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No fewer than 203 former employees of the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc on Thursday dragged the bank before the National Industrial Court, Ibadan, over unpaid N16.2bn balance of pension entitlements. The case was filed by Augustine Onu, Abegunde Solomon, Olanisebe Ezikiel and 200 others. The claimant’s counsel, Mr. Adeniyi Ishola, told the court that the claimants were deprived of their pension entitlements by Union Bank who managed their pension before the advent of the Pension Reforms Act 2004. Ishola said that the claimants’ pension, were being paid from an in-House Pension Scheme, called Legacy Pension Fund managed by Union Bank. He said that the defendant ignored the Pension Reforms Act 2004 and continued paying the claimants’ regular pension until January 2013 when the National Pension Commission compelled it to comply with the Act. Ishola further said that the Legacy Pension Fund managed by the defendant was valued at N46.71bn and Accrued Right valued at N26

FIFA is launching its new legal portal (legal.fifa.com) in order to provide direct access to documents of interest to all stakeholders involved in FIFA’s legal and compliance activities. This important step reflects one of the key pillars of the FIFA 2.0 vision document by providing greater transparency in dealing with FIFA’s 211 member associations, as well as with world football interest groups (clubs, leagues and players) and the general public. With this new web page, FIFA seeks to guarantee the right of all parties to obtain fundamental information that can be used in the framework of its procedures. Among others, the following key documents will be made available to the public: – decisions rendered on the merits by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee and the FIFA Appeal Committee (notified as of 1 January 2019); – decisions rendered on the merits by the FIFA Ethics Committee (notified since 1 January 2019); – decisions rendered on the merits by the FIFA Players’

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, against the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari. The seven-member panel led by Justice Tanko Mohammed held that having gone through all the documents and exhibits two weeks ago, the panel discovered that the appeal lacks merit. “We have examined the submissions of parties in this matter and the exhibit adduced and we have come to a conclusion that this appeal lacks merit, appeal is hereby dismissed. “A date for reason would be communicated to the parties,” Mohammed ruled. Abubakar and his party, on September 23, filed 66 grounds of appeal before the Supreme Court after the presidential election petition tribunal at the Court of Appeal on September 11 dismissed their petition against Buhari’s re-election. Following the tribunal’s judgment affirming the re-election of President Buhari, the PDP filed its request before the apex court challenging the d

Hollywood legend and the original Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger has hailed ​Juventus superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, calling for the striker to be given a new nickname, one which is similar to his most popular movie. Ronaldo is widely considered as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, if not the greatest as he has won a number of individual and professional honours during his career, including a record five Ballon d'Or awards. Schwarzenegger believes that Ronaldo too could do with a hollywood inspired moniker, revealing that Terminator would be a perfect nickname for him. "In the NBA we have a guy that actually is called The Terminator. I don’t think there is any soccer player called The Terminator. So why don’t you start one. Ronaldo? Yeah, but you have to call him that, so then everyone will pick it up and call him The Terminator," he said to BBC as quoted by Dailystar. The 34-year-old recently reached another landmark

Leicester City just went on the road and won a Premier League match 9-0. It's hard to know what to add to that. Leicester matched the Premier League's biggest EVER win...and they did it on the road. On a horrible, rainy Friday night in Southampton. Nine. Goals. To. Nil. Youri Tielemans,James Maddison,Wilfred Ndidi,Marc Albrighton,Harvey Barnes,Ben Chilwell It was (get ready for an Opta barrage) ​Southampton’s biggest ever defeat as an English league side in all competitions in their history. Manchester United’s 9-0 win over Ipswich at Old Trafford in March 1995, nearly 25 years unmatched in the ​Premier League, has been equalled. Because ​Leicester City beat Southampton nine goals to nil in their own back yard. It wasn't just a Premier League record though, because football didn't start in 1992. It's the biggest away win in the top flight in the entire 131-year history of the Football League. It's taken ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE YEA

