Euro 2020 opened in a spectacular fashion as Italy got their campaign off to an impressive start in front of their own fans with a comfortable three-nil victory against Turkey. The national stadium was only a quarter full but the fans present added to a sense of celebration at the start of Europe’s biggest football carnival, which…
The United States government has again called on the Federal Government to respect the rights of Nigerians to freedom of expression. The US is demanding for the third time for the Nigerian government to lift the suspension it placed on the operations of Twitter in the country, The spokesman for the US Department of State, Ned Price,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has launched two major projects of his administration in Lagos State. They are the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge rail line and the maritime security initiative known as Deep Blue. President Buhari arrived in Lagos yesterday morning to perform the ceremonies, which was his first visit to the main commercial city in a long time. Speaking…
The President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Yahaya met the President with the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor and the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi. The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi told State House Correspondents after the meeting that President…
Zinedine Zidane has left his post as manager of Real Madrid football club of Spain for the second time. Zidane decided to quit his job at Real after the team failed to win a trophy this season, and few days after they were beaten by Atletico Madrid on the final day of Spanish league. The club has…
Gunmen have attacked the Anambra State secretariat of the Independent National Electoral Commission in state capital, Awka. A store house containing about fifty electricity generators, among other INEC equipment, as well as seven Toyota Hilux vans, were burned down. The State Commissioner of Police, Chris Owolabi, confirmed that the hoodlums first tried to attack the Police ‘B’…