Here is today’s edition of our daily newspaper summary you can’t afford to miss.
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Pope Francis has been buried at his beloved Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in Rome, following a funeral mass held earlier in St. Peter’s Square, the Vatican announced on Saturday.
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A tragic accident along the Oyo-Ogbomoso road has left two people dead and six others injured.
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The Rivers State Caucus in the National Assembly has thrown its weight behind President Bola Tinubu’s bid for re-election in 2027.
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has received 231 Nigerians repatriated from Ghana, among whom 27 have been identified as suspected human traffickers.
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Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has dismissed rumors suggesting that he intends to leave the Labour Party (LP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Nigeria’s U-17 women’s team, the Flamingos, sealed their place at the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco after playing out a goalless draw against Algeria.
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Former Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Marshall Stanley-Uwom, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to stop the Federal Government from disbursing funds to local government councils currently administered by a sole administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.).
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Amid escalating insecurity across parts of Nigeria, former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, alongside political activist Omoyele Sowore and members of the Coalition of Nigerian Patriots, has called on the Federal Government to allow citizens to legally own firearms for self-defense.
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A video capturing the traditional marriage ceremony between legendary singer 2Face Idibia and his fiancée, Honourable Natasha Osawaru, has surfaced online, stirring a buzz across social media platforms.
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At least 28 people, including 20 miners, lost their lives on when armed bandits carried out coordinated attacks across several villages in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
