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Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 600th club goal of his career as Serie A champions Juventus drew with Inter Milan. Ronaldo’s low strike, following a back-heel from team-mate Miralem Pjanic, brought Juventus level at the San Siro. Radja Nainggolan had given the hosts the lead with a spectacular 25-yard volley after Matteo Politano’s flick. Ronaldo has now scored 27 goals for Juventus after five for Sporting Lisbon, 118 at Manchester United and 450 for Real Madrid. His 600th career club goal came on the same day as Lionel Messi scored his 598th Barcelona goal, during their match against Levante. Juventus may…

No fewer than 19 students in India’s Telangana state were said to have committed suicide after failing school final examinations, officials and news reported on Thursday. Parents and students have been protesting across the state since the results of the Intermediate Examination for students of the two senior most grades were announced on April 18. Out of the 974,000 students, who appeared for the Intermediate Exam, a total of 328,000 failed, Telenga Chief Minister, Chandrasekhar Rao, said in a statement. He has set up a three-member panel to probe the conduct and assessment of answer papers. “There have been a…

Norwich City, Saturday, secured promotion to the English Premier League after a three-year absence with a 2-1 win at home to Blackburn Rovers. Victory left Championship leaders Norwich nine points clear of third-placed Leeds with just six left to play for in the final two regular-season games and only the top two assured of a place in English football’s lucrative top-flight. The Canaries kicked-off at Carrow Road knowing just a point would be enough to secure promotion. Norwich went ahead in the 13th minute through Marco Stiepermann thanks to the German midfielder’s low shot from 20 yards. The East Anglian…

The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has disagreed with Daddy Freeze on the private jet he recently acquired pertaining to the statement credited to the latter. The Edo-based preacher made this statement in reaction to the comments made by Daddy Freeze about his private jet, saying “I have my reservations in Daddy Freeze‘s presentations.” Recall that the controversial On Air Personality (OAP) and founder of the Free Nation movement had challenged the preacher to name the number of poor people in his ministry that he has helped in time past before purchasing his private jet. “Apostle…

Lionel Messi scored to help Barcelona clinch the Liga title by beating Levante 1-0 at Camp Nou on Saturday, cementing its status as Spain’s dominant club for more than a decade. After resting until halftime, Messi went on and finally put a shot past Levante goalkeeper Aitor Fernandez in the 62nd minute to start the celebrations at the Camp Nou. Messi’s league-leading 34th goal was his 46th in all competitions this season. After hugging and kissing his children who came on the pitch with the other players’ families, Messi received the league trophy from Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales and…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says results of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would be released from April 29. The 2019 UTME was conducted from April 11 to April 18 and more than 1.8 million candidates registered for it. The Board’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Bwari. Benjamin said that screening of the results would soon be over and the result released. “We are still screening but hopefully, anytime next week, the results will be ready,” he said. Speaking…

The Federal Government has offered 168 ex-corps members, who won the President’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Honours Award, an automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service. At the combined 2015/2016/2017 President’s NYSC Honours Award held at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja on Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari conferred the recipients with various awards. Buhari, who was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, also announced scholarships up to Doctorate level in any Nigerian universities to the awardees. The President’s NYSC Honours Award was instituted in 1974 to encourage corps members to contribute to the overall national development by embarking on community…

Akwa Ibom State is said to have recorded the highest unemployment rate of 37.7 per cent in the third quarter 2018, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released. In its Labour Force Statistics – Volume 2: Unemployment and Under-employment by State for Third Quarter, 2018 posted on its website, NBS said Rivers State was the second highest reported unemployment rate with 36.4 per cent followed by Bayelsa with 32.6 per cent. Moreover, Abia recorded 31.6 per cent and Borno reported 31.4 per cent unemployment rate in the quarter under review. The report said the top five states with the…

After declining about $20 billion in 2018, Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune is bouncing back, Bloomerg says. Facebook Inc. shares (FB) jumped Thursday in New York trading — increasing his net worth by about $4.6 billion — after the social-networking firm reported first-quarter earnings Wednesday night that won near-unanimous praise from Wall Street analysts. That brings his year-to-date advance to $24 billion, the most of anyone on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The co-founder of the world’s largest social-media business saw his fortune fall US$3.3 billion (NZD$4.5b) on Saturday (NZ time) after he posted plans to shift users’ news feeds toward content from family and…

Two Chinese nationals have been abducted in South Eastern Nigeria, police said on Thursday, asking the public for tips to find and free the expatriates. Odah Loveth, police spokesperson in the Ebonyi state, told reporters that Sun Zhixin and Wang Quing Hu were taken in the Ohaozara community at a construction site where they were working. Loveth said detectives have been deployed in the area as police carry out a manhunt for the abductors. She said Awoshola Awotunde, the state’s police chief, has visited the construction site owned by the Tongyi group of companies. “The area was combed to track…