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Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has been described as the most corrupt Nigerian ever. he assertion was made by ex-House of Representatives Speaker Ghali Na'Abba, who stated that the former leader lacks the integrity to label members of the National Assembly as "corrupt". Na'Abba has lashed out at Obasanjo, questioning his dealings during his administration and stating that he had nothing before becoming President but engaged in questionable expenditure during his tenure in the presidential seat. Well, I don’t think there is anybody more corrupt in this country like the former President. I believe you are talking about the former President Olusegun Obasanjo. "As the Speaker, I took Obasanjo on several issues of expenditure offences which he committed and could not show remorse. So, I don’t think he has the integrity to call anybody in the NASS corrupt. This is the man who became President with nothing and today he is one of the richest Nige...

As Nigerian athletes continue to pursue a first medal at the Rio Olympics, the United State has taken a hold of the top spot of the medals table. See the table below: Rio Olympics medals table on Monday (gold, silver, bronze, total): United States 3  5  4 12 China          3  2  3  8 Australia      3  0  3  6 Italy          2  3  2  7 South Korea    2  2  1  5 Hungary        2  0  0  2 Russia         1  2  2  5        8= Britain        1  1  0  2      8= Sweden         1  1  0  2 Japan  ...

Goalless, booed off twice and facing another embarrassing tournament exit on home soil, Neymar and Brazil’s footballers have lost their shine as Marta’s free-scoring Brazilian women dazzle the host nation at Rio 2016. Charged with restoring Brazilian football’s pride two years on from a 7-1 thrashing by Germany at their own World Cup, the Barcelona star and his proteges stooped to new lows with their second consecutive scoreless draw against Iraq on Sunday to a chorus of jeers in Brasilia. Instead Brazil’s treasured first Olympic football gold could come thanks to their women as a nation in need of inspiration has rallied round their sensational start. In contrast to Neymar’s ineffectual and irritable displays, five-time World Player of the Year Marta has lived up to her billing as the golden girl, scoring twice in a 5-1 thrashing of Sweden on Saturday to add to an opening 3-0 win over China. Marta is even becoming a stick to beat the beleaguered men’s team with. ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested popular blogger, Mr. Abubakar Sidiqu Usman, otherwise known as Abusidiqu, over a recent report he published against the Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu. Friends of the blogger who reached out to The PUNCH said he was arrested by EFCC operatives early on Monday morning. Confirming the arrest, the EFCC spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said the blogger was arrested for cyber stalking. In a statement, Uwujaren said, “The EFCC today arrested Mr. Abubakar Sidiq Usman, a blogger, for offences bordering on cyber stalking. “The suspect who is the publisher of Abusidiqu.com was picked up at his Kubwa, Abuja home in the early hours of Monday August 8, 2016 by operatives of the EFCC and is currently being questioned over the alleged offence which contravenes sections of the Cyber Crime Act. “The suspect has already been offered administrative bail and would be released to his elected sureties.” Cyber stalking...

A 24-year-old teacher, Marquita Alston, in Tennessee has been arrested for allegedly seducing and having sex with five of her students. Alston was said to have had sexual contact with five boys while a teacher at Pearl Cohn High School in Nashville. The teacher, allegedly had the act with the students between September and November 2014. Following a report the school principal had received about the teacher, the matter was reported to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department’s Sex Crimes, who started carrying out investigation since November 2014. Police say some of the contacts may have occurred on the Pearl Cohn campus. Since then, more and more alleged victims have stepped forward with evidence. Alston has now been charged with five counts of statutory rape and is now free on a $1,000 (£760) bond. The teacher resigned a month later after being placed on administrative leave by the school system.