List of Nigeria's 36 States with their Capitals and Current Governors S/N.     State Capital   Current Governor 1 Abia - Umuahia / Okezie Ikpeazu 2 Adamawa -  Yola / Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri 3 Akwa Ibom - Uyo / Udom Gabriel Emmanuel 4 Anambra -  Awka / Willie Obiano 5 Bauchi  - Bauchi /B ala Abdulkadir Mohammed 6 Bayelsa - Yenagoa / Henry Seriake Dickson 7 Benue -  Makurdi / Samuel Ortom 8 Borno -  Maiduguri / Babagana Umara Zulum 9 Cross - River Calabar / Benedict Ayade 10 Delta - Asaba / Ifeanyi Okowa 11 Ebonyi -  Abakaliki / Dave Umahi 12 Edo  - Benin City / Godwin Obaseki 13 Ekiti  - Ado - Ekiti / John Olukayode Fayemi 14 Enugu - Enugu / Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi 15 Gombe - Gombe / Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya 16 Imo - Owerri / Chukwuemeka Ihedioha 17 Jigawa - Dutse / Badaru Abubakar 18 Kaduna - Kaduna / Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai 19 Kano -  Kano / Abdullahi Umar Ganduje 20 Katsina - Katsina / A

Ryan Giggs has hailed the achievements of former Red Devils, Cristiano Ronaldo and has opened up on the impact of the club in the growth of his career which has seen him become one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. However, Giggs has now revealed that it was not all smooth sailing for the Portugese in the early days of his Old Trafford career, claiming that one couldn't even think that he would go on to become one of the greatest goalscorers in the game. "You could never see him being one of the greatest goal scorers ever, you just couldn’t. In his first game against Bolton he delighted the crowd and then it was a little bit of a dip really, a little bit of frustration. When to pass the ball, when not to, too many dribbles, a bit of diving - it was a tough start for him at United," he said to ​beIN Sports. However, it was not too long before Ronaldo became the most important player in the United squad and Giggs was by then well awa

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a United States diplomat, has likened Nigeria’s political circle to an old men’s club. Thomas-Greenfield, who was the assistant secretary of State for African Affairs between 2013 and 2017, made this known on Tuesday while speaking at ’20 Years of Democracy: a Retrospect’, a programme organised by National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in partnership with Ford Foundation and YIAGA Africa. The diplomat predicted that the 2023 election will be challenging because of a gentleman’s agreement that has to be honoured. “Nigeria’s politics is an old men’s club. There is also a gentleman’s agreement to rotate power between the north and the south. “The next election will be a challenging one because of a gentleman’s agreement to rotate power”. Speaking on the challenges of Nigeria’s democracy in the past 20 years, the diplomat said Nigerian elections have a huge potential for violence. “Nigeria made a huge step backwards to violence in 2019. I read that

Nigerian banks have denied asking MTN to impose a new charge on customers for using the telecom firm’s access codes to conduct financial transactions. MTN had on Sunday announced a N4 charge for every 20 seconds of using USSD bank codes, claiming it took the decision as requested by the banks. “Yello, as requested by your bank, from Oct. 21, we will start charging you directly for USSD access to banking services. Please contact your bank for more information,” the company said in a text message. However, the government ordered the suspension of the plan after many Nigerians expressed outrage at a time citizens have been caused to pay more in tax and other charges. Communications minister, Isa Pantami, said he was not briefed before the announcement by MTN. Reacting, the Body of Bank CEOs said in a statement on Monday declared that MTN’s claim the banks called for the charges was untrue. The group said, “the banks did not ask MTN to start charging customers as contain

Former Manchester United and Juventus left-back, Patrice Evra played with a number of great players during his career and he recently picked his ultimate XI of team-mates. Here, as per Dailymail, we take a look at his side. 4. GK - Edwin van der Sar One of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of the sport and for Manchester United, Van der Sar played alongside Evra for five-and-a-half seasons, during which they won four Premier League and two UEFA Champions League titles. The Dutchman made a total of 266 appearances for the Red Devils while also racking up 130 games for national country, Netherlands. 3. DF - Dani Alves, Rio Ferdinand, Giorgio Chiellini, Patrice Evra Evra choose to go with Dani Alves in the right-back position despite playing alongside another legend in Gary Neville during his time at Old Trafford. The centre-backs are split between two legends, Giorgio Chiellini and the now retired Rio Ferdinand. The Frenchman not surprisingly picked himself

The corpse of one Odion Omafo Samuel, 36, has been exhumed from the shallow grave it was buried allegedly by four officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) attached to Abudu outpost in Edo State. Names of the FRSC officials were given as Francis Igboh, Sunday Ogi, Samson Alolade and Joseph Onolade. Police sources said preliminary investigation showed that the late Odion was beaten to death by the FRSC men because he asked the driver he hired not to give them bribe. It was learnt that late Odion hired a driver of an Audi 80 car and they were flagged down at Okhuaihe Hill along Benin-Agbor Road October 14, 2019. A source said Odion joined the driver to put up a resistance against alleged extortion attempts the by the FRSC officers and it led to fisticuffs. The driver was said to have fled the scene and Odion was beaten to pulp. He was reportedly rushed to a hospital and doctors confirmed him dead on arrival. The FRSC officials were said to have buried him in

