investors and shareholders were left confused on Wednesday after Oando’s shares were placed on technical suspension again after an announcement that it had been lifted. The shares had been placed on technical suspension during…

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The wife of OAU lecturer, Professor Richard Akindele the male voice in the leaked sex-for-mark audio which emanated from Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife on Monday, has denied the allegations against him, saying the devil is out to…