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Crowds of Iranian football fans gave Cristiano Ronaldo a rapturous welcome on Monday as his Saudi team arrived in Teheran for the first home-and-away club tie since the two countries resumed diplomatic relations. Fans chanted the name of the Portuguese five-time world player of the year as he arrived with his Al Nassr teammates to face Iranian club Persepolis in the Asian Champions League on Tuesday. The match will be the first since Tehran and Riyadh reached a China-brokered deal announced in March. For the full story, and more, click the link in Bio and follow Guardian Nigeria on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and X #ChristianoRonaldo #FootballFans #Football #Iran

No fewer than 10,000 Christians drawn across the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory on Monday, said President Bola Tinubu surprised Nigerians with the appointment of Christians into key positions despite the Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Under the aegis of the All Christian Youths in Northern Nigeria (ACYNN), the group applauded the President for including Secretary to the Government of the Federation George Akume, Chief of Defense Staff General Christopher Musa, and other Christians in his government. The group also held a solidarity walk to congratulate the president for his victory at the tribunal and inclusive government. For the full story, and more, click the link in Bio and follow Guardian Nigeria on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and X #Tinubu #NorthernChristians #Nigeria

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC), Dauda Biu, has decried the incessant crushing of his patrol operatives as a result of the recklessness of some drivers. Biu said this in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem, on Monday in Abuja. He was reacting to the unfortunate road traffic crashes in Lagos and Kaduna States, where operatives of the Corps were ruthlessly killed while on active national service. For the full story, and more, click the link in Bio and follow Guardian Nigeria on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and X #FRSC #RecklessDrivers #Nigeria

Lagos State Police Command on Monday set up a special investigative team to probe the death of Afrobeats musician, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba popularly known as Mohbad. The Police in a statement said the 13-man investigative team is expected to submit an interim report within two weeks. The committee is to carry out a discreet investigation which covers the following areas: a. Exhumation; b. Autopsy/toxicology/histology; c. Scene visit; d. Hospital/ Medical Report and e. Records of Suspects/witnesses statements. For the full story, and more, click the link in Bio and follow Guardian Nigeria on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and X #NigerianPolice #Mohbad #AfrobeatMusician #Lagos #Nigeria

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said Monday his time in the team as a player helped set a high bar which the club are now struggling to reach in the Champions League. The Catalan giants won four editions of the competition between 2006 and 2015, and have endured some humiliating eliminations since. Barcelona let leads slip against Roma and Liverpool and were thrashed by Bayern Munich in recent years, while they have failed to make it out of the group stage in the past two seasons. For the full story, and more, click the link in Bio and follow Guardian Nigeria on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and X #XaviHernandez #Barcelona #ChampionsLeague #Football

The Federal Ministry of Works on Monday allayed fears over the Dorman-long Bridge, saying it is in good condition and totally safe for use. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Engr (Mrs) Olukorede Kesha, in a statement, said that the attention of the Federal Ministry of Works has been drawn to a video being circulated on social media about the bridge. Kesha said that the video indicated that a section of the Dorman-long Bridge connecting Ikorodu Road to Western Avenue (Jibowu-Ojuelegba) is in critical condition and requires urgent attention. For the full story, and more, click the link in Bio and follow Guardian Nigeria on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and X #DormanLongBridge #FederalMinistryOfWorks #Lagos #Nigeria

Five prisoners sought by the U.S. in a swap with Iran were freed Monday and headed home as part of a deal that saw nearly $6 billion in Iranian assets unfrozen. Despite the deal, tensions are almost certain to remain high between the U.S. and Iran, which are locked in various disputes, including over Tehran’s nuclear program. Iran says the program is peaceful, but it now enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels. The planned exchange has unfolded amid a major American military buildup in the Persian Gulf, with the possibility of U.S. troops boarding and guarding commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of all oil shipments pass. “Today, five innocent Americans who were imprisoned in Iran are finally coming home,” President Joe Biden said in a statement released as the plane carrying the group from Tehran landed in Doha, Qatar. After the plane slowed to a stop, three of the prisoners walked down the ramp and were greeted by the U.S. ambassador to Qatar, Timmy Davis. The former prisoners hugged the ambassador and others. The three — Siamak Namazi, Emad Sharghi and Morad Tahbaz — then wrapped their arms around their shoulders and walked off to a building in the airport. In a statement issued on his behalf after landing, Namazi said: “I would not be free today, if it wasn’t for all of you who didn’t allow the world to forget me.” “Thank you for being my voice when I could not speak for myself and for making sure I was heard when I mustered the strength to scream from behind the impenetrable walls of Evin Prison,” Namazi said. In addition to the five freed Americans, two U.S. family members flew out of Tehran, according to a senior Biden administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity when the exchange was ongoing. Earlier, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said the exchange would take place Monday after nearly $6 billion in once-frozen Iranian assets reached Qatar. For more, click the link in Bio and follow Guardian Nigeria on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and X #PrisonerSwap #Iran #US

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 18 Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants to actualise the agenda of the Federal Government across the different sectors of the economy. The Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Mr Olusola Abiola, made this known in a statement, on Monday in Abuja. Abiola said that the team comprising six Special Advisers and 12 Senior Special Assistants would work in the office of the vice president, Kashim Shettima, to support the “Renewed Hope Agenda” of the Tinubu administration. For the full story, and more, click the link in Bio and follow Guardian Nigeria on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and X #Tinubu #SpecialAdvisers #SeniorSpecialAssistants #Nigeria

A Port Harcourt-based constitutional lawyer and rights activist, Chief Festus Oguche and 24 other lawyers have jointly dragged the Nigerian government and those of 14 other African nations before the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, otherwise known as ECOWAS Court. The application No. ECW/CCJ/APP/33/23 and filed on August 21, was brought pursuant to Articles iii and iv of the Supplementary Protocol amending the Protocol relating to the Community Court of Justice; Articles ii of the Protocol of the Community Court of Justice and Article 33 of the Rules of the Community Court of Justice. The plaintiffs submitted that the declaration of the defendants, who are member countries of ECOWAS to apply forceful means in uprooting the subsisting government in Niger Republic and the implications of that measure on the human rights of the people of Niger and their surrounding neighbours such as Nigeria, Chad and Burkina Faso and Nigeria, formed the subject matter of the legal action. For the full story, and more, click the link in Bio and follow Guardian Nigeria on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and X #NigerCoup #FestusOguche #ConstitutionalLawyers #ECOWAS #NigerianGovernment #Nigeria

A Bulgarian navy team on Monday defused an explosive drone the first ever found on its territory after it appeared near a Black Sea town, the defence ministry said. A team of military specialists was dispatched to the coastal town of Tyulenovo after a hotelier reported on Sunday that a big drone-like object appeared to be stuck in the coastal cliffs. “On inspection, a 82-mm mortar shell was found to be attached to the remains of a drone,” the ministry said in a statement. For the full story, and more, click the link in Bio and follow Guardian Nigeria on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and X #BulgariaNavy #ExplosiveDrone #BlackSea #Bulgaria

FC Nantes coach Pierre Aristouy has praised Moses Simon following his goal heroics for the French club, calling the Nigerian attacker a ‘great player’. Simon on Sunday scored a very beautiful goal for Nantes in their 1-0 victory over Clermont Foot to help the club claim their first Ligue 1 win of the 2023/24 campaign. Florent Mollet passed the ball to Simon who was about 40 yards away from goal and the Nigerian seeing the goalkeeper off his line hit a sweet shot from a distance that dipped into the net. For the full story, and more, click the link in Bio and follow Guardian Nigeria on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and X #FCNantes #SimonMoses #PierreAristouy #Football