US President Joe Biden has endorsed a fragile bipartisan deal on infrastructure “without hesitation”, walking back from a threat to veto the plan if Congress failed to also pass a larger package to expand the country’s social safety net. Biden said on Saturday that he did not mean to suggest in earlier remarks that he…
Agency Report Germany forward Thomas Mueller insists his knee injury will not stop him from facing England in Tuesday’s blockbuster Euro 2020 last 16 clash at Wembley. “If it was a problem, I wouldn’t have trained today,” Mueller said on Saturday at Germany’s Euro 2020 base camp in Bavaria. “The capsular injury does not hold…
Agency Report The Nigerian men’s 4x100m relay team will not compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after missing their last chance to qualify on Sunday. It’s the third consecutive time the country will fail to qualify for the event. Nigerian quartet Enoch Adegoke, Jerry Jakpa, Godson Brume and Usheoritse Itsekiri was left disappointed after…
Sunday Aborisade The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition has, for the third time, summoned the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Mr Danladi Umar. The development followed the failure of the CCT judge to address the panel on the two occasions he was invited and the subsequent withdrawal of the petitioner…
Adeyinka Adedipe First Bank Basketball Club will lead seven other teams to the first Dr D.K Olukoya Girls Basketball Competition, which holds from June 28 to July 4 at the sports hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. Other teams confirmed for the tournament are hosts -MFM of Lagos, Delta Force of Asaba, IG Queens…
Dayo Ojerinde The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed a former Accountant-General and Permanent Secretary in the Lagos State Ministry of Finance, David Sunmoni, and 12 others as members of the new governing council for the Lagos State University. Sunmoni according to a statement Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Tokunbo Wahab,…
Friday Olokor EX-President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed concern over the increasing crime wave in the country but concluded that most of them were caused by consumption of drugs. Jonathan expressed his views during a courtesy call on him by the Chief Executive Officer of the Albino Foundation, Jake Epelle, its management and partners to appreciate…
Polaris Bank has announced the launch of a new reward: ‘Refer & Win’ exercise in which existing and new users of the Bank’s digital banking platform, Vulture, stand a chance to win up to N1,300 instant cash reward each time they refer someone who opens an account and enrolls on the newly-launched innovative digital solution. To…
Various reports in Turkey said talks are going on between Sivasspor and representatives of Super Eagles midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo.Sivasspor manager has set his sights on landing the Nigeria midfielder, who featured on loan at Galatasaray last season.The Turkish Super Lig club, who finished outside the Top-4 this past campaign with Nigeria striker Olarenwaju Kayode, are…
