Lionel Messi set up both goals for Inter Miami as the Major League Soccer champions drew 2-2 with Atlanta United on Saturday in the Argentina star’s first match since announcing his retirement from international football.

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum has called on Nigeria’s elder statesmen, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar, and former Commonwealth Secretary-General Chief Emeka Anyaoku, to end what it described as their “graveyard silence” over unresolved questions surrounding President Bola Tinubu’s past records, following developments in […]

AWKA — The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a new suspect in connection with the murder of a 23-year-old nursing student, Vivian Chilaka, in Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued in Awka and […]

By Dayo Johnson AKURE — Tragedy has struck a family in Oke Ogba, Akure, after three siblings who went missing on a farm were found dead near a riverbank less than 24 hours later. The deceased were 11-year-old twins, Joshua and Jacob Jonah, and their five-year-old younger sister, Blessing Jonah. The incident occurred on a […]

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo OSOGBO — Three Nigerian Afrobeats artistes — BNXN, Runtown and Patoranking — are set to headline the 2026 Nigerian Independence Day Parade and Carnival in New York City. The event is scheduled for Saturday, October 3, 2026, as Nigerians in the United States prepare to celebrate Nigeria’s 66th Independence anniversary. A […]

By Maryam Abdul-aziz Usman DAMATURU — The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Yobe State has called for unity among its members and supporters as it begins consultations with traditional rulers ahead of the 2027 general elections. The APC State Chairman, Alhaji Mohammed Gadaka, made the call during consultations led by the party’s governorship candidate, Alhaji […]

By Maryam Abdul-aziz Usman DAMATURU — The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Yobe State, Alhaji Baba Malam Wali, has visited 13 of the state’s 14 recognised emirates as part of consultations with traditional rulers ahead of the 2027 governorship election. The consultation with the Fika Emirate was postponed because the Emir is currently […]

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo KADUNA — The Senior Special Adviser to Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani on Public Affairs, Victor Mathew Bobai, has defended the Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa (retd.), over his remarks concerning former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai. Bobai said it was unfair to interpret Musa’s comments during a Channels Television […]

By Femi Bolaji JALINGO — President Bola Tinubu has called for patriotic leaders and citizens who will place the public good above personal interests and self-aggrandisement in the pursuit of national development. Tinubu made the call at St. Monica Cathedral of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN), Jimeta, Yola, during a thanksgiving service […]

According to the clerk, the Speaker directed that the committees be dissolved after the expiration of the deadline earlier given to them to conclude their assignments and submit their reports.