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The former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, has finally broken his silence on the multi-billion naira pension fraud that took place when he was in charge of the reform task force four years ago, alleging that N300 million was stolen from the Office of Head of Service of the Federation daily before the advent of the Pension Transitional Directorate (PTAD). Given that he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and afterwards by Interpol, after being indicted in the N2.1 billion pension fraud, he broke his silence in hiding. Dressed in a black suit, a white shirt and red tie, Maina, in a video which went viral on the social media, said he went into hiding because assassins were allegedly after him. Also in the video, he addressed the allegations of financial impropriety levelled against him as the former pension boss under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, for which he was indicted...

The Multi-award winning African-American music star Akon is to host the 4th annual All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) scheduled to hold on  November 12 at the Eko Convention Centre of the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. According to a statement by the African Union Commission and the International Committee of AFRIMA yesterday, the Senegal-born superstar will handle the event proceedings of the live broadcast award show scheduled to air live on over 80 television stations and online platforms across the world with support from the co-host, Ms. Sophy Aiida, a Cameroonian-French entertainment broadcaster. With a track record of outstanding success in the global music industry that has brought immense recognition to Africa’s creative energy and originality, Akon, a multi-Grammy award winning singer, songwriter, record producer and actor, has put his name in the Guinness Book of World Record as the number one selling artiste for master ringtones in the world. ...

The Society of Family Health has said that Nigerians consume over 400 million condoms yearly. Its Managing Director, Bright Ekweremadu, said this in Lagos on Tuesday. He was, however, quoted as saying that the 400 million condom consumption could fall below expectation based on the society’s estimation of unprotected sex in the country. He spoke during the launch of Flex condom, a brand that, he said, came with a lot of flavours and had more strength and could last longer during sex. Ekweremadu said, “We have been in the business of condom production for over 30 years. We have done a lot of things in educating people to embrace abstinence with our zip-up campaign. There are obviously sexually active Nigerians who may not totally abstain from sex and this led to our alternative, particularly at this time when HIV/AIDs is prevalent in the country

The former world number one Maria Sharapova reached her first WTA final since returning from a drugs ban as she beat Peng Shuai 6-3 6-1 at the Tianjin Open. Sharapova, came back to the tour in April following a 15-month ban for taking the banned drug meldonium. The Russian beat defending champion Peng in 78 minutes and maintained her record of not dropping a set this week. She will play 19-year-old world number 102 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, who beat Italy’s Sara Errani 6-1 6-3.

Nasarawa State Poly­technic, Lafia, Management has sus­pended four of its staff mem­bers for allegedly diverting school fees of about 90 stu­dents. Rector of the Polytechnic, Professor Silas Gyer, who made this known in Lafia while briefing newsmen, said the suspension of the staff would serve as deterrent to others, and also in line with the anti-corruption campaign of the government. Gyer, who described the diversion of the fees, totally about N1.53 million, as unac­ceptable, said the management has since embarked on a disci­plinary action with the aim of recovering the money, adding that some of the affected staff members have started making refunds. He also said that due to the economic challenges in the country which have impacted negatively on projecting devel­opmental plans and other es­sential services in the school, the polytechnic has scaled down its expenses in order to meet other basic academic needs of the institution. According to him, the poly­technic...

Hurricane Nate made landfall outside Biloxi, Mississippi, for the second time along the US Gulf Coast as a category one storm in the early hours of Sunday morning. At 2am local time (7am GMT) it was located five miles north of Biloxi, and was travelling north. It is the first time hurricane has made landfall in Mississippi since Katrina caused widespread flooding and loss of life in 2005. Nate had already made landfall earlier on Saturday night at the mouth of the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana. It had weakened slightly and had maximum sustained winds of 85mph (137kph), according to the National Hurricane Centre. Nate has already killed at least 30 people in Central America and is the fourth major storm to hit the US in less than two months. The storm surge from Hurricane Nate caused flooding along the seafront in Bliloxi, and across communities in Mississippi and Alabama.

Federal Polytechnic Ado Ekiti, in Ekiti state, witnessed it health centre engulfed in fire raised by the institution's student during a protest on Saturday evening. The  action of the students was due to the death of two of their colleagues at the school's poorly equipped clinic,  The two deceased were both student of Estate Management, o ne of them, Oluwafemi Vincent a final year student who was admitted to the sick bay was said to have complained of a severe headache gave up on life after he was allegedly abandoned by the health workers of the clinic. while the other  died a fter he was administered some drugs at the school clinic.