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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Tuesday said 10 more corpses of deceased Nigerian pilgrims had been identified, bringing the number of pilgrims who died at Mina stampede, to 64.

Bukola Saraki, Senate President, Nigeria Nigerian senators on Tuesday passed a vote of confidence on the senate president, Bukola Saraki, seeking to shore up support for the embattled leader who is facing corruption charges.

Vincent Enyeama will not play in Lille’s next two matches, as he is getting ready to bury his mother. The Super Eagles goalkeeper and captain, arrived in Nigeria last weekend ahead of the funeral. Enyeama was suspended for Lille’s last game against Reims last Friday, following his red card against Rennes. But he is eligible to feature against Nantes at home on Tuesday and Montpellier on Friday.

NASA found evidence of liquid water on the Red Planet, which means there is the potential for life beyond Earth. Martian streaks painted by water. Photo credit: NASA We seem to discover water on Mars about once a year. Well, that’s not quite true: We’ve known Mars has water for quite a while. However, there are a lot of mysteries still to solve about how that water behaves and where it’s located. In particular,

• NERC targets 100% revenue collection • Eko Disco to abolish fixed charge The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is targeting 100 per cent revenue collection when the new tariff is effected in October. Speaking with The Nation in a telephone conversation yesterday, its Chairman, Dr. Sam Amadi said the Distribution Electricity Companies (Discos) which are looking forward to tariff and revenue increase are yet to ramp up their payment.

Prophet Mohammed's Mosque in Medina The Agency of General Presidency for the Prophet’s Mosque Affairs in Media, Saudi Arabia, has appointed six interpreters to translate Friday sermons into the Hausa language as well as in French, English, Urdu, Chichewa, and Turkish. The translated version of the sermons would be broadcast on various FM radio frequencies, including Hausa (107.2FM), English (105.5FM), Urdu (105FM), Chichewa (99FM), French (99.5FM), and Turkish (107FM).

The Egbin Power Plc, Nigeria’s largest generation plant, is now generating above 1,000mw consistently into the national grid, chairman of the company, Mr Kola Adesina, has revealed. Giving an update on the activities of the company in Lagos recently, Adesina noted that “this is the first time since inception of the power plant that it will achieve the feat because of the continuing investment and upgrade activities on the plant by the new investors – Sahara Power Group and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO).”

Berlin: A 19-year-old girl was strangulated to death by her father after she was caught stealing condoms from a shop to have sex with her boyfriend. Asadullah Khan, 51, who hails from Pakistan, killed his daughter Lareeb on 28 January this year for bringing dishonour to the family.

PHOTO: AFP      ISLAMABAD:  The death toll from one of the worst stampedes during Hajj pilgrimage has hit 1,100, among them 42 Pakistani pilgrims, officials confirmed on Monday. The revised tally came a day after Pakistan’s Religious Affairs Minister Sardar Yousaf told a news conference in Saudi Arabia that 36 Pakistanis were among the stampede victims.

©AP The 1.4m pupils at Kenya’s state schools scheduled to sit their final exams this week have no idea whether there will be anyone to invigilate the tests, let alone mark them. FirstFT is our new essential daily email briefing of the best stories from across the web The public sector teachers needed for the work are in the fifth week of a strike that is pitting President Uhuru Kenyatta against the judiciary,

In his speech Monday before the United Nations General Assembly, longtime Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe noted that "respecting and upholding human rights is the obligation of all states," enshrined in the U.N. Charter. But, he added, that charter doesn't "arrogate the right to some to sit in judgment over others in carrying out this universal obligation."

Former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Reuben Abati, has harped on the need for spokespersons to be good managers of information. Abati, said this Abeokuta on Monday, on the sidelines of the 2015 annual lecture of the Ogun State Correspondents’ Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists. According to him, many journalists failed to understand the nature of his job and wanted him to react to certain national issues which were delicate.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has declared that the fight against insurgency in the North-east has suffered serious setback under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Spokesman of the party, Olisa Metuh who said this yesterday at a press briefing in Abuja claimed that no significant investment has been made by the All Progressives Congress-led administration in terms of military training and purchase of needed equipment. But reacting through a terse text message, the APC spokesman,

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign is telling outright falsehoods about Hillary Clinton’s iPad. Clinton campaign senior adviser and spokeswoman Karen Finney told Jake Tapper on CNN Monday that Clinton did not have her iPad when she set up her private email server, and that she wasn’t using her iPad for email. Clinton has been criticized for using multiple devices, including an iPad and a Blackberry, to access her personal email network, which contained classified national security information.

 The U.S. military carried out an airstrike Tuesday on the northern Afghan city of Kunduz one day after Taliban insurgents fought their way into the major city, driving back stunned security forces in a multi-pronged attack that saw Afghan and U.N. officials fleeing for their safety. The U.S. airstrike early Tuesday was carried out “in order to eliminate a threat to the force,” according to U.S. Army Col. Brian Tribus, a spokesman for the U.S. and NATO missions in Afghanistan.

This should be a drama-filled week, as President Muhammadu Buhari finally submits his mysterious ministerial list to the embattled senate, with its war-prone head, Dr.Bukola Saraki. And for those who think the senate president is cowering in fear, ready to play ball as a result of his current ordeal, well, forget it. Saraki is bristling and getting ready for war with the forces arrayed against him. If I were in shoes, I would be doing the same because even a meek sheep, like our people say, fights back when its back is against the wall. And Saraki’s back is really against the wall right now. You don’t dock a proud, cow-owning Fulani,

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in New York called on the international community to urgently redouble its efforts to strengthen mechanisms for dismantling safe havens for proceeds of corruption. Addressing world leaders at the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations, President Buhari reaffirmed his administration’s determination to frontally confront the twin evils of corruption and illicit financial outflows as he also urged his counterparts to do more to return stolen funds and assets to their countries of origin.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin Picture: Getty Analysis: By calling for a grand alliance against Isil, the Russian leader ignores the fact that one already exists and has been in action for over a year