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Transportation Minister Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi yesterday alleged that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) could not account for the sum of N63billion it generated in 2015, adding that federal government may be compelled to send Bill to the National Assembly to repeal the Act that sets up the agency. The minister also alleged that the sum of N300billion intervention fund meant to encourage individuals to buy vessels by the Goodluck Jonathan administration to encourage investors was equally embezzled. Amaechi also alleged that the agency spends monies it generate without recourse to financial regulations and accountability. The minister stated this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Marine Transport, stressing that NIMASA has developed a penchant and notoriety for outsourcing its core responsibility with impunity. He pointed out that NIMASA was basically set up to provide safetHe but expressed worries that the agency that there was n...

  I warned before that Denrele should take it easy with his 'craze' but I did not see this big fall coming... TV personality, Denrele Edun was involved in another dramatic fall on Monday which left him hurt in the face during a movie shoot. Injured Denrele, who posted the video of himself after the incident on Instagram claimed that no artist has suffered in the craft of entertainment like himself. His words: “They say that true artists suffer for their craft, but perhaps no artist has suffered like myself on this hustle of mine! “All in a bid to make my acting more convincing I was supposed to drop into a faint in the very first scene of the movie ‘PEPPER SOUP’. I guess I miscalculated and fell hard on a metallic object on the floor that pierced my face. I kinda blacked out for a few seconds and felt something warm running down my face. “Truth is, a blood vessel just a lil above my right eye (an inch away from my eyebrow bone) was burst open and it was hard to control t...

Rafael Nadal suffered his first round-one exit at the Australian Open as Fernando Verdasco recorded a stunning five-set win at Melbourne Park. The Spanish left-handers produced an exhibition of hard-hitting to thrill those inside the Rod Laver Arena over four hours and 40 minutes. Verdasco saved a break point to prevent going 3-0 down in the decider, going on to win 7-6 (8-6) 4-6 3-6 7-6 (4-7) 6-2. Verdasco, he now meets Israel's Dudi Sela after hitting 90 winners and winning six straight games to clinch victory over fifth seed Nadal. "I played unbelievably in the fifth set," said Verdasco, 32. "I don't know how I did it. I closed my eyes and everything went in." Verdasco, beaten by Nadal in the semi-finals in 2009, showed grit to stay in touch when his compatriot threatened to dominate. After surrendering a 5-2 lead in the fourth set, he dug deep to win the tie-break and take the match the distance. At 2-2 in the decider, a glorious forehan...