Governors of the 19 Northern States under the aegis of the Northern Governors’ Forum on Saturday met over the troubling security challenges in the region.   Members of the Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council, comprising the Emirs and Chiefs from the region, were part of the meeting which witnessed an ...

  Chelsea ended the Women’s Super League season unbeaten after Aggie Beever-Jones’s stoppage-time goal secured a 1-0 win over Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.   The Blues had wrapped up the title — their sixth in a row — with two games to spare as French manager Sonia Bompastor ...

  The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, on Saturday, thanked President Bola Tinubu, the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, traditional rulers, organising committee, and others who graced his coronation ceremony, making it a colourful and memorable.   He made this known in a statement from the palace’s Director of ...

  Authorities in northern Afghanistan have arrested 14 individuals for playing musical instruments and singing during a private gathering, provincial police said on Saturday. This was a practice banned under the Taliban’s strict interpretation of Islamic law. The police said in a statement that on Thursday night in the capital ...

  A former presidential aspirant, Joseph Faduri, on Saturday, mocked the leadership of the Labour Party over the current internal crisis threatening to tear the party apart, describing it as ‘karma.’   In a statement released in Abuja, Faduri lamented that it was painful watching the party rob him of ...

  Pope Leo XIV told cardinals on Saturday he intends to follow his predecessor’s path, praising Francis’s “complete dedication to service and sober simplicity of life”.   “Beginning with Saint Peter and up to myself, his unworthy Successor, the Pope has been a humble servant of God and his brothers ...

  The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has berated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the arrest and continued detention of a former member of the House of Representatives, Muhammad Kazaure.   In a statement posted via his official X page on Saturday, Atiku ...

  The Lagos State Government has strongly criticised landlords and property agents who are exploiting residents by imposing unjustifiable increases in house rents.   The government has pledged to take action to protect tenants from these exploitative practices.   The Special Adviser (Housing) to the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory ...

  The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has denied reports that the Federal Government has commenced extradition proceedings against Simon Ekpa, a factional leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra.   In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Communication and Publicity, ...

  The Police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, Lagos, has arrested an apprentice and his accomplice for allegedly stealing cement and other building materials worth over N250m from his employer to finance gambling activities.   This was disclosed in a statement by the PSFU spokesman, Ovie Ewhubare, on Saturday.   According ...