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You don’t have to be under the Friday night lights to see that Minka Kelly and Dan Reynolds’ relationship is continuing to blossom. “Minka and Dan are so in love,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. “Things are going amazing for them both.” While their relationship “started out slowly,” the insider says Kelly, 43, and the Imagine Dragons singer, 35, have “gotten much more serious” over the past couple of months. Even with Reynolds’ “busy” touring… Read the full article here

President Bola Tinubu has met and exchanged greetings with the former Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode. The meeting was at a welcome party in Lagos, where Ambode also exchanged pleasantries with his successor, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as seen in a video obtained by DAILY POST. Speaking during the meeting, Tinubu said: “I’m glad to see Ambode.” The former governor served one term in office and lost the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries in the state to… Read the full article here

Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand has expressed his disappointment with the way the club have handled goalkeeper David de Gea’s contract situation. De Gea, who has been at Man United for over a decade, looks set to leave the club with his contract expiring on June 30. The Red Devils reportedly offered De Gea an extension on reduced terms from his existing contract but withdrew it after the 32-year-old agreed to sign. Erik ten Hag’s side then offered the Spain international… Read the full article here

A 21-year-old man, Jonathan Peter, has accused a yet-to-be-identified man of swindling him of his phone valued at N30,000 in the Ayetoro community, in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect approached Peter and expressed interest in purchasing his phone. After posing as a buyer, the suspect took Peter to a location in the Ayetoro community and while assessing the phone at the location, told Peter he wanted to get… Read the full article here

A man, Bright Okutuoma, has been arrested by policemen attached to the Rumuni Police Station of the Rivers State Police Command for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl around the Ibaa community, in the Emohua Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that Okutuoma was at home when he beckoned on her neighbour’s daughter to help him buy a sachet of water. The victim’s mother, while at the Cool/Wazobia/Info fm in the Port Harcourt area of the… Read the full article here

Since the dawn of time, myths represent the universal bank of human wisdom. Myths ride on stories along the superhighway of time-honoured communication. Myths affirm the supremacy of good over evil, teaching morals and preserving history, passing on traditions and knowledge; explaining the nature of man. I believe the earliest myths came into being shortly after the dew of creation set on the first heroic deed, and the sun cast the shadow of the first villain. The… Read the full article here

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday,in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, relived the obstacles he had to surmount in the build-up to the general elections to achieve his presidential ambition. The President spoke at the palace  of the Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, in Ijebu-Ode, during what he called a thank-you visit to the monarch. Tinubu, who  was in Ogun  State on a private  visit, also visited the Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun… Read the full article here

Nigeria’s external reserves fell by $2.85bn in the first half of 2023 due to external debt finance among other challenges, figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria have revealed. The CBN revealed in its figures on movement on foreign reserves that the reserves which commenced January 3, 2023 at $37.07bn fell to $34.22bn as of the end of June 26, 2023. According to the CBN, the reserves fell by $3.43bn in 2022, from $40.52bn as of the end of December 31,… Read the full article here

Nigeria have moved up a place in the latest FIFA men’s rankings for June,  The PUNCH reports. The Super Eagles, who were ranked 40th in the world in the ranking released in May, gained six points and moved to 39th. The Eagles’ rise in the rankings was largely due to their impressive performance in the recent Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sierra Leone in the month under review. Jose Peseiro’s men defeated the Leone Stars 3-1 in the game played in… Read the full article here

CyclingMark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) says he is trying to balance being focussed on racing whilst also soaking in the adulation as he rides his final Tour de France, in which he will seek to earn the outright record of stage wins in the event. Stream the 2023 Tour de France on Eurosport and discovery+.00:02:59, 7 hours ago Read the full article here