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Roberto Mancini’s side broke a record that has stood for 82 years as they moved into the European Championship quarter-finals. Italy set a new national record after extending their unbeaten run to 31 games with a 2-1 extra-time win against Austria in the last 16 of Euro 2020. Roberto Mancini’s side equalled the record that has stood since 1939 with a 1-0 win over Wales in their final group game last weekend, but surpassed it with a hard-earned victory at Wembley on Saturday. The game finished goalless after 90 minutes, but strikes from Federico Chiesa and Matteo Pessina were enough…

Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria has lamented the rising spate of insecurity in the country. Rising from its Second Quarterly General Meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, on Saturday, June 26, 2021, the conference in a communique signed by its Chairman and Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abubakar Suleiman, called on major stakeholders to use the instrumentalities of the ongoing review of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to accommodate community policing and State Police in the country. This, according to the communique, would help in effectively tackling the rising wave…

Kasper Dolberg starred on his former stomping ground in Amsterdam as Denmark stormed to a 4-0 victory over Wales to progress to the Euro 2020 quarter-finals. In for the injured Yussuf Poulsen, ex-Ajax striker Dolberg became the first Denmark player to score twice in a Euro knockout game since Henrik Larsen in 1992 with two clinical finishes. With the backing of a partisan crowd at the stadium where the absent Christian Eriksen made his name, Denmark hit the front midway through the first half before Dolberg – on his first start of the tournament – doubled his tally shortly after…

By: Israel Umoh  Iko Town in Eastern Obolo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State is an oil-rich enclave. It bears a fanciful appellation that can easily lure a first-time visitor to the place. In an elementary interpretation, ‘Town’ could mean city or urban area. To an average person, town connotes a well-developed area with pronounced social amenities. From regular electricity supply, macadamised roads, pipe-borne water garbed with urbane living among the residents and indigenes alike, a town is guaranteed. But, Iko Town is ghost of itself, wearing urbane name but bearing a trapped outlook and rural garb. It is…

The highly celebrated case has seen former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, bagging 22-and-a-half years in prison for the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin, 45, was found guilty by a jury in April of second and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for pressing his knee into Mr Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes as he begged for his life and repeatedly said “I can’t breathe.” Floyd, an African American, was killed in May 2020 after police officers responded to a call that he had used a counterfeit $20 bill at a convenience store in the city. The sentence is…

Men of the Lagos State police command have arrested the father of Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu, the 300-level student of Mass Communications at the University of Lagos, who confessed to killing the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Michael Usifo Ataga. This was after the police had arrested a 21-year-old student together with some other persons who are currently now at large conspired and carried out the crime, the spokesperson of the state police command, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Odumosu stated this while parading the suspect. A police source who spoke on condition of anonymity to Punch, said Chidinma’s father was arrested for violently…

Nigerian government has paid N24 billion to beneficiaries in the country under the 774,000 special public works scheme as at June 24, 2021. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, who stated this Thursday, also said that 413,630 Nigerians, drawn from rural communities and mostly itinerant workers in different local government areas, have received their payments from the social work job. Keyamo, who announced this at media briefing coordinated by the Presidential Media Communications Team, at the Presidential Villa said the initial delays that greeted the programme had to do with discrepancies noticed during the registration phase,…

Akwa Ibom Government has shut Uyo High School in the state over threat to the life of the principal and members of his family. Chairman, Akwa Ibom State Secondary Education Board (SSEB), Dr. Ekaete Ebong Okon, announced this in Uyo on Thursday, June 24, after suspected cultists gave the principal, Elder Michael Iwok, a 24-hour ultimatum to release their members or face dire consequences. Straightnews gathered that some students arrested over allegation of involvement in cultism were remanded in prison custody, an action that emboldened their members to threaten the principal to release them. Consequently, the cultists were said to…

The Nigerian Government has redeemed its pledge to Super Eagles Squad who won the African Cup of Nations in Tunis, Tunisia, in 1994. This follows an approval by President Muhammadu Buhari for allocation of three-bedroom houses to the winning squad. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated this in a statement on Thursday titled ”President Buhari allocates houses to 1994 Super Eagles squad, winners of the African Cup of Nations.’’ The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved allocation of three-bedroom houses to the Super Eagles squad that won the African Cup of…

Drama ensued as two female housemate fought during Big Brother Naija reunion show which was aired on Thursday night. The fight began after Kaisha narrated how Ka3na reportedly disrespected her mother as they partied together. According to Kaisha, her mother liked Ka3na and wanted a photo with her. She revealed that her mother first sent Lucy before sending her sister Zainab to ask Ka3na for the photo, but she reportedly asked them to tell her mother to come to her table, a feedback she found disrespectful. Ka3na, however, maintained that she thought they were talking about Kaisha’s manager. Lucy who…