After two years of living together with a man as wife, popular Yoruba actress, Bose Oladimeji, says she’s had just about enough and walking out fast. Her reason is none other than domestic abuse, which she says has become not only brutally violent but life-threatening as well. “Yes I’m ready to go, in fact, I’m not with him right now. I just have to run for my life, my life is very precious to me. I can’t just allow someone to kill me like that and I want to address some ladies out there that they should not love a guy because of what he gives them. They should be sure the love is genuine and not be fooled by money and comfort. I’m leaving right now, I need to run away for my life. I need to save myself. My life will be in danger if I continue to stay with him, so I’m leaving right now, she said in a chat with Potpourri. Highlighting the gory details of the abuse, Bose Oladimeji said the beatings start whenever he comes home drunk. “Whenever he’s drunk he’s out of his sen

See the Full List of 13Th Headies Award Winners. 1. BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR 1. Adekunle Gold – Ire 2. Heal D World – Patoranking 3. Olanrewaju – Brymo 4. Uyo Meyo – Teni (WINNER) 5. Ye – Burna Boy 2. BEST POP SINGLE 1. ‘Ye’ – Burna Boy – Winner 2. ‘Wetin We Gain’ – Victor AD 3. ‘Fake Love’ – Starboy ft Duncan Mighty, Wizkid 4. ‘Case’ – Teni 5. ‘Jealous’ – Fireboy DML 6. ‘Baby’ – Joeboy 3. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR 1. Phantom – ‘Ye’ by Burna Boy 2. Ozedikus – ‘Dumebi’ by Rema 3. Spellz – ‘Askamaya’ by Teni 4. Killertunes – ‘Fake Love’ by Starboy ft Duncan Mighty and Wizkid (WINNER) 5. Kel-P Vibes – ‘Killing Dem’ by Burna Boy ft Zlatan 4. BEST RAP ALBUM 1. ‘Moral Instruction’ – Falz (WINNER) 2. ‘Crown’ – AQ and Loose Kaynon 3. ‘A Study On Self Worth: Yxng Dxnzl’ – M.I Abaga 4. ‘Clone Wars, Vol. IV (These Buhari Times)’ – Show Dem Camp 5. BEST R&B/ POP ALBUM 1. ‘rare.’ – Odunsi (The Engine) 2. ‘Outside’ – Burna Boy 3. ‘No Bad Songz’ – Kizz Dan

The ultimate aim of football is to score goals and the players that play closest to the opposition’s goal are the strikers. They are almost always in the limelight due to their tendency of becoming a hero for their team. However, strikers are not always exclusively about goals since their ability to make a system work should also come into consideration. With that in mind, here are the top five strikers in the world right now… 5. Roberto Firmino He might not have the numbers that the rest of the players on this list have but he is much more than just goals. From eight matches so far this season in the league, Roberto Firmino has three goals and assists each, but that’s not all. The Brazilian’s main job at Liverpool is to bring the best out of both Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane – something that he does beautifully since the duo are the stars of the team and provide the main goalscoring threat, despite playing from the wings. Firmino is the one player that makes Jurge

Virgil van Dijk Believes Matches Against Manchester United are Not the Biggest for Liverpool Anymore ​​Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk insists matches against ​Manchester United are no longer the most important ​Premier League game of the Reds' season. Previous meetings between United and Liverpool were ​supposed to be the highlight of the Premier League calendar but since the Red Devils' insane fall from grace, past few clashes between these two clubs have been drab encounters with the Reds looking more likely to win. And Van Dijk has agreed on the same as he intends to state that as a team, the United game is probably not a big one for the players but it is definitely huge for fans. As reported by AS, on being asked about the clash against United while speaking to Sky Sports, Van Dijk said, "It's massive, but it's more massive for the fans." He continued, "The big ones are [in] the Champions League and the ones that are hopeful

38-year-old Chizuruoke Collins Ezem, a teacher with the Royal Academy, Wuye, Abuja has emerged the 2019 Maltina teacher of the year. Ezem beat 23 other teachers  Friday night in Lagos to emerge winner, bagging a whooping N6,500,000 cash reward, with his school to be endowed with six blocks of classrooms. The ceremony, which attracted the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, who was represented by the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeks Nwajiuba, First Lady of Lagos State, Dr Mrs. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, Secretary to Lagos State Government, Mrs. Folasade Jaji, Commissioners of Education from Delta, Ogun and Lagos, Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, Prof Josiah Ajiboye, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission, Boboye Oyeyemi, the management team of Nigeria Breweries Plc, and several education stakeholders. Ezem, a father of two and an indigene of Abia State, thanked God for making him the face of Nigerian teachers and appreciated NB Plc for recognisi

