Muslims are highly encouraged to visit the sick as stated in the Sunnah. When visiting a ill person Islamic etiquette must be observed. This include visiting at proper time, saying good words, supplicating for the sick, advice the sick person to be patient, render necessary assistance (religious, moral, financial ) etc. If you observed that the sick is about to die, it is recommended to make him/her lie facing the direction of the Qibla, lying on his or her right side.

Edo North senatorial hopeful, Major Francis Alimikhena, has assured the people of Edo North senatorial district, Edo State that the recent erosion menace in the area will be the last that will occur there, as he was determined to use his good office to attract federal presence and make Ecological Fund available to address the issue when elected as the senator to represent Edo North in 2015.

Yenagoa — Bayelsa State Government, yesterday, warned that it will not come down hard on communities that are in the habit of vandalising oil facilities in their domain at the slightest provocation.

The National leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu and the Governor of Lagos, Babatunde Fashola were yesterday locked in a final battle over who becomes governor of Lagos next year.

Friends and colleagues of 37-year-old man, Ahmed Ojoola, who was allegedly shot dead by a Naval officer attached to the Ops Messa, at Mile 2 area of Lagos State, are demanding that his killers be brought to justice.