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Are you about to be a dad for the first time? First, congratulations on your new status! Being a new dad can be overwhelmingly exciting and exhausting and if you’re reading this, it means you’re getting yourself ready for this exciting journey. Being a dad is a lifelong commitment, even when your child or children become older and on their own you still feel that primordial attachment and need to care for them. So as you begin this new exciting journey, below are a list of tips that might help you: Expect The Unexpected This is probably the most important…

Real Madrid held their nerve to beat Osasuna 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday as Eden Hazard made his first start since January, raising the possibility of Zinedine Zidane picking him for Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg against Chelsea. After making a brief cameo off the bench in the first leg last week, Hazard played 72 minutes at Valdebebas and could now face his former club from the start in the pivotal return game at Stamford Bridge. “He was very good,” said Zidane. “He played close to Karim (Benzema), they tried things and I was very happy with him.”…

Watchers of the political goings on in Osun State believe that next year’s governorship poll in the state presents a golden opportunity for the current Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and the incumbent Governor Gboyega Oyetola to settle their old scores. Aregbesola is the immediate past governor of the state. And, since Oyetola succeeded him in 2018, there has been no love lost between them. The two leaders had on several occasions denied that there is any rift between them, but their actions and body language reflecting through their supporters and loyalists show that they are not on one…

Naomi Osaka suffered a second-round exit at the Madrid Open on Sunday as the Japanese second seed lost 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 to Karolina Muchova. Osaka, the reigning US and Australian Open champion, has seven career hard-court titles, but has never managed to lift a clay- court trophy. Playing her first clay-court event since the 2019 French Open, Osaka beat compatriot Misaki Doi in the first round, but she came unstuck against an opponent making her top 20 debut this week. Muchova, who reached the last four in Melbourne this year, used a single break of serve to claim the opening…

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says, henceforth, teachers and lecturers working with the state owned institutions of learning will be retiring on attaining 65 years. Khadijah Umar, a health worker at Hotoro Healthcare Clinic, who lost her legs on a wheelchair. The governor announced this at the award night marking the 2021 May Day organised by the Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Saturday in Kano. “The Federal Government has since approved this for teachers and lecturers working in its institutions, hence, teachers in Kano State are also not left behind. “Therefore, our teachers and…

An All Progressives Congress’ (APC) Chieftain in Lagos State, Olusegun Idowu has said Nigeria will be better for it, if the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu becomes the next president in 2023. Idowu, founder of Omoluabi Eko Initiative, a support group in APC, said Tinubu’s ability to work with brightest minds would surely come to play, when he becomes the country’s next president. He explained that Tinubu’s experience, while he was in the private sector would come to play when he emerges the president. “Asiwaju worked as a treasurer in Mobil Plc, and that alone means he knows how…

Leicester missed a chance to cement their grip on third place in the Premier League after a 1-1 draw against 10-man Southampton at St Mary’s on Friday. Southampton had to play 80 minutes without Danish defender Jannik Vestergaard after he was sent off for a foul on Jamie Vardy. But James Ward-Prowse’s second half penalty briefly put Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side ahead before Jonny Evans headed Leicester’s equaliser. Leicester remain in third place, but fourth placed Chelsea would close the gap to just two points if they beat struggling Fulham on Saturday. Fourth place will be reduced to a Europa League…

Andrea Pirlo insisted Saturday he was calm about his job as Juventus coach as the Italian champions’ nine-year reign nears its end. Inter Milan are set to deny Juve a 10th consecutive crown with the Turin giants now battling for a Champions League spot. “I’m calm concerning my work,” the 41-year-old former Italy World Cup winner told a press conference before Sunday’s league game at Udinese. Inter can seal the ‘Scudetto’ this weekend, with Juventus sitting fourth, 13 points behind the leaders, with five games to play. According to Italian press reports former Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri is set to…

Manchester City are within touching distance of the Premier League title after Sergio Aguero and Ferran Torres sealed a 2-0 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday. Pep Guardiola’s side sit 13 points clear at the top and will be crowned champions if second-placed Manchester United lose against Liverpool on Sunday. After a tepid first half in south London, it was fitting that Aguero the architect of so many big moments in City’s history should open the scoring with a typically lethal finish. Torres killed off Palace two minutes later as City eased to an 11th successive away victory in the…

• Minimum Wage Debate Lingers • Industrial Disputes Unresolved • Labour Dead In Nigeria, Workers Insist • ‘Things Are Tough For Us, Hike In Prices Worsening Our Situations’ • Union To Speak Truth To Power Today Across the world, the Labour movement is today commemorating May Day, otherwise called Workers Day. But in Nigeria, there appears to be nothing to celebrate apart from being alive. Workers and labour leaders across sectors of the economy lament their fortunes and fear a gloomy future for the Nigerian worker, which they said calls for sober reflection. This, they noted, is hinged on the many unresolved…