Italy, runners up at the 2012 European championships, tuned up for Euro 2016 with a 2-0 friendly win over Finland in Verona on Monday.

PRESIDEBNT Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration’s commitment towards addressing housing problem in the country, just as the Shelter Afrique raised alarm over looming crisis in housing sector in Africa. The President stated that for the government to avert housing crisis in Nigeria by the year 2020, it had kicked start the process by earmarking N40b in this year’s capital budget for a comprehensive housing programme for the low income earners in the country, while still retaining housing standard.

Worried by the spate of building collapse in Lagos, members of the Lagos state branch of the Nigerian Institution of estate surveyors and valuers NIESV have taken the ‘fight’ to prevent building collapse in the state to Oba of Lagos, HRM Alaiyeluwa Rilwanu Akiolu 1 for his intervention.

BARELY 11 days to the primaries of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, a governorship aspirant of the party, Mr Don Obaseki, Monday, announced his withdrawal from the race, saying that he has lost faith in the scheduled primaries of the party.

Senator Shehu Sani and members of Akida, a pressure group within Kaduna State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday alleged that Governor Nasir El-Rufai has threatened to deal with them and and called on security agencies to look into the matter.

THE Campaign organization of the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Dr Pius Odubu and that of Godwin Obaseki led by Osarodion Ogie, are playing mind games ahead the June 18, 2016 scheduled governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

AHEAD of the September 10, 2016 governorship election in Edo State, the Edo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will commence the sale of governorship nomination forms this week to aspirants wishing to contest the election.

The University of Ibadan Alumni Association will on June 11 confer the 2015 Alumnus of the Year Award – the Association’s highest honour – on Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.

Pastor William Kumuyi, General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, has advocated for dialogue to resolve the crisis in the Niger Delta region.

Lionel Messi has not recovered in time to start Argentina’s Copa America curtain-raiser against Chile, with Nicolas Gaitan replacing the captain in Santa Clara, reports Goal.