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Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner had an audience on Wednesday with the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, himself a keen tennis player, the Vatican said. Sinner was invited to the Vatican along with his parents and a delegation from the Italian Tennis Federation. Leo joked earlier this week that he didn’t want...

Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has challenged Arise TV anchor and former presidential spokesperson, Dr. Reuben Abati, to a street fight over what he described as “disrespectful” and “mischievous” comments made on live television. Oshiomhole issued the challenge on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme aired on Tuesday, while...

Australian former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis avoided jail Wednesday for driving in a way “likely to cause harm” before his car struck and killed his Olympian wife Melissa Hoskins. A judge in South Australia handed down a suspended sentence of nearly 17 months citing his guilty plea, his remorse...

Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau, NSIB, has attributed the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of former Access Holdings CEO, Herbert Wigwe; his wife, Doreen; their son, Chizi; and former NGX Group Chairman, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, to lapses in the helicopter company’s safety management systems. Director General of NSIB, Captain Alex...

Operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship, Pathfinder, have destroyed nine illegal refining sites housing 175,000 litres of stolen products in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Navy said the sites had 45 ovens, 30 reservoirs, and 75 dugout pits containing approximately 60,000 litres of suspected stolen crude oil,...

The Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, has secured the National Board for Technical Education accreditation to commence eight new academic programmes. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Polytechnic’s Director, Information, Public Relations and Protocol, Rabi’u Wada. According to him, the feat has allowed the institution to achieve...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday hosted Ayelabola Ololade, a model and final-year Computer Science student at the University of Lagos, in recognition of her Guinness World Record achievement. Ololade recently made headlines after walking an astonishing 130.62Km on a catwalk, setting a new world record for the longest...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has described the ongoing construction of three bus and taxi terminals as critical infrastructure to improve FCT’s transportation system. Wike stated this after he inspected two of the three bus terminal projects and access road to Abuja Division of...

The House of Representatives is considering including Inter–University Centres among beneficiaries of funds available to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for improved training and research at the centres.  The House passed, for second reading a bill seeking to include the centres sponsored by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu and...

The Extractive Industry Transparency Forum (EITF), a prominent civil society watchdog for efficiency in Nigeria’s oil and gas operations, has thrown its weight behind the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) over its Project One Million Barrels Per Day, describing it as a potential lifeline for Nigeria’s crude production and...