Lagos—Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George has described the allegation of his involvement in a N4.947 billion scam as cruel, callous and outlandish mischief making.

Tough questions are being asked from the Nigeria technical crew over the lackluster display of the Super Eagles with a section of football lovers hinting that the event that led to the untimely retirement of goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama is partly responsible for the defeat.

IT was a rare opportunity to interact with their governor one-on-one, and residents of Ayobo-Ipaja community in Lagos enthusiastically took advantage of it by coming out in their numbers to express their feelings and desires to the state’s chief executive. And not surprisingly the people had so much to say, both in appreciation of their governor’s kind gesture in coming to meet them and what they expected him to do for them.

THE United Kingdom,UKaid Department for International Development (DFID) in collaboration with the Lagos State Deputy Governor’s office organized a Southwest Nigeria regional conference on Women in Governance from 29th to 30th September, 2015.

Talented rapper, Jesse Jagz who is considered to be one of the finest rappers in the Nigerian music terrain, has declared recently that he does not see himself as a very good rapper. Jagz made this declaration in chat with WG, at the Chocolate City office, in Lagos. He recently walked his way back to the Chocolate City, after he dumped the record label to set up his label, Jagz Nation, about three years ago.

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Young and upcoming Africa’s innovators and start-ups will have the ability to scale their ideas in new markets following the launch on Tuesday of Rise, a physical and virtual global community that facilitates collaboration and fintech innovation.
Funded by the Barclays, Rise is ideally positioned to take advantage of technology solutions that are not reliant on physical infrastructure.

This is particularly relevant in the African context.

The International Monetary Fund IMF yesterday said that Exchange-rate devaluation which countries normally use during financial crisis could cause adverse effect on countries economy. In its World Economic Outlook released in Lima, Peru It said “Exchange-rate depreciation has generally been a useful buffer for countries experiencing growth slowdowns – and has already been substantial – but could cause adverse balance-sheet effects where there is foreign-currency borrowing”.

Chelsea player, Kenneth Omeruo has expressed sadness over the untimely retirement of Vincent Enyeama from the Super Eagles.

The Federal Government has dispatched a team of medical team to Calabar, Cross River state to ascertain the suspected Ebola scare.