Zlatan Ibile is set to headline his first concert in Lagos themed Zlatan Live at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island Lagos on the 18th of December 2019 and ticket is already on sale on Nairabox. This is going to be Zlatan’s first official concert as a headliner in the city of Lagos and it promises to be a very exciting event, with assurances from him to excite his fans and audience with his energetic Zanku moves, music collaborations and other exciting activities planned out to give his fans utmost entertainment, ultimate fun and a night to remember for a long time. The Artiste has had an amazing year and it is only right to crown it all with a concert for his huge and loyal fan base. Temidayo Raphael Omoniyi popularly known as ZLATAN IBILE is a multitalented Nigerian born performing artiste. Zlatan Ibile is not only an indigenous rapper, singer and songwriter but also a great dancer that originated one of the biggest dances in Africa; ZANKU

Frank Lampard has criticised France for their handling of injured midfielder N’Golo Kante during the international break, describing the situation as “not a laughing matter”. Kante, who will be sidelined for Saturday’s Premier League clash with Newcastle, joined Didier Deschamps’ national squad for the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Iceland and Turkey. The 28-year-old withdrew in the warm-up for the game in Reykjavik last Friday because of a groin issue and sat on the bench in Paris three days later despite failing a fitness test. Lampard was unhappy with a lack of communication from France and feels the player should have been allowed an early return to west London for treatment. “N’Golo’s not fit, he had a small groin issue in the warm-up to the first international game for France,” said Lampard ahead of the game against the Magpies. “We didn’t get him back until after the second game and he’s not fit for Saturday.

Leaders of the Niger Delta region, yesterday, said they are in support of the call for a forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC by President Muhammadu Buhari stating that it is the best decision taken by the federal government in the development of the region. The leaders at a stakeholders meeting held at Warri, also drummed support for the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Godswill Akpabio and applauded him for the reforms he is embarking on in repositioning the ministry since his assumption of office. In a communique signed by convener of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Congress, NDPC, Chief Mike Loyibo on behalf of the leaders, they stated that it is imperative that the “mess in the NDDC should be cleared for effective mandate delivery for the incoming NDDC board.” The communique reads in part, “On behalf of the people of the Niger Delta region, we will like to commend President Buhari for his position in ordering for a forensic probe of the N

An elated Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Friday reacted to the adjusted salaries for government workers by commending the Federal Government and organised labour for their patience while the National Minimum Wage negotiations lasted.and describing the outcome a win-win for Nigerian workers. In a statement jointly signed by President of the Congress, Mr Quadri Olaleye and Secretary General, Mr Musa-Lawal Ozigi, described the agreement reached that saw salaries of workers from levels 7-17, rising from 10.5 and 23.2 percent. The union said it was a win-win situation for Nigerian workers. The union said the negotiation was not an easy journey and applauded members of the government team for their wisdom and sincerity. “We commend the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan and her team for their sincerity. “Though they argued that government cannot afford to meet our earlier demand of N30,000 minimum wage across board, because of the economic situatio

A football agent named Giuseppe ‘Pino’ Pagliara has alleged that he gave legendary ​Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson a £30,000 Rolex watch as a thank you gift for fixing a match. Pagliara was recorded by undercover newspaper journalists boasting of of giving Ferguson the watch as reward for the manager fixing a Champions League match against Juventus, with the corrupt agent also claiming that the legendary manager had previously taken money as part of transfer deals, revealing that he would only work ‘with agents that used to share money with’ him'. Pagliara and fellow agent Dax Price are currently facing multiple bribery charges following an undercover investigation from English newspaper the Daily Telegraph with their journalists recording a series of meetings with the duo who as per the report were willing to engage in corrupt transfer market dealings — and allegedly took an envelope containing £5,000 cash from a reporter. “In a series of furt

Former Super Eagles Captain, John Obi Mikel, has revealed two major reasons he decided to retire from international football. Mikel who is currently with Trabzonspor Club in Turkey left the Super Eagles shortly after Nigeria came third in the last Nations Cup in Egypt. According to the midfielder, the first reason was to pave way for younger players and the need to soft-pedal since he no longer has many years of football ahead of him. He also expressed confidence in the present players of Super Eagles, noting that the players are not only talented but determined to excel. The former Chelsea midfielder stated this in a chat with Trabzonspor’s official magazine. ”We currently have very talented young players. They’re all bright. I think these players can handle the challenges. I had to make room for them, besides; I don’t have many years for football in front of me. I want to focus on my team in the remaining period, “he said. ”I served the national team for 13 years, mo

