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Read full speech of President Tinubu's Independence day speech below…   Dear Compatriots,       It is my