Millions of Muslims performing this year’s pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia successfully completed the stoning of the devil on Monday, one of the rites of the exercise hitch-free.

Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto) says the measures already put in place by President Muhammadu Buhari, will soon start yielding dividends

President Muhammadu Buhari said, yesterday, he inherited no legacy from the previous governments of Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan.

FORMER Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala yesterday said it was better to allow those managing Nigeria’s economy to do the best they could, noting that there could be solutions to the present economic decline in the country.

THE Senator Ali Modu Sheriff camp of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State was, yesterday, engulfed in crisis as an aggrieved governorship aspirant, Mr Olusola Ebiseni, who participated in the Ibadan primaries has described the exercise as an illegal, anti-democratic contraption that cannot stand.

A passionate appeal has gone to the United Nations, UN, to arrange and conduct a referendum soonest, to ascertain the willingness or otherwise of the people to be part of an independent Biafra.

Teenage Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho created the first goal and scored the second in a 2-1 derby triumph over Manchester United at the weekend.

LAGOS—The Eid el-Kabir celebration was marred in different areas of Lagos yesterday, following the death of two persons.

A chieftain of the APC Dr. (Mrs.) Victoria Amu, yesterday, dismissed PDP women leaders seeking to censure Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, wife of the APC candidate over insinuations she referred to Edo women as prostitutes.

Indian Ophthalmologists carrying out free cataract surgeries for 14,000 less privileged Nigerians have identified alcohol consumption and malnutrition as major factors fuelling cases of cataract among Nigerians.

The Kaduna State Command of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, said, yesterday, that it had secured 45 convictions of motorists for various traffic offences in Kaduna. The Command’s Legal Officer, Mr. Ibrahim Tanko, told newsmen that the motorists were convicted via a mobile court during Sallah and ember months’ operations, which commenced on September 7. […]

Yola—Governor Muhammadu Jibrilla of Adamawa State, his cabinet members and other top government functionaries spent the Eid-el-Kabir sallah celebrations with internally-displaced persons, IDPs, at Malkohi camp on Tuesday.

Army releases video of exercise ‘Operation Crocodile Smile’ in Niger Delta

APC candidate Godwin Obaseki has charged health officials in the state to strengthen epidemiology surveillance and response to curtail the spread of the disease while promising to boost healthcare facilities for improved service delivery when elected governor.

The Coalition of Registered Political Parties, Edo State chapter, has endorsed the PDP candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, for the election.