Thursday dragged both his in-laws before the Magajin Gari Shari’a Court in Kaduna State, accusing them of foisting their already pregnant daughter on him in marriage. The defendants are Sani Dogon-Zikiri, his father-in-law and Laura Sani, his mother-in-law, both accused of deceit and breach of trust. The plaintiff, who resides at Rijjana village, told the court through his counsel, Mr Hussaini Yakubu, that the defendants had deceitfully got their daughter married to him knowing she was already pregnant. The plaintiff accused his wife, Nafisa Sani of allegedly conniving with her parents to deceive him. “The complainant and his wife had conducted a pregnancy test shortly after marriage which confirmed that she was two weeks pregnant before the wedding. “He then asked his wife about the pregnancy and she confirmed that the pregnancy wasn’t his,” counsel for the plaintiff’ told the court. The counsel prayed the court to compel the defendants to pay his client the sum of N10

Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer, David Adedeji Adeleke aka Davido, has deposited the sum of $100K (N36million) to purchase customised jewelry for Zlatan Ibile, Skibii and seven other members of his 30BG (30billion gang). The singer rewarded the Nigerian rapper, songwriter and dancer Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael aka Zlatan Ibile, who is also in the United States of America with a customized neck chain and 30 BG pendant. Zlatan got his gift from Davido after he attended the 40th birthday of the singer’s big brother and also met his dad, Dr Deji Adeleke. The delighted Zlatan took to his Instagram page @Zlatan Ibile to show gratitude to Davido. Davido also gifted his older brother an expensive Rolex wristwatch as his older brother, Ayoola Adeleke marked his 40th birthday. In the same light, Davido displayed a customized neck chain pendant with the inscription ‘Skibii’ which he bought for Nigerian popular singer, Abbey Elias, aka Skiibii Mayana. The 30BG cre

Crisis is allegedly brewing in the Senate over the employment slots allocated to the lawmakers by some federal agencies. Some aggrieved senators have vowed to resist the sharing method allegedly adopted by the leadership of the Senate to allocate the slots. Investigations by our correspondent revealed that the agencies gave the legislators the   slots through their leaders. But the slots were allegedly shared among the 10-member body of principal officers. According to sources, many of the lawmakers   are particularly bitter that their leaders allegedly shared   the 100 slots allegedly given the Senate by the Federal Inland Revenue Service among themselves. An aggrieved senator from the South-West, said on condition of anonymity, “We were given 100 slots by the FIRS but our  leaders   shared the slots  among themselves.” A ranking senator from the North-West said, “We have information that one of the leaders gave 26 slots to people in his senatorial district. There is

Fatima, one of the “daughters” of President Muhammadu Buhari’s confidant, Mamman Daura, has offered explanation for why she shot the video in which the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, was shouting at the top of her voice in the Presidential Villa. Fatima offered the explanation in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service. She said the video was shot to provide proof for her parents and security officials in an event “something happens.” She said the apartment in which the incident happened was given to Daura to occupy by President Muhammadu Buhari when he moved into the Presidential Villa, adding that when Yusuf, Buhari’s son, was involved in an accident, the President directed Daura to relocate to another house known as House No 8 so that Yusuf would be relocated to the Glass House they were occupying. The Glass House was said to be close to Aisha Buhari’s apartment. Fatima said Aisha Buhari then gave them an ultimatum. She said as they were packing from the Glass House, she

Cristiano Ronaldo reached a career landmark on Monday by scoring his 700th career goal in Portugal's Euro 2020 qualifier at Ukraine. His 700 goals so far have come from 973 matches, scoring at least once in 458 of those and in 12 different competitions, meaning he's scored a goal every 112 minutes and in 47 percent of the games he's played. He scored five in 31 games with Sporting CP, 118 in 292 games with Manchester United, 451 in 438 games in Spain for Real Madrid and 32 in 51 games at Juventus. Ronaldo's goal means he joins an elite group of players to have hit at least 700 goals in their career. Here are the five legends who have scored more goals than Ronaldo. 5. Gerd Muller (735 goals) Known for his clinical finishing, Gerd Muller remains to be widely known as one of the best strikers and goal scorers of all time. Muller represented Bayern for 15 years, and to date remains the highest scorer for the Bavarian Giants. The Bayern legend, who sc