Fire outbreak

Photos: Fire Outbreak at Lagos Annex of the
National Assembly

There was a fire outbreak this afternoon at the
Lagos National Assembly Annex, located at
Tafawa Balewa Square. Firefighters however
arrived on the scene and handled the blaze before
it spread to other buildings. See more photos from
the scene after the cut....

Messi in court

"I didn't know or read anything, all I know
about is playing football"- Lionel Messi defends
himself at court trial

Lionel Messi insisted to the Judge in a Barcelona
court that he knew nothing about evading €4m in
tax from image rights as he was only focused on
football and trusted his father and lawyers to
handle the financial aspect of his career.
The Barcelona FC Star is being tried in court for
tax evasion totaling €4million and together with his
father, Jorge Horacio Messi, declined to take
questions from the state prosecutors but gave
testimony in the court in Barcelona claiming
ignorance of his tax affairs, the same defense
strategy he used in 2013 while in court for tax
evasion.
He and his father Jorge stand accused of
defrauding Spain of over €4million in taxes by
using offshore companies in Uruguay and Belize to
conceal image rights earnings in the period
2007-2009.
"I didn't know anything, all I know about is
playing football and winning. I left it all to
my Dad," Messi said, wearing a dark suit
and tie. I only knew that sponsors would
pay X amount of money, that I had to do
adverts, photos and things like that.''
continued Messi, according to quotes
gotten by Mirror Sports.
"I never read anything... I would sign where
[the lawyers] said. I signed [the adidas
contract] when I was 18, I was in another
world."
Jorge Messi, had earlier said he didn't realise the
Belize company that managed image rights deals
didn't pay taxes in Spain, and that he never
informed his son, Messi of the details of
sponsorship deals saying all he's ever wanted to
do was to make Messi's life easier..
"Since the start of Leo's career I only tried
to make his life easier," he said. Leo knew
nothing of these companies. He didn't read
the contracts. They needed his signature,
he went and signed but he didn't read
anything and nor did anyone explain it to

him."

Euro 2016 stadium to be used..

For the first time since the 1998 World Cup, France
will host its first major tournament when Euro 2016
kicks off on June 10 and the country has picked
its finest pitches for the occasion. The French will
be hoping history repeats itself and France
emerges victorious on home soil just like in 1998.
More photos after the cut.

Living in Lekki/Island is not the definition of
success- Music producer, ID Cabasa, says in his
tweets to Artiste
ID Cabasa who is famous for producing songs for
the likes of Ruggedman, Olamide and others, today
tweeted some stuff to music artists. In his tweets,
he advised artists to be careful about what they
sign with their managers/labels. According to him,
living in Lekki or the Island is not the definition of
success. See the tweets after the cut...

Robbers steal man's car in Lagos (photos)

A gang of six robbers, three of them armed with
guns, stole a Matrix's Toyota car on Fadeyi-
Jibowu bridge in Lagos on Monday May 30th. The
victim, Ugochukwu Macmancy Okere, shared the
sad incident on his Facebook wall. He wrote;
"Hello, my name is Ugochukwu Macmancy
Okere and I want to first of all thank God
for saving the lives of me, my brother, and
(2) of my friends. At 1 am Monday morning
30th of May, 2016, we were attacked by a
gang of (6) guys, of which (3) were armed,
in (2) different vehicles on Fadeyi-Jibowu
Bridge, off Ikorodu road, Lagos.
It was raining that night when all of a
sudden the car in front me began to slow
down, I decided to slow down to because I
didn't know what was happening in front.
All of a sudden there was a guy pointing a
gun at me. He corked it and asked me to
step out of the vehicle and surrender my
phone and car key, two other armed guys
also asked my friends to surrender their
phones and wallets too, and they made us
lay down on the bridge under the rain,
while I was on the ground two of the armed
guys were contemplating on whether to
shoot me or not, one of my friends was
busy speaking in tongues, my brother was
pleading with them to leave us in one
piece. Then they entered the car and drove
away. I lost my Toyota Matrix. The
Registration number/Plate no is SB 249
KJA, Color Blue. Please help me be on the
look-out in your area; the case has been
reported to the police station. If seen,
please call +2347030162741,
+2348028028579 +2348063203517,
+2348067422970 or contact the nearest
police station. Thanks. Please help me
share this. Thank God for a second chance
to live"he said.

President Buhari admires photos on his
corridor
President Buhari's personal photographer, Bayo
Omoboriowo, shared this photo on his Instagram
page this morning. He wrote "President Buhari
admiring the new drama on his corridor as he
walks into a meeting with some Executive
Governors in Statehouse recently".