Real Madrid and Portugal football star, Cristiano Ronaldo told a Spanish judge Monday that he has “never tried to avoid taxes.” “I have never hidden anything, and never tried to avoid taxes,” the 32 year-old mega football star said according to a statement released by his public relations firm. The Real Madrid forward, who is Read more
Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland, in Ogun State, is alive, hale and hearty, contrary to widespread rumours about his demise. The 83-year old monarch, who is spending his 57th year on the throne was reported to have died today by some bloggers and websites. But it was all fake news. The respected Read more
Premium Times EXCLUSIVE: Ex-President Jonathan’s house burgled An Abuja home of former President Goodluck Jonathan has been burgled, PREMIUM TIMES can confirm. However, in what appears a curious twist, the house was not burgled by known thieves, but by police officers assigned to guard the house. The Nigeria Police have thus arrested three of its Read more
TheCable has obtained copies of the controversial strategic alliance agreement (SAA) between the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) Ltd and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts (AEDC) Ltd that allegedly ripped off Nigeria by billions of dollars between 2011 and 2015. The SAAs are often derided by industry experts as the biggest organised scam in the history Read more
It’s been 84 days since President Muhammadu Buhari travelled out of the country — and reports of his absence have continued to dominate news headlines locally and around the world. On Sunday, US news network CNN made a mockery of his absence on GPS, a programme hosted by Fareed Zakaria. The American journalist, during a segment Read more
Man crashes $260k Ferrari one hour after purchase A man in Britain has survived a major crash in his Ferrari, an hour after he bought it. CBS news quoted Local police as calling the man’s survival a “miracle escape,”, The car was not so lucky. South Yorkshire Police posted Twitter photos of the smoking, Read more
Neymar fights teammate, storms out of Barca training Brazilian striker Neymar stormed out of a Barcelona training session on Thursday as speculation mounted about a world-record move to Paris St Germain. A personal appearance in China next week was cancelled because he was said to be “busy with transfer business”. Pictures of Barca training Read more
A Nigerian student, Moses Akoh, in Manila Philippines is at the verge of making musical fame in the country, with his debut album, The Sound. Akoh was one of the biggest revelations from last year’s Philippines hit reality singing competition, I Love OPM. Manilastandard.net reported that Akoh, a praise/worship leader wowed the audience and judges Read more
Ambode acquires mega rice mill, to create 200K jobs Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday in Zurich, Switzerland signed an agreement with Bühler AG (“Bühler”), a leading rice-mill producer in the world, for the acquisition of a 32 tonnes per hour Rice Mill. The Governor, who spoke shortly after the signing ceremony, said Read more
John Fashanu Arrested, Detained Over 10 Million Naira Land Scam John Fashanu held in Nigerian hell-hole jail pen with 200 other prisoners after being accused of land scam The former Wimbledon and England star spent two days locked up with 200 others as officers investigated claims he acted as a fixer in a scam to Read more
