The Director-General, National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, on Sunday, urged corps members to actively participate in skills acquisition trainings in order to make them self-reliant.

The Edo State Government has urged traders in markets across Benin City, the state capital to pay levies for waste collection and disposal through market associations to the local councils.

Former Governor of Oyo state and Frontline Governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala has cleared the air on insinuations making the rounds that he has agreed to fly the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party in the forthcoming Governorship election in the state.

To celebrate International Youth Day, Access Bank hosted students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to an educational forum cum party. The event centered around this year’s globally-recognized theme: ‘Safe Spaces for Youth’.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has directed the Muslim Ummah to look for the new moon of Dhul Hijjah 1439AH from Sunday Aug. 12.

-Following allegations by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the PDP is to blame for the challenges of development in the country, the party Sunday tasked the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to provide services for Nigerians, saying they are now tired of the blame game of the ruling party.

A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi, Alhaji Kabiru Tukura, says fifth columnists and subversive elements operating within the APC-led Federal Government must be identified and expelled as 2019 general elections approach.

Mr Philip Shekwo, Chairman of the Nasarawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday said that President Muhammadu Buhari was sent by God to save Nigeria from total collapse.

Former Abia governor, Dr Orji Kalu, says Nigeria should adopt unicameral legislature as the present arrangement is economically wasteful.

President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, has constituted a special panel to hear an appeal seeking to set-aside the bench warrant that directed the Nigerian Police Force to arrest the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, for disobeying court orders.

Retired Brazilian striker Ronaldo said Sunday he is in hospital with a “bad flu” on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza but reassured fans that he will be out in a day.

Algerian international Islam Slimani’s unhappy time at Leicester continued on Sunday when he joined Turkish outfit Fenerbahce on a season long loan.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Haruna Isah the winner of the Saturday bye-election conducted for Lokoja /Kogi Federal constituency.

The Lottery Operators Forum have stated that the lottery industry in the country is worth an estimated $70 billion, noting that Nigerians spent an estimated N154bn on betting by 7.5 million lotteries and 22m sports betting players in 2016 alone.

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, Sunday called on the acting director of the State Security Services, Mathew Seiyefa to review cases of hundreds of illegally detained persons by the Directorate of State Security, DSS under the leadership of the sacked director, Lawal Daura and release them forthwith