Author: Prince Emmanuel Odunayo Ikusagba

Cristiano Ronaldo scored two penalties to equal the all-time international goalscoring record and help holders Portugal edge into the last 16 of Euro 2020 with a 2-2 draw against France in Budapest on Wednesday.Portugal will face the world’s top-ranked side Belgium in the first knockout round in Seville on Sunday.Fernando Santos’ men moved through as one of the four best third-placed sides, for the second straight Euro, from Group F behind France and Germany, who only just qualified after a dramatic 2-2 draw with Hungary in Munich.Ronaldo gave his side the lead just after the half-hour mark with his first…

Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has emerged as the governorship candidate for the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Anambra State.He was announced as the winner on Wednesday night after the keenly contested primary held at the Professor Dora Akunyili Development Centre, Akwa, the state capital.Professor Soludo, polled 740 votes, which represented more than 90 per cent of the votes cast, to defeat other candidates.“It is with humility, gratitude and total submission to the will of God that I hereby accept your nomination as the gubernatorial candidate of APGA in the November 6 governorship election,” he said as he gave an acceptance…

The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has restrained the Federal Government from imposing sanctions or harassing, intimidating, arresting, or prosecuting Twitter.It also restricted the government from carrying out such actions against any other social media service provider, as well as media houses, pending the hearing and determination of a suit challenging the government’s suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria.The court gave the restraining order after hearing arguments from parties in a suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians.Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, represented the plaintiffs while a…

Vehicles numbering 13 have been destroyed in a fuel tanker explosion around a trailer park at Ogere, Lagos-Ibadan expressway.The burnt vehicles include six tankers, five trucks, and two cars.According to eyewitnesses, the explosion occurred at about 6:20am on Tuesday impeding traffic outward Lagos State.Fire Fighters and road safety officials are at the scene battling the fire.Officials told Channels Television that the casualty figure cannot be ascertained for now.https://youtu.be/l_PRtWNdpcQThe officials say as they tried to remove the burnt vehicles and open up a detour for other vehicles, the fire ignited again prompting firefighters to resume extinguishing the fire.Later in a statement,…

Ogun State government has assured the residents of Ijebu Ode that it would work to resolve the erosion problems in the town, with the view of controlling the perennial flooding in Ijebu Ode and its environs.The Special Adviser to the Governor on Environment, Ola Oresanya and his Ministry of Works and Infrastructure counterpart, Akeem Adesina, gave the assurance on Monday, when they jointly led the state government delegation on on-the-spot assessment of the flood situation in Olorunsogo Community, Ijebu Ode.Addressing the residents of the affected community, Oresanya who said the delegation was in the community to assess the situation, expressed…

Unkown gunmen attacked rail workers and security men assigned to them around Odeda local government area of the state.It was reported that one of the policemen attached to the team was brutally murdered by the hardened criminals.Stay connected for more details

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have stormed Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri in Kebbi State and abducted an unspecified number of students and four teachers.The gunmen also killed a police officer during the attack.The police in Kebbi confirmed the attack to Channels Television.The abduction is the latest in a series of school kidnappings that have rocked the country in recent times.In late May, about 200 students of an Islamiyya school in Niger state were abducted by gunmen.The abductors usually demand a ransom before students are released.Some 14 students and staff of Greenfield University in Kaduna were released in May after parents…

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the military and other security agents not to give breathing space to terrorists and criminals in the country.The President gave the charge on Thursday while addressing personnel of the Armed Forces and security agencies in Operation Hadin Kai at the Maimalari Cantonment during a visit to Borno State.He said the war against insurgency must be concluded with the restoration of peace and reconstruction of all the affected areas.“While acknowledging your collective efforts at decimating and degrading the terrorists and reaffirming the inviolable sovereignty of our nation, I also wish to extol your steadfastness and untiring…

The Federal Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital has struck out the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Eyitayo Jegede against the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer, Rotimi Akeredolu in the October 10, 2020 governor election.The lead Counsel to the PDP candidate, Oyeachi Ikpeazu, SAN, had earlier approached the Appeal Court, claiming that the APC candidate’s nomination was not constitutional.The election petition tribunal led by Justice Umar Abubakar that sat on the case had via a virtual platform ruled on April 20 2021 that the qualification of the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the dates to conduct the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States.INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, made the announcement on Wednesday at the meeting of the commission held at its headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital.“In keeping with our policy of announcing the dates of elections in advance to enable early and effective preparations by all concerned, the Commission has approved that the Ekiti State Governorship election will hold on Saturday, June 18, 2022, while the Osun State Governorship election will hold one month later on Saturday, July 16, 2022,” he said.Professor…