UEFA EURO 2016 QUARTER FINAL FIXTURES INCLUDING TIME AND DATE

THURDAY 30th JUNE
POLAND VS PORTUGAL
VENUE: MARSEILLE
TIME: 8:00PM (NIGERIAN TIME)

FRIDAY, 1st JULY
WALES VS BELGIUM
VENUE: LILLE
TIME: 8:00PM (NIGERIAN TIME)

SATURDAY 2nd JULY
GERMANY VS ITALY
VENUE: BORDEAUX
TIME: 8:00PM (NIGERIAN TIME)

SUNDAY 3rd JULY
FRANCE VS ICELAND
VENUE: SAINT DENIS
TIME: 8:00PM (NIGERIAN TIME)

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BUKOLA SARKI, EKWEREMADU, OTHERS DOCKED FOR FORGERY

The Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, were docked before an Abuja High Court on Monday over alleged complicity in forgery of the Senate Standing Rules, 2015.

They were arraigned alongside former Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Abubakar Maikasuwa and his deputy, Mr. Benedict Efeturi.

Saraki, Ekweremadu and the two other accused persons  pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge preferred against them by the federal government.

Following their not guilty plea, they were all granted bail and the case was adjourned till July 11.

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UEFA Euro 2016 Second Round Fixtures

Qualified for Round of 16: Belgium, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Wales

Best third placed teams to qualify: Northern Ireland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia

Eliminated: Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine

Round of 16 Fixtures

Saturday, June 25
Switzerland vs. Poland -- Saint-Etienne (3 p.m. CET/9 a.m. ET, ESPN)
Wales vs. Northern Ireland -- Paris (6 p.m. CET/12 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Croatia vs. Portugal -- Lens (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN)

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Sunday, June 26
France vs. Ireland -- Lyon (3 p.m. CET/9 a.m. ET, ESPN)
Germany vs. Slovakia -- Lille (6 p.m. CET/12 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Hungary vs. Belgium -- Toulouse (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN)

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Monday, June 27
Italy vs. Spain -- Saint-Denis (6 p.m. CET/12 p.m. ET, ESPN2)
England vs. Iceland -- Nice (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

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SOKOTO STATE GOVERNOR INCREASE CORPERS ALLOWANCE

Sokoto state government has jacked up allowances of Youth Corps members serving in the state. Governor Aminu Tambuwal announced the new policy during the swearing-in ceremony of 2016 Batch A Stream II corps members at the state NYSC orientation camp in Wamakko on Monday June 13th.

“Graduates of medicine will now be paid N50,000 from the current amount of N36,000. Pharmacists will now N25,000 up from the N19,000 obtainable in the past, while graduates of lab science and other medical technicians like nurses are now entitled to monthly stipend of

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MEET THE NEW CAN PRESIDENT

Rev Dr Supo Ayokunle was the sixth indigenous General Secretary of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC). He later became the NBC president.

He was formally the deputy to ex-CAN president Rev Ayo Orisejafo.

PRESIDENT of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) and candidate of the Christian Council of Nigeria, CCN, Rev. Samson Olasupo Adeniyi Ayokunle, Tuesday emerged the new president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

Rev Ayokunle Ayokunle defeated Elder Joseph Otubu of the Motailatu Church Cherubim and Seraphim Movement (MCCSW) who represented the Organisation of African Instituted Churches, OAIC, with 57 votes to 28.

The outgoing president of the body, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, announced the result of the election at about 2:30 p.m. to a rousing applause of National Executive Council delegates from different parts of the country who had converged at the National Christian Centre in Central Business Centre of Abuja.

By the CAN constitution, Prof. Joseph Otubu who emerged runners-up in the elections automatically becomes the Vice President of the Association for the next three years of the soon to be sworn in administration.

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