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Portugal, winners of the 2016 European Championships, were knocked out of this summer’s tournament in the last 16 by Belgium. But despite only playing one knockout round fixture, Ronaldo still managed to win the Euro 2020 Golden Boot award. The Juventus star netted five goals in Portugal’s three group matches (two against Hungary, one against Germany, and two against France). Czech Republic striker Patrik Schick was the only other player to score five goals at Euro 2020, but  Ronaldo  won the Golden Boot award because he also provided one assist.

One person was shot dead when robbers attacked a bank at Ilara-mokin, Ifedore local government area. Details shortly… UPDATED: Journalist, policeman killed as robbers attack Ondo bank Sketchy details have begun to emerge in the daylight robbery of a bank at Ilara Mokin, Ifedore local government in Ondo State. The robbers killed a journalist and policeman during the incident. The journalist, Olubunmi Afuye, was recently employed as spokesman of Elizade University. He was going to work when he ran into the robbery operation and was shot dead, The Nation gathered. Ondo police spokesman, ASP Tee-Leo Ikoro, who confirmed the incident, said he would soon release further details of the incident.

According to POLITICS NIGERIA, the petition was filed against, Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Abubakar Malami, who is the Attorney General of the Federation and also Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adamu and Ibrahim Idris, past Inspector- Generals of Police, others include Ex- Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, Comptroller General of Customs, Hammed Alli; current Chief of Army Staff, Farouk Yahaya, Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba, among others. Mr. Mark P. Dilon, who is Court' s Head of Information and Evidence Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor made this known, saying that the communication has been duly entered in the Communications Register of the Office.

The lawmakers were heard chanting “five per cent” as against the three pre cent at the floor of the House. Meanwhile, in the Senate, the three per cent allocation to host communities was adopted despite protests by the senators. The number in dispute is the percentage of the total operating expenses (OPEX) oil companies are expected to contribute to a trust fund created for host communities. Two southern senators George Sekibo and Seriake Dickson raised concerns over the approval. Senator Sekibo said he is not part of the vote on the allocation clause and Senator Dickson said his privilege had been breached as his views were not accommodated. However, Senate President Ahmad Lawan replied that the Senate had taken a resolution on the matter and could not go back on its decision. The host community allocation was one of the clauses left in consideration after the National Assembly passed the PIB earlier this month. Earlier in the day, lawmakers from the South-South opposed the harmonised

A chieftain of the ruling  All Progressives Congress (APC)  has said that any Nigerian who dares to praise President Muhammadu Buhari in public risks being stoned by Nigerians who are angry about the country’s economic woes. This is not to say that Mr Buhari is responsible for the hardship in the country, he said. “If you say that President Buhari has done well in the marketplace and church, you may be stoned or criticised,” said Andrew Uchendu, a former senator who had represented Rivers East District. “But the truth is that he (Buhari) has performed well,” he added. Mr Uchendu made the remarks in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, shortly after his inauguration as grand patron of the Frontier for Peace and Unity, a Non-Governmental Organisation in the state. “The gullibility of the society has made it difficult for us to reason and see the truth in the tremendous milestones this administration has made. “People forget that Nigeria’s proble