Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo is beginning his fifth European Championship with unbridled enthusiasm. “I am at this Euros as if it were the first. I feel as motivated or more motivated than I did in 2004 at my first European Championship,”…
The National President, Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria, (PTA), Alhaji Haruna Danjuma has urged wealthy individuals and organisations to support students in tertiary institutions in Kaduna State to pay their tuition fees. Danjuma in an interview with newsmen on Thursday…
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau on Thursday inaugurated the Pankshin Water Treatment Plant in Pankshin Local Government Area of the state, as part of activities to mark Nigeria’s Democracy Day in the state. Reports said that the treatment plant which…
Citizens Health Education and Development Initiative (CHEDI), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has called for more government initiatives and programmes to address poverty at the grassroots. The Executive Director of the organisation, Mrs Selina-Akunna Enyioha, made the call in an interview…
The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 14, as Public Holiday to mark 2021 Democracy Day. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Belgore said the Minister of Interior,…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday presented N500 million compensation to popular Nollywood actor, Babatunde Omidina, known as Baba Suwe [and several others whose properties were demolished in Ikorodu to pave way for ongoing Igbogbo-Igbe Road expansion project. Sanwo-Olu…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the microblogging platform, Twitter, has approached the Federal Government for dialogue with a view to resolving the problem that led to the suspension of its activities in Nigeria. Mohammed made…
Paris Saint-Germain forward, Kylian Mbappe, has said he will call Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel, to congratulate him on his success in the Champions League. Tuchel’s men beat Manchester City 1-0 in the final on May 29. It was the German’s…
The Osun Government says it has shut more than 600 nursery and primary schools operating without minimum standard requirements in the state. The Commissioner for Education, Mr Folorunsho Bamisayemi, said this during an inter-ministerial news conference, organised by the Ministry…
Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti, has told Grammy award-winning singer, Wizkid to stop parading himself as a Grammy nominee, Kuti claimed Wizkid does not deserve to be called a Grammy nominee. In an Instagram video posted on Tuesday,…
