Author: Festus Adeloye

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu on Tuesday, July 2, inaugurated the selection process for the #OneNigeria/Unity Fabric competition, aimed at promoting national unity and celebrating the country’s diverse cultures. Speaking at the selection meeting, held in her office at the State House, Abuja, First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu explained that the concept was inspired by her visit to Zimbabwe, where she discovered the National Fabric concept, which unifies the nation by infusing diverse cultures. According to the First Lady, the competition, which was open to youths between the ages of 15 to 25 years, received 111 entries, which will be judged by…

Chelsea have signed Leicester midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday, for a reported fee of £30 million ($38 million, 35 million euros). The 25-year-old has agreed a six-year contract at Stamford Bridge and his move means he will be reunited with new Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca, after they worked together last season. One consolation for Leicester in losing one of the leading players is that the transfer should help the club in their bid to remain within the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules. The fee is recorded as pure profit as the midfielder came through…

Members of the Batch B, Stream 1, National Youth Service Corps members posted to Niger state went into wild jubilation when the state Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago announced N200,000 as largess for each of the 1,600 posted to serve in the state. Not only that, the Governor also announced the donation of 20 cows and one trailer load of rice for their welfare while the orientation lasts. Besides, he has also approved the sum of N5bn for the building of a new NYSC camp and assured to pay N500,000 monthly for any of them who venture into farming in the…

Ondo state government has allayed fears that the 33 Local Council Development Authorities, LCDAs, created by the late governor Rotimi Akeredolu, would be scrapped. Recall that an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure had nullified the newly created 33 Local Government Development Areas in the state, describing the LCDAs, as illegal and unlawful Speaking in Akure, the state capital, the states Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Amidu Takuro, who allayed the fears of the people, said the government would appeal the judgment of an Akure High Court that invalidated the council areas. Takuro said that the…

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has insisted that predictions of a Conservative defeat are not going to stop him after the likelihood of his return to Downing Street. He said this was put at less than “lightning striking twice in the same place” by a polling expert. He was asked during a “BBC Breakfast’’ interview whether he accepted the analysis by-elections guru Professor John Curtice, the prime minister said: “That’s his view. “That’s not going to stop me from working as hard as I can over these final few days to talk to as many people as possible about the…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, on Tuesday revealed that with 1,351 bills, and 679 passed motions, the 10th House has surpassed the previous assemblies since the return of democracy in 1999. This is also has the Speaker revealed that the Green Chamber of the National Assembly in its first legislative session out of 1,351 bills introduced, 679 motions and 89 drafts has been successfully passed. He further said that 679 motions were equally introduced within the period under review to reawaken relevant ministries, departments and agencies to their mandates. It will be recalled that the…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the Federal and State governments to urgently put in place measures to effectively check the outbreak of cholera in the country. The House also mandated it’s Committees on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values to make public orientation, enlightenment and education of citizens on the need to maintain personal hygiene at all times. The House in its resolutions further mandated the House Committee on Healthcare services to urgently liaise with relevant stockholders in the health sector to investigate the root cause of the outbreak. These resolutions followed the adoption of a motion brought…

Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa saved three Slovenia penalties to earn his side a 3-0 shoot-out victory after Cristiano Ronaldo redeemed himself from the spot in a dramatic Euro 2024 last 16 clash on Monday. Portugal forward Ronaldo broke down in tears after missing a penalty in the first period of extra-time in the goalless tie in Frankfurt But he recovered to convert in the shoot-out as Portugal scraped through to set up a blockbuster clash with France in the quarter-finals. Slovenia battled valiantly to keep Portugal at bay, with Jan Oblak making a stunning save to keep out Ronaldo’s penalty…

Substitute Randal Kolo Muani scored with five minutes left to send twice-winners France through to the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 on Monday after beating a disappointing Belgium 1-0. France will meet the winner of Monday’s match between Portugal and Slovenia in the quarter-finals in Hamburg on Friday. With the game looking like it was headed for extra time, Kolo Muani picked up a ball from N’Golo Kante and fired a shot that deflected off Jan Vertonghen past keeper Koen Casteels. France were in control for most of the match, with Tchouameni and Marcus Thuram finding chances on both sides of…

An explosion at the Zungeru Hydro-Electric Power Dam caused injuries to a Chinese engineer, security personnel, and several workers, and destroyed some installations. The cause of the explosion, which occurred on the morning of Monday, July 1, is currently unknown as there have been no official reports about the incident. The Chinese engineer was conducting a routine check when the explosion happened, and those injured were taken to the Minna General Hospital. A source stated that the engineer was first admitted to the emergency ward of the hospital for treatment for burns on the head and hand but due to…