The Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Dr Anthony J. V. Obinna, has said the country is bleeding from all angles just as hatred, mindless killings, kidnapping, raping and other serious crimes, are expanding in Nigeria.

Owerri—Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State, yesterday, said United Nations Agency for International Development, USAID, was in the state to assess the supply of water to citizens.

WARRI— National Chairman, Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, HOSCON, Dr Mike Emuh, has urged the Federal Government to pay the 13 percent derivation fund to oil communities in Niger Delta, saying  this will speed up development of the communities and Niger Delta.

ABUJA—Former Chief Press Secretary to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Mr John Mayaki, has dragged his erstwhile boss before the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, in Abuja accusing him of severally breaching provisions of the 1999 Constitution in respect of the crisis rocking the state House of Assembly.

ABUJA — THE Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, yesterday, raised alarm that some parts of the nation’s capital will be flooded.

THE price of Nigeria’s Bonny Light has risen marginally from the $57.00, recorded last week to $59.55 per barrel, yesterday, as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, intensifies efforts to achieve stability in the volatile market.

The Edo State Government through the Edo States Skills Development Agency, (EdoJobs) has graduated 100 youths who completed the six-week Young Engineers Programme organised in collaboration with the CADD Centre Nigeria.

Paris Saint-Germain brushed off the ongoing Neymar transfer saga by kicking off their Ligue 1 title defence with a straightforward 3-0 victory over Nimes on Sunday. The 27-year-old Neymar was left out of the squad the day after PSG sporting director Leonardo said talks about a possible sale of the Brazilian were “more advanced than […]

South Africa has expressed   concern over the call by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) for the expulsion of South Africans and protest at South African owned businesses in Nigeria.

•Orders district heads to shun Sallah Durbar KANO—Abdullahi Ganduje, Governor of Kano State, Sunday, ordered some district heads in the state not to attend Kano Durbar. A durbar is a festival that holds during eid el Kabir and eid el Fitri celebrations. It begins with prayers, followed by a parade of the emir and his […]

Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale played for the first time in four pre-season matches on Sunday to suggest he could yet regain his place under coach Zinedine Zidane.

Almost 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims took part Sunday in the “stoning of the devil”, the last major ritual of the annual hajj pilgrimage that in previous years led to deadly stampedes. Carrying pebbles in the scorching heat, worshippers made their way across Mina Valley near Mecca in western Saudi Arabia to symbolically “humiliate” the devil. […]

Unai Emery saluted Arsenal’s gritty 1-0 win at Newcastle on Sunday as the Gunners erased the painful memories of last season’s away-day woes.

French charities SOS Mediterranean and MSF rescued another 81 migrants off the coast of Libya on Sunday, who joined 130 others aboard the ship the Ocean Viking, an AFP reporter said.

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has urged Islamic faithful in Nigeria to imbibe the virtues of love, forgiveness and peace as they join their counterparts all over the world to celebrate Eid-El-Kabir.