Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Croatia’S president has been trending on social media after her emotional response to the country’s World Cup final loss to France. Kolinda won scores of admirers on Twitter as she embraced Croatia’s players following the 4-2 defeat to…
Ortom dumps APC, says party lacks befitting ideology
Samuel Ortom, Benue state governor said Monday that he has ceased to be a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), following what he called “a red card” given to him. The governor revealed this in Makurdi, the state…
Bold and brilliant Kylian Mbappe emerged as France’s true talisman (Firstpost)
A minefield of sublime talents all across the pitch – from the uber-stylish Paul Pogba to the ever efficient Antoine Griezmann, from Los Galactico Raphael Varane to the indisputable midfield genius N’Golo Kante, yet it is the humble lad from…
Anthony Joshua’s opponent Alexander Povetkin is a legitimate threat (Skysport)
Alexander Povetkin is the party-pooper intent on trashing the place that Anthony Joshua couldn’t avoid, writes James Dielhenn. From Russia with gloves, overlook this vicious challenger at your peril. Joshua’s teeth were gnashing at the idea of fighting a big-punching…
World Cup: Toke Makinwa wins $20,000 for predicting France’s victory
Media personality, Toke Makinwa, is $20,000 (N7.2m) richer after she placed a bet that France would win the 2018 World Cup and they did. Toke took to her Twitter handle to share the good news. She wrote “Thank you, France. …
‘Thank you, heroes’ – press hail Croatia squad (Guardian)
Croatian media on Monday hailed their team as heroes after the small country’s historic success in reaching the World Cup final where France beat them 4-2. “Thank you, heroes! – You gave us everything!” read the Sportske Novosti frontpage. “‘Vatreni’…
Trump Meets Putin (Nytimes)
President Trump will hold one-on-one talks with Mr. Putin at an exceptionally awkward time, just days after the Justice Department indicted 12 Russian intelligence agents on charges of hacking the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, but Mr.…
Trump calls the European Union a ‘foe’ of the United States (CNN)
President Donald Trump named the European Union, Russia and China as foes to the United States during an interview at his golf club in Scotland. “I think we have a lot of foes,” Trump told CBS News in an interview…
Ekiti poll: Govs congratulate Fayemi, commend INEC, media, others (SUN)
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has congratulated Ekiti State governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi over his victory in the governorship election last Saturday. Fayemi was declared winner of the poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), having defeated his closest rival,…
Zinox boss to FG: Use Technology to eradicate corporate debtors, boost economy
Africa’s leading technology entrepreneur, Leo Stan Ekeh has charged the Federal Government to leverage technology in reducing to the barest minimum the growing incidences of corporate debts and usher in an era of unprecedented boom and sanity in the Nigerian…