Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

Villa Wins First Game Of 2023/2024 Against Everton Aston Villa saw off Everton 4-0 at Villa Park to record their first Premier League win of the season in style. Villa were excellent from start to finish as they put in an assured display packed with quality, claiming the spoils courtesy of four different goalscorers. Captain John McGinn opened the scoring from close range in the 18th minute before Douglas Luiz added a second shortly afterwards from the penalty spot. Leon Bailey pounced to fire home a third in the 51st minute and substitute Jhon Durán capped off a superb afternoon…

Villa Wins First Game Of 2023/2024 Against Everton Aston Villa saw off Everton 4-0 at Villa Park to record their first Premier League win of the season in style. Villa were excellent from start to finish as they put in an assured display packed with quality, claiming the spoils courtesy of four different goalscorers. Captain John McGinn opened the scoring from close range in the 18th minute before Douglas Luiz added a second shortly afterwards from the penalty spot. Leon Bailey pounced to fire home a third in the 51st minute and substitute Jhon Durán capped off a superb…

England fans devastated but full of hope after World Cup final loss England soccer fans went home in bitter disappointment on Sunday after losing the Women’s World Cup final 1-0 to Spain, but in defeat many of them also found inspiration and hope for future generations in the sport. Large crowds camped out with finger food and picnic blankets to cheer England on at public screenings across the country, while face-painted punters started the day with a beer in packed-out bars and pubs. But the nationwide “watch party” that started at breakfast had dissolved into despair by lunchtime as the…

NEMA distributes relief materials to 24,640 flood victims in Yobe The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) distributed relief materials to 24,640 victims of 2022 floods and vulnerable persons in Yobe on Sunday. A NEMA official, Hajiya Bintu Aliyu, flagged off the distribution in Damaturu on behalf of its Director General, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed. She said the materials were distributed under Special National Economic and Livelihood Emergency Intervention (SNELEI) programme of the Federal Government. She explained that the gesture was to facilitate quick return to normalcy in the affected areas. “This intervention is also expected to drive the sustainable socio-economic resilience…

 Tinubu reshuffles portfolios of ministers-designate, Oyetola, Momoh affected President Bola Tinubu has approved the redeployment of some ministers-designate to different ministries to enhance efficiency. In the redeployment, Engr. Abubakar Momoh was redeployed from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development. A statement issued by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale on Sunday, said the Federal Ministry of Youth is to be re-assigned to a Minister-Designate soon. Also, he said the Ministers-designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy have been reshuffled. In the reshufflement, former Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola…

Ilorin not for Muslims only, says OPC The Oodua Peoples Congress has advised that the capital of Kwara State should be relocated from Ilorin if Muslims continue to insist that Ilorin is an Islamic city and that traditional religious worshippers are not allowed to practise their faith. The Kwara State Coordinator of the OPC New Era, Bayo Fabiyi, made the call in a statement on Sunday. “There are Muslims in other places cohabiting with others without crises or disturbances. “Therefore, if Ilorin is the only place where isese becomes a challenge, the status of Ilorin as a state capital should…

FG educates farmers on seed testing The Federal Government has disclosed plans to establish satellite seed testing laboratories in the 36 states of the federation to enhance farmers’ access to quality and certified seeds with a view to increasing agricultural yields. The Director of Seeds Inspectorate, National Agricultural Seeds Council, Bulus Sule, said the FG, through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, was committed to ensuring that Nigerian farmers have access to and plant quality seeds that would give them the assurance of bumper harvests and huge earnings. Sule spoke in Ado Ekiti on Friday during a sensitisation…

Adeleke approves planting of 100,000 trees across Osun state- Aide To save Osun State from environmental degradation, Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved the planting of one hundred thousand seedling of trees across the state Commissioner for environment and sanitation, Hon Mayowa Adejoorin stated this on a sensitization programme on Radio station in Osogbo. The programme is put in place by the office of the spokesperson to the governor to promote the activities of Adeleke’s administration Hon Adejoorin noted that the governor knows the benefits of trees in the society as the only source of oxygen that man derives to live,…

Pay attention to mental health, ministry urges staff The Lagos State Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment has urged its officials to pay attention to their mental health in order to remain productive employees and useful individuals to their families and society at large. The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr Biodun Onayele, gave the charge during a two-day training organised for all members of staff, held at the STO Resource Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, at the weekend, a statement said on Sunday. Onayele said, “This programme is not just another event on our calendar, it is a call to action;…

Palliative: NEMA to begin rice distribution in states National-Emergency-Management-Agency-NEMA The National Emergency Management Agency, on Sunday, said it had commenced arrangements for the distribution of 180 trucks of rice to various states as recommended by the National Economic Council. On Thursday the Federal Government announced a N5bn palliative for each state of the federation and 180 trucks of rice as part of measures to assuage the pains of the subsidy removal. The subsidy removal policy, which led to sharp and multiple increases in fuel pump prices, has driven up the prices of goods and services, pushing millions of Nigerians into…