The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin, has reacted to the petition sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the N1bn vehicle contract awarded by the House. Naija News reports that the EFCC had invited some management Staff of the Assembly over a petition sent to it by a former Prosecutor with the Special Presidential Panel on Recovery of Public Property, Tosin Ojaomo.

Spanish motorcycle racer who rose to fame by winning the 2014 Moto2 World Championship. He won the Championship with a record number of points for the intermediate class. Before Fame He was born in Barcelona, Spain and began racing in the 125cc class in 2005. Trivia He led at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix from start to finish. Family Life His father owns a chain of jewelry shops in Spain.

October 14 Calendar 1953 WTEN TV channel 10 in Albany, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1959 WMUB (now WPTO) TV channel 14 in Oxford, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 WGHP TV channel 8 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (ABC) begins 1964 Philips begins experimenting with color TV Sports History 1977 Linda Ronstadt sings national anthem prior to World Series Game 3 at Dodger Stadium; criticised for casual attire but ranked by Washington Examiner as second-best rendition ever at a sporting event

A 29-year-old man, Zakhele Mbhele, has become the first openly gay black MP to be elected in the continent of Africa. Mr Mbhele, who represents Democratic Alliance, the country’s main opposition, was officially sworn in on Wednesday, May 21, as a Member of South Africa’s Parliament. South Africa, as the only African nation to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation in its constitution, has previously had several gay parliamentarians, but up until now, none of them have been black.

Modal verbs are their own class of verbs based on their grammatical properties: a modal verb indicates modality. We use modal verbs to discuss possible situations and convey how likely, desirable or permissible something is. German and English have a similar number of modal verbs. In the following, we’ll introduce you to the most important modal verbs in German and show you how to conjugate and use them. Learn languages at your pace Overview of German modal verbs Before we take a look at the six most important modal verbs in German, let’s define modal verbs and take a look at their function in language.