Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Dr. Chibuzo Okereke, has explained that the selection of Hajja Bintu Konto as his running mate for the 2027 election was driven solely by competence and national interest.

Noskova, who banked the winner’s prize of £3.6 million ($4.8 million), has emerged as one of the rising stars of the women’s game during her remarkable run at the All England Club.

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Saturday urged the Federal Government to stop measuring success by rescue operations and instead prevent kidnappings, arguing that the real test of security is whether Nigerians can live, travel and send their children to school without fear.

Adams played in all three of South Africa’s group-stage matches at the tournament but did not feature in the knockout defeat by Canada.

The Presidency said on Saturday that the children and teachers rescued from Oriire community in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, are currently undergoing medical examinations.

Expressing profound gratitude over the successful rescue operation, Governor Makinde described the victims’ return as a moment of relief and thanksgiving for the entire state.

The pair have been the stand-out players in men’s tennis since Carlos Alcaraz was sidelined through injury in April.

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, in the company of a senior medical officer in the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Moses Azuoru, on Saturday visited the rescued Oriire kidnap victims at the 2nd Division medical centre where they have been receiving treatment after their release.

“There are pepper sellers. There are vegetable sellers. There are okra sellers, melon sellers, akara, kulikuli. Akara is delicious; I can tell you that”

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State, on Saturday, described voters turnout in the local government elections as encouraging

US rapper Pitbull has set the first Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people wearing bald caps.

The German Football Federation (DFB) announced on Saturday that it was close to an agreement with Jurgen Klopp for him to become the new Germany coach.

“It is astonishing that a presidency with limitless public resources could accuse someone of silence without carrying out the most basic verification. Either they failed to read our statement because they were too lazy to do so, or they deliberately ignored it because it exposed uncomfortable truths about their misplaced priorities,” the statement read.

“Many people think maybe I had a plan for that, like, ‘Let’s find a catchphrase to make sure people remember my news.’ But that was not the case,” he said.

“Before, the bomb explosion was not that big, but then they studied it. AI told us what chemicals to put in that made the explosion heavier”