Author: David Great

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the heinous killing of worshippers Sunday at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo Kingdom, in Ondo State. The President urged emergency agencies to immediately provide relief to victims of the heinous assault. “The President says only fiends from the nether region could have conceived and carried out such dastardly act, adding that, eternal sorrow awaits them both on earth here, and ultimately in the hereafter,” Femi Adesina said in a statement. “President Buhari mourns the dead, condoles with their families, the Catholic Church, and the Government of Ondo State, charging emergency agencies to…

The names of US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers appeared on a hit list kept by a man accused of fatally shooting a retired Wisconsin judge, authorities and local media said on Saturday. “Yesterday our office was notified by law enforcement officials that Governor Whitmer’s name appeared on the Wisconsin gunman’s list,” a spokesman for Whitmer told Reuters. “While the news reports are deeply troubling, we will not comment further on an ongoing criminal investigation,” he added. The Wisconsin Department of Justice said retired judge John Roemer, 68, was found dead…

Rafael Nadal beat Casper Ruud on Sunday to lift a record-extending 14th French Open trophy and increase his lead at the top of the list of men’s Grand Slam champions. There was a sense of deja vu as the Spaniard, who turned 36 on Friday, swept aside Norwegian Ruud 6-3 6-3 6-0 on a balmy afternoon in Paris to ensure he has won every time he has reached the final at the clay court Grand Slam. By lifting the Musketeers’ Cup again, Nadal was halfway through the calendar Grand Slam for the first time in his career after he won…

Condemns attack, condoles with families of the victims Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state has vowed to hunt down the killers of over 50 Christian worshippers at St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, on Sunday morning. The governor described the attack and satanic and an assault on Owo kingdom, noting that, he will halt his national assignment in Abuja to visit Owo. “Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, is deeply saddened by the unprovoked attack and killing of innocent people of Owo, worshiping at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, on Sunday,” his Chief Press Secretary, Richard…

Suspected bandits have killed over 50 persons in an attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo state. The people that were reported killed by the bandits in the Ondo church included passerby who were hit by stray bullets. Witnesses said the attack occurred during the church’s Sunday service. The gunmen stormed the church during service and started shooting sporadically. Explosives were also detonated by the suspected bandits inside premises of the church. It was gathered the injured and the dead were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre Owo, for medical attention.…

The Professor Yemi Osinbajo (PYO) Presidential Campaign Council has welcomed delegates from across the country to Abuja, Nigeria’s capital for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primaries. In a statement on Sunday by chairman of the PYO media council, Richard Akinnola, the campaign council dismissed rumours that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has stepped down. “The PYO Presidential Campaign Council welcomes our distinguished delegates from across the country to Abuja for our presidential primaries,” the statement on Sunday read. “As you settle down in Abuja, we implore you to kindly disregard various fake news making the rounds that Prof. Yemi Osinbajo…

Apologises to “non-threatening contenders” Osinbajo, Lawan Senator Kashim Shettima has claimed that he was misinterpreted during an interview on Channels TV, noting that, he never meant to denigrate Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Senate President Ahmad Lawan who he described as non-threatening contenders in his apology statement. Shettima is toeing the line of his principal, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who hurled insults at President Muhammadu Buhari in Abeokuta, Ogun state only to claim that he was misunderstood. In a statement on Sunday titled “My Channels TV Interview Taken Out of Context”, Shettima apologised to Osinbajo and Lawan while indirectly ridiculing them…

Arsenal are willing to offer Manchester City and Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus, 25, a weekly wage of £190,000 to move to Emirates Stadium this summer. (Sun on Sunday) Manchester United are hoping they can lure Denmark playmaker Christian Eriksen on a free transfer with the 30-year-old’s short-term deal at Brentford at an end. (Sunday Mirror)  United also remain confident of signing Barcelona’s Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong, 25. (Sport via Daily Star Sunday) Barcelona have told Liverpool’s Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah, 29, he can join them next summer. (Sunday Mirror) Liverpool have joined the race for Leeds and Brazil winger Raphinha, 25, after growing resigned to losing Senegalese attacker Sadio Mane, 30. (Sunday Mirror) Mane is adamant he wishes…

President Muhammadu Buhari all but endorsed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo after he told the presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to pick a consensus candidate amongst themselves using the presidential screening committees ranking as guide. Buhari in a meeting with the APC presidential aspirants on Saturday night, President Buhari handed each aspirant the ranking of the presidential screening committee to help them make their decision. Chronicle NG reports that Prof. Osinbajo was ranked top by the committee led by former APC national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, mkaing him the clear favourite to emerge based on…

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential screening committee have ranked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo top of the 23 aspirants jostling to secure the party’s presidential ticket for the 2023 election. According to sources, what the committee did was to score the aspirants based on its own criteria and Vice President Osinbajo emerged tops. The committee’s report submitted to the national chairman of the APC, Senator Adamu Abdullahi, was scheduled to be deliberated upon at Saturday night’s meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari, members of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) and the 23 presidential aspirants at the presidential villa,…