Manchester United midfielder, Bruno Fernandes has hailed Cristiano Ronaldo after the 39-year-old netted his 900th career goal. The Al Nassr striker is now the first player in the game’s history to score 900 goals in top-tier football. It was the Portugal captain’s goal that helped his country beat Croatia 2-1 in their Nations League opener in Lisbon on Thursday. Diogo Dalot opened the scoring for the home side in the seventh minute and Ronaldo made it 2-0 in the 34th minute to secure the elusive landmark. Speaking after the game, Fernandes praised his captain after the game, calling it “another…
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Kano State House of Assembly has passed a supplementary budget of N99 billion to enable the state government to implement the new minimum wage and other services. The Speaker of the House, Alhaji Jibril Falgor said that the budget would enable the state government to implement the new minimum wage and other services, as the fund would be extended on recurrent, personnel and overhead cost. He appreciated his colleagues for their contributions toward the speedy passage of the bill. NAN reports that Governor Abba Kabir-Yusuf had on Aug. 20, submitted the N99 billion supplementary budget to the state assembly. In…
Super Eagles winger, Moses Simon has emphasised the importance of the team beating the Cheetahs of Benin Republic. Nigeria will host neighbours Benin Republic in a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Saturday. The Super Eagles have struggled since their impressive showing at the AFCON 2023 finals. The West Africans have recorded just one win from five games. Simon said they will do their best to please the fans. “This is our job. We know what is at stake. Of course we lost against them 2-1, I believe we don’t want to…
Nigerians were shocked earlier in the week following the announcement of a new petrol pump price by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL. The NNPCL increased its retail price from N617 to N857 per litre on Tuesday, a development that has worsened the suffering and hardship in the country. Petrol queues across the country, especially in Abuja, have lasted over two months now, but the situation has now worsened amid the present pump price increase, with only few filling stations dispensing the product. Meanwhile, there are also concerns that even with the high price of the commodity, the meters…
A bill to boost electricity supply in Imo State has passed its second reading in the State House of Assembly. Presenting the bill for the second reading at the floor of the house, the majority leader, representing Owerri West State Constituency, Hon. Kanayo Onyemaechi stated that the bill if passed into law will go a long way to improve the general well being of the citizens. The bill titled, ‘Light Up Imo Project’, according to the majority leader, emanated from the recently enacted electricity reform law number 2 of 2024, which was aimed at ensuring that the 27 LGAs in…
The UN Aid Coordination Office says at least 14,000 schools have been closed across West and Central Africa due to violence and insecurity It said that by June, 2.8 million children, including many who are displaced, had been left without access to education, from Mali in the west to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the east. The agency added that latest aid assessments indicate a volatile humanitarian situation in the region with security incidents affecting education rising a startling 103 per cent from March to June, compared with the start of the year. According to the UN aid office,…
Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, has insisted he does not need to win the World Cup. The 39-year-old stated this while speaking to reporters, after scoring his 900th career goal as they beat Croatia 2-1 in the UEFA Nations League on Thursday. Diogo Dalot had given his country the lead, before Ronaldo volleyed in a second. When asked about what else he wants to achieve in his career after the game, Ronaldo said: “Portugal winning Euros is equivalent to winning a World Cup. “I’ve already won two trophies for Portugal that I really wanted. I’m not motivated by that. “I’m motivated…
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has said the agency alone cannot solve the drug use problem, stressing that everyone in the society has to contribute their own quota. Marwa equally lamented the level of drug use among Nigerian youths, including those in primary school, secondary and tertiary institutions. The NDLEA boss stated this on Wednesday when he played host to international touring bikers group, Jeje Riders Nigeria, following the flag-off of a nationwide students’ anti-drug abuse campaign in Yola, scheduled for October 12, 2024. He urged for collaboration…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State has condemned in strong terms the recent attacks by yet to be identified gunmen on the council headquarters of the Isiala Mbano LGA of the state where security guards were killed. It also condemned the razing of Obowo LGA Divisional Police Headquarters, as well as the killing of a policeman in his house near NEPA junction in Umulogho community, also in the LGA. In a press statement by its State publicity secretary, Lancelot Obiaku, he said, “Our party maintains that the continuous mindless attacks on public facilities and the killing of innocent…
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The federal government has assured Nigerians that the fuel crisis experienced in the country will soon be a thing of the past. Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), gave the assurance on Thursday, while briefing State House reporters after meeting with Vice-President Kashim Shettima, joined by the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari. 2. The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday quizzed Chris Ngige, one of the Ministers in the cabinet of former President…