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Italy, Spain renew rivalry in Euro 2020 semi-final
Italy and Spain meet in a blockbuster first semi-final at Euro 2020 before an expected crowd of 60,000 at Wembley on Tuesday as anticipation builds ahead of host nation England’s last-four tie against Denmark. Tuesday’s game is the latest episode in a burgeoning rivalry between Italy and Spain with the nations meeting in a fourth…
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Monarch burial rites bill bounces back at Ogun Assembly
The Ogun State House of Assembly has begun consideration of a controversial bill seeking to amend burial and installation rites of traditional rulers in the state more than a year after the billed stalled due to reactions that trailed its introduction. The bill seeks respect for human dignity and promotion of modernity in the installation…
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Belarus opposition figure Babaryko jailed 14 years
A court in Belarus on Tuesday sentenced one of strongman Alexander Lukashenko’s leading critics to 14 years in prison on fraud charges. “Viktor Babaryko was sentenced to 14 years in a maximum-security colony,” his supporters said, using the 57-year-old’s Twitter account. Former banker Babaryko was arrested in June last year ahead of a disputed presidential…
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Army captures two terrorists in Borno, recovers grenade, other supplies
Joint troops of the Nigerian Army have captured two terrorists in Borno, recovering a hand grenade and other supplies in the process. The Army Director of Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu made this known on Tuesday in a statement titled, ‘Operation Hadin Kai: Troops capture terrorists’ logistics suppliers in clearance operation’. The statement read, “Troops of…
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TB Joshua’s funeral to continue despite fire outbreak —Synagogue
Synagogue Church of All Nations has said that the funeral of its later founder, Prophet Temitope Joshua, popularly called T.B. Joshua, would continue despite the fire incident in the church on Monday. The PUNCH had reported that fire gutted a storehouse in the church’s premises around 11 pm on Monday. The fire incident happened on…
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Ortom decries cultists’ vandalisation of Makurdi school
Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has described the vandalism of facilities at St. Catherine Primary School, Makurdi by cultists as needless and barbaric. Ortom made the expression while speaking at an inspection tour of some facilities and projects in Makurdi on Monday. The governor expressed worry that the school had become a haven for…
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Russian passenger plane loses radar contact, whereabouts unknown
Contact has been lost with a passenger plane carrying more than two dozen people in Russia’s Far Eastern peninsula of Kamchatka, local officials said Tuesday. The An-26 was flying from Kamchatka’s main city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the town of Palana when it disappeared and failed to land as scheduled, Valentina Glazova, a spokeswoman for the…
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Wimbledon 2021: Tears as Raducanu retires due to ‘difficulty breathing’
Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final on Monday as British teenager Emma Raducanu retired injured when a set and 3-0 down. Raducanu, 18, had lit up Wimbledon in the same fashion 15-year-old Coco Gauff had two years ago but she was clearly struggling, clutching her stomach and gasping for breath. She received…
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I didn’t author derogatory post on Igbo, Hausa, Malami says
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), has refuted claims from some quarters that he authored a derogatory post on Igbo and Hausa. A statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Umar Gwandu, said that Malami did not write or contemplate such a post. “The…
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Naomi Osaka agrees to address press at Tokyo Olympics
Tennis star Naomi Osaka said Monday she wants to be on top form at the Olympics and will take part in press conferences, after pulling out of several tournaments citing her struggles with depression and anxiety. The world number two told Japan’s national broadcaster NHK she was getting ready to play on home turf at…
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