Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will meet US leader Barack Obama during his visit to the UN in New York on Monday, as the US frets about a military buildup by Moscow in Syria.

Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial district, Ben Bruce, on Thursday, commiserated with the families of pilgrims who lost their lives earlier today, following a huge stampede at the hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

I broke up with my boyfriend of two years, nine months ago, and was fortunate to be in another relationship immediately after. My ex was the one who said we should cool things a bit and he had a girlfriend too. Unfortunately, our new romance didn’t work out and he begged that we should give our relationship another chance and I agreed because I never stopped loving him.

Apparently reacting over the ongoing trial of the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday said the present administration cannot overlook certain things in its fight against corruption.

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s Eid el-Kabir celebration, Vanguard brings you photos of how Nigerian VIPs among who were President Muhammadu Buhari; National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Senate President, Bukola Saraki; immediate-Past Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola; Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu among others.

SENATE President Bukola Saraki has denied reports that he was attacked Thursday when he went to pray as part of activities to mark this year’s Eid- El Kabir.

BAYELSA State Governor, Seriake Dickson, on Thursday, emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the December 5 poll.

In what may be considered as their first public meeting after the 2015 general elections, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Thursday, met with former President Goodluck Jonathan in his ancestral home, Bayelsa State.

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince ordered an investigation into the stampede at the hajj pilgrimage that left more than 700 dead on Thursday, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.

A huge stampede killed at least 717 people and injured hundreds more at the hajj in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, in one of the worst-ever tragedies at the annual Muslim pilgrimage.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, Wednesday, began his campaign of Water Transport Safety Awareness Programme with distribution of 2,400 life jackets donated by Total Nigeria Plc to students of primary and secondary school and boat operators in Sabokoji community, Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area, appealing to parents to ensure their wards use it when on board.

“My ultimate goal is to achieve sanity and orderly movement of trucks in ports operation. “I suggest that all trucks on the ports access roads should relocate to their parks or garage. “Anyone without garage should go to the trade fair complex, which is available as park for them,” Ogungbemi said.

Pope Francis on Thursday called for the global abolition of the death penalty before lawmakers in the United States, where capital punishment is still practiced in several states.

A Tunisian court has sentenced a student to a year behind bars on charges of homosexuality, in a judgement condemned by local rights groups, his lawyer said Thursday.

Putin to meet Obama in New York Monday: Kremlin