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Barcelona’s hopes of a second Champions League in a row, two trebles in two years, were broken. For only the second time in eight years they have failed to reach the semi-finals; both times they were crashed out at this stage and by this Atlético side. There will be much to pick over after the referee, Nicola Rizzoli, judged that a handball in the 91st minute had occurred outside the area, not in it. Lionel Messi took the free-kick, sending Barcelona’s last chance over the bar and four nervous minutes later this stadium erupted once more. Atlético had three attempts on goal inside seven minutes and, if one was an easy catch for Marc–André ter Stegen, there were genuine chances for Gabi and Griezmann. The first flew over from near the edge of the area; the second, a header, drew a sharp save. A moment later, Yannick Carrasco’s ball flashed across the box. The home side had chosen to attack; the visitors’ plan appeared to be to anaesthetise. Barcelona had the immense majority of ...

Mikel Obi’s girlfriend, Olga Diyachenko shared photo of herself, Mikel and their twin daughters on instagram today. 

President Buhari who is presently on a state visit to China, visited the Former Chinese Imperial Palace which is rather known as China’s Forbidden city, today April 12, 2016. Special Adviser to Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has written a brief history of the forbidden city. Read: The city was built from 1406 to 1420 in the reign of the Ming Dynasty Yongle Emperor. It served as the seat of power for 24 emperors, over the course of 491 years. And why is it called the Forbidden City? Because it was not just for anybody. Not for the hoi polloi, nor the flotsam and jetsam of society. Not for the proleteriat, but only the privileged and dignified. The poor enter at their own peril. It was off limits to them. But then, the Hausa say “Seriki goma, zamani goma” (Ten kings for ten epochs) and then times and seasons would change. The Forbidden City, located over vast hectares of land, with over 8,000 buildings and 1,800,000 sets of artifacts, fell to the 1911 Revol...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has revealed that it will introduce a device that will henceforth check collusion during its examinations across the country. The council’s Head, Media and Information, Mr Damianus Ojijeogu said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos. He said that during the 2014/2015 examination, it was discovered that collusion was gradually replacing other previous forms of malpractices recorded by the council including impersonation. “We are planning to introduce software called Item Differential Programme. This device is one that would assist in detecting collusion in any given examination. The introduction of the device is based on the high level of collusion that we discovered during the 2014/2015 examination. Ojijeogu explained that, “The device will be able to detect if candidates have jointly answered a particular multiple choice question, which we refer to as “item’’. For instance, if out of...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the Managing Director of Katakar Civil Engineering Company, Mr. Azibaola Robert, and Executive Director of the company, Mr. Dakoru Atukpa, over a $40m pipeline contract. It was known on Wednesday that the contract was awarded by the Office of the National Security Adviser under the leadership of Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.). Robert, who is a cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has, however, described his arrest as a witch-hunt, insisting that the contract was transparent. According to Punch Metro, the arrest of Robert and Atukpa was sequel to a list sent to the EFCC by a committee set up by the Federal Government to probe contracts awarded by the ONSA from 2011 to 2015, which indicted more than 300 companies and prominent citizens, including serving and retired officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces. EFCC, on March 23, 2016, arrested Robert and Atukpa on the allegation of diversion of $40m public funds through ...

Caroline’s billionaire husband, Musa Danjuma has been accused, several times of having multiple extra-marital affairs, and fathering a child with a mistress. He was spotted recently at Villa Medici restaurant, Victoria Island, Lagos, with an unknown woman, enjoying what appeared to be an intimate dinner for two. Caroline laughed over the story. She just came clean of her relationship status and how she’s dealing with her husband’s cheating. Read her address on instagram page:

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce took to Twitter to say his mind on the fuel issue the country is presently facing and a guy was seriously smashed. See what the Senator posted on Twitter: Then a guy named “Mohammed Gunu Umar” replied him with a total bullet proof required grammar. The Young man said “What is good for the good is also good for the gender” instead of “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander” Then the senator lashed the young man's face indirectly with his reply..