Brazil football legend Pele said poor health will prevent him from lighting the Olympic cauldron at the Games’ opening ceremony on Friday as he had hoped to do. “Right now I am not in physical condition to take part in the opening of the Olympics,” the 75-year-old said in a statement published by Brazilian media  

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a level six officer of the accounts department of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN. A statement by EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said the staff, Christy Olabode, was arrested on Tuesday for alleged fraud involving N100 million. Also arrested was her younger brother, Abdul-Shehu Obaze, who is a staff at the Commercial Department of FAAN in Ilorin, Kwara State. Another staff, Dominic Ojo, an IT officer at FAAN Headquarters, Lagos, was also arrested. The EFCC said Ms. Olabode’s arrest followed an anonymous petition, which indicated that she allegedly diverted the said sum, by inserting names of non-FAAN staff into the payroll. She allegedly conspired with Mr. Obaze, to perpetrate the fraud. The EFCC said Mr. Obaze was found to have maintained not less than eight accounts in seven new generation banks, which were used to receive the funds for onward distribution to “several high rank...

The recently toppled leader of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has engaged the newly-appointed leader of the group, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, in a war of words over the decision of The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL, to appoint Mr. al-Barnawi. Mr. Shekau, who broke his long silence  on Thursday , released an audio tape in which he spoke in both Arabic and Hausa languages, saying he was responding to the announcement of Al-Barnawi as Boko Haram leader. Mr. Shekau said although he still had no doubt about the integrity of ISIS to which he had earlier pledged allegiance, he however, added that he was aware of “detractors”. Mr. Shekau said he had earlier written a 10-page letter exposing the “detractors” as “Murjiites” (AMurjite doctrine in Islam refers to an ideology that states that only God has the authority to judge who is a true Muslim and who is not, and that Muslims should consider all other Muslims as part of the community”....

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For Wazobia FM On-Air Personality, Steve Onu aka Yaw, beefs and quarrels among artists sell music. However, the broadcaster cum comedian is bothered about the increasing rate of celebrity marriage break up in Nigeria. He also addresses the baby daddy syndrome in the entertainment industry and why he constantly lashes out at government on his radio programme. This year started with beefs here and there, is this really healthy for the Nigerian entertainment industry? Yes! It is very good for the industry. It makes guys like you very busy. Then, the celebrities become more popular. If they release songs within the beef periods, fans would rush it. So, you see, beef sells for them. Then the issue of everybody turning into baby daddy…? (Cuts in) That is what they want to do. All man for himself, God for us all. Flavour said if he marries, it would disturb him. Well, he knows what he is saying. Everybody can’t be Flavour. Whatever makes you fine, do it and be fine. With...

Academic activities at the Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) have been crippled as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), embarked on indefinite strike over unpaid allowances. Two other unions within the institution, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) and the Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) have also issued the college management a 24-hour ultimatum to meet their demands are not met. When Daily Sun visited Yabatech campus yesterday, students were seen loitering around as lecturers stayed away from classrooms while administrative staff refused to attend to people. The strike would affect the forthcoming examinations scheduled to commence this weekend, for students enrolled in the part-time programmes, and in three weeks, for those enrolled in the full-time programmes. Last Wednesday, students of the institution staged a protest against the closure of the hostels by the management with less than four weeks to their examinations, f...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has canvassed the resuscitation of the Inter-Agency Committee to improve on the logistic needs of the Nigeria Police, just as he donated 600 bags of rice to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno State. Emefiele made the call Tuesday in Abuja when the acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, and his management team , paid him a courtesy call at the CBN Head Office. While recalling that the apex bank and the commercial banks had always collaborated with the Police on other issues, he emphasised the need to revamp the activities of the committee in order to come up with far-reaching recommendations on possible areas of partnership between the banks and the police. Meanwhile, the governor has again donated 600 bags of Nigerian made rice to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno State. While presenting the items, he was full of empathy for the displaced persons, particul...

MTN Group recorded its first-ever earnings per share (EPS) loss as a publicly traded company — which it blamed on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over the N330 billion fine slammed on its Nigerian operation last year. In a statement released on Thursday, MTN said it would announce the half year results on Friday, but it gave shareholders a heads-up on the coming loss. “Following the trading statement published on 19 July 2016, shareholders are further advised that MTN expects to report for HY2016 a basic headline loss per share of between 285 cents and 255 cents and a basic loss per share of between 315 cents and 285 cents,” MTN said. “In the prior year comparable period MTN reported headline earnings per share of 654 cents and earnings per share of 653 cents.” MTN highlighted the factors that negatively impacted its earnings, prime of which was the Nigerian fine. “The Nigerian regulatory fine which had a material impact on results for the period. The income ...

For the first time in the last five years, candidates who sat for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) May/June 2016 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) recorded mass pass as 878, 040 (52.97per cent) obtained five credits including English and Mathematics. Announcing the release of the school examination results at the Yaba WAEC headquarters along side his management team, the Head of National Office (HNO), Mr. Olu Adenipekun, said state sponsored candidates would not be able to access their results because of their state governments have not paid for the exam fees. He also disclosed that 133 visually challenged candidates sat for the school exam out which 23 (17.29 per cent) of them recorded five credits including English Language and maths. According to him, 1,552,758 candidates registered for the exam, out of which 1,544,234 candidates, consisting of 825,650 male representing 53.5 per cent and 718,585 female representing 46.5 per cent c...

Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring later this year to fight World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Jessie Vargas, the Filipino boxing star’s manager said on Wednesday. “Retirement doesn’t suit Manny right now,” Michael Koncz told the Los Angeles Times. “It is amazing what training and fighting does for him.” In Manila, newly elected senator Pacquiao said details of any match would only be ironed out after he meets American promoter Bob Arum on August 9. “Nothing is final yet,” he told AFP through a spokesman. After Pacquiao defeated Timothy Bradley on April 9, he announced he was retiring from the sport to devote more time to his political career. He was elected to the Philippine Senate in May. He announced several weeks ago that he would fight again. The record eight-division world champion’s next fight will be on November 5, Arum said. Arum is looking at holding the fight in Las Vegas or Dubai. He tweeted last week that he was talking to a group ...

scar scored a second-half double as Chelsea cruised past AC Milan 3-1 in their final International Champions Cup game on their pre-season tour to the United States. The Brazilian scored in the 70th and 87th minutes on Wednesday for Chelsea, who rebounded from a 3-2 loss to Real Madrid in their previous outing in the friendly competition on Saturday. Oscar first placed a penalty into the top corner after a Milan handball and then hammered a low drive into the bottom corner. French international N’Golo Kante made his debut for Chelsea after his 32 million pounds ($42.5 million) move from English Premier League champions Leicester, coming on as a substitute in the second half. Bertrand Traore opened the scoring for Chelsea in the first half when he headed home from close range in front of a crowd of more than 64,000 at the new US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was the first major sporting event held in the 73,000-seat facility, which is the home of the Na...

Internal party turmoil over Donald Trump spilled into public alarm Wednesday after unprecedented self-inflicted mistakes by the Republican nominee, as some conservatives prepared to do the unthinkable: vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton. While “dump Trump” calls have continued since the 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney trashed the billionaire’s candidacy early this year, it is unclear whether the trickle of defections to Clinton’s camp will become a flood after a series of bad stumbles by Trump. A nightmare 48 hours for the embattled Republican flagbearer — he deepened his public feud with the parents of a fallen Muslim American soldier, refused to back House Speaker Paul Ryan’s re-election bid and used crass language while accepting a supporter’s Purple Heart as a gift — has highlighted Republicans’ concerns. Trump allies openly upbraided their candidate Wednesday for his inability to stay on message, demanding more self-discipline by the political neophyte. ...

Wayne Rooney has described Jose Mourinho’s low-key approach to life as Manchester United manager but insists the new Old Trafford chief has a fierce will to win. The United and England captain was talking after he marked his testimonial with a goalless draw against Everton, his team’s final preparation before Sunday’s Community Shield meeting with champions Leicester. It was also the first Old Trafford game in which Mourinho, United’s fourth manager in five turbulent seasons, has taken charge of the club. Two of his predecessors, Sir Alex Ferguson and David Moyes, were in the stand to show their appreciation for Rooney’s 12 years at the club and the striker insisted that Mourinho has yet to adopt the same confrontational style as Fergie. “He’s not someone who is going to come in – at the moment he hasn’t anyway – and start throwing things,” said Rooney. “You never know when the season starts. He’s competitive and wants to win every game, whether it’s a friendly...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has quizzed the Director of Finance of the Goodluck Jonathan Organisation, Senator Nenadi Usman, for her alleged role in the N23bn ($115m) allegedly shared by the then Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, during the build-up to the 2015 presidential election. The commission also traced the payment of N1.85bn to two former governors and three senators from the Diezani funds. According to the EFCC, Usman was quizzed at the Gombe zonal office on August 1, 2016, over the billions of naira that was shared in all the states across the North-East through her for the re-election of former President Jonathan. Usman was quoted as telling the EFCC during interrogation that she met Diezani shortly before the election and the ex-minister gave her a paper containing a specific amount of money to be given to each states of the federation and directed her as the director of finance to contact and send all the represent...

A former Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Wednesday alleged that the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, handed out $25,000 to lawmakers so that they could pass a vote of confidence on the speaker. Jibrin claimed that Dogara opened a register at his Asokoro guest house where each member who signed was handed the cash. Last week, he made a similar allegation against nine members of the House Committee on Appropriation, who disowned him. In the case of the appropriation committee lawmakers, Jibrin alleged that they took a bribe of $20,000 each. Among those who disowned him were his former Deputy, Mr. Chris Azubuogu, who is still the deputy chairman of the committee. The members all denied the allegation. In the latest allegation, the former chairman claimed that the Chairman, House Committee on Basic Education, Mr. Zakari Mohammed, coordinated the disbursement of the cash to lawmakers. He said Mohammed was assisted by the Chairman, Comm...

United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday called on Republicans to reject Donald Trump in some of his strongest comments yet about the party’s White House nominee, saying he is “woefully unprepared” and “unfit” to be president. “This isn’t a situation where you have an episodic gaffe. This is daily and weekly where they are distancing themselves from statements he’s making,” Obama said of the party’s top brass including House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senator John McCain. “There has to be a point in which you say, ‘This is not somebody I can support for president of the United States, even if he purports to be a member of my party.'” Obama’s comments at a White House press conference came amid a roiling war of words between Trump and the father of a slain US soldier who rebuked him as having “sacrificed nothing. Trump also has come under fire for remarks in a television interview in which he appeared not to be aware of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea after its takeove...

A woman in the US state of Florida tried to Snapchat a video of herself holding a gun but instead accidentally shot her cellphone, injuring her right hand, authorities said. Regina Powell, 22, said she was “foolishly playing” with the .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun, trying to make a Snapchat video, when it went off, the Volusia county sheriff’s office said. The bullet destroyed her cellphone and injured her thumb and index finger. The incident occurred Sunday in Deltona, Florida.

A 30-year-old chief priest, Eno Akpan, has been arrested for allegedly killing his one year and three months old daughter, Favour by inflicting machete injuries on the girl’s back and head. Eno, who hails from Ikot Akpan Udo village in the Ikot Abasi Local Government Area, reportedly manages the village’s shrine. The Akwa Ibom state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Murtala Mani, said in Uyo on Monday that Eno had a misunderstanding with his wife, Blessing, and beat her up. During the scuffle, Blessing ran off to her mother and left her daughter with the suspect. He said Eno called Blessing to take Favour with her, adding that when she refused, he inflicted machete injuries on the girl’s back and head. The girl died from the injuries. He said: “On July 23, at 7.30pm, the complainant, Blessing, had a misunderstanding with her husband, Eno Akpan. In the process, the husband beat her up. “She left the house for her mother’s place, leaving her daughter behind. The husband asked her t...

A police inspector, who had just left a commercial bank in Idimu area of Lagos State -was attacked and robbed by a three-man gang, which came on a motorcycle and unleashed mayhem on Monday. The robbers reportedly shot the inspector in the jaw before dispossessing him of his money.   the robbers were escaping from the scene, a police patrol team, attached to the Anti-Pipeline Vandalism Intelligence Unit, engaged the robbers in a shootout. Two of the robbers were reportedly killed during the exchange, while a surviving member of the gang, identified as Gafaru Ismail, was arrested. Our correspondent learnt that two pistols were recovered from the gang. The injured police inspector, who was not in uniform at the time of the attack, was reportedly rushed to a general hospital in the area, while the slain robbers and the suspect were taken to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja.     A resident, who gave his name only as Ramoni, said the robbers targeted peopl...

Randy Orton blasted Brock Lesnar with an RKO as the latest episode of Monday Night Raw came to a raucous conclusion. Lesnar, making his first appearance on WWE television since WrestleMania 32 in April, stood in the ring as his manager, Paul Heyman, promised his client would deliver some "violent entertainment" when he tackles Orton at SummerSlam on August 21. However, as Heyman insisted Orton had no chance of victory at this month's pay-per-view, The Viper emerged from the crowd to floor Lesnar with his trademark finishing move.   

Manchester City have completed the signing of Germany winger Leroy Sane from Schalke for £37m. Sane has signed a five-year deal at the Etihad Stadium, further bolstering Pep Guardiola's attacking options ahead of the new season following the acquisition of Nolito for £13.8m from Celta Vigo earlier this summer. The 20-year-old was left out of Schalke's squad travelling to Austria for their pre-season training camp having informed Schalke last week he wanted to leave to push through a move to City.

Old iPhones stop working sooner than the owners expected because charging habits slowly damage their batteries.   Here are seven charging habits that are killing your iPhone:  Charging to 100 per cent You don’t have to charge your battery as soon as it drops below 90 per cent. Maintaining a full charge is not the most efficient way to keep your phone battery strong.  According to https://www.thrillist.com, experts suggest leaving your phone battery at  between 30 and 80 per cent full adding that it is most comfortable and will run most efficiently at that level.   Letting the phone die Lithium ion batteries become volatile when they drop down to low power. Every full discharge slightly wears down the phone battery.  However, Apple and other experts suggest you letting the phone fully run out of battery every one to two months to “calibrate” the battery gauge.   Overheating the battery Although this may not be a chargin...

Argentina named coach Edgardo Bauza to run the national team Monday, as the nation seeks to regain its football prowess and convince superstar Lionel Messi to return from early retirement. Bauza, 58, takes on the job after a strong season at Brazilian club Sao Paulo, which he coached to the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores. “We hope he will have the success we all need,” said Armando Perez, the president of a committee named by FIFA to whip things into shape at the crisis-plagued Argentine Football Association (AFA). He told a press conference Bauza would be in Buenos Aires on Friday to give more details on his plans for the team. The new coach faces the stigma of being the default choice. A string of potential coaches including Diego Simeone of Atletico Madrid, Jorge Sampaoli of Sevilla and Mauricio Pochettino of Tottenham Hotspur reportedly declined the job. “We were in talks with a lot of people, and it seems Mr Bauza is the best,” said Perez. Bauza has...

The USA, gunning for their third straight Olympic basketball gold medal, wrapped up their pre-Summer Games exhibition series with a dominating 110-66 win over world number 25 Nigeria on Monday night. The Americans’ buildup to the Rio de Janeiro Games included five straight exhibition wins, but just one came against an opponent ranked in the top 10 in the world. They easily beat No. 4 Argentina, No. 14 China twice and rolled over No. 22 Venezuela by 35 points. “We played good defense and it led to some fast breaks,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Our team is very deep. The most versatile team we have had.” Despite the absence of NBA stars LeBron James and Stephen Curry, Krzyzewski’s squad is favored to win a third consecutive gold. A half-dozen Americans finished in double figures Monday, including Carmelo Anthony, who tallied a team high 19 points. Klay Thompson (17), Kevin Durant (14), DeMar DeRozan (13), DeMarcus Cousins (10) and DeAndre Jordan (10) also fini...

  Some vandals allegedly responsible for attacks on communities in Lagos and Ogun states are escaping in large numbers to riverine communities in the Ilaje and Ese-Odo local government areas of Ondo State. Investigations on Monday showed that the insurgents, who escaped the intensified aerial bombardment by the Nigerian Air Force of their camps at Arepo, Ogun, and Ikorodu, Lagos, had been sighted in Ore, Okitipupa and the riverine communities of  Ondo State. A top security source told one of our correspondents that security reports showed that some of the militants had sneaked into the Ondo reverine communities. He said, ‘‘Arepo can no longer contain them. Some of them have run to Ondo to hide in the riverine areas.’’ It was further gathered that some of them were still trapped in Arepo and other communities in Lagos and were making frantic moves to flee. A source in Ese-Odo said since the military started the bombardment of the militants’ camps on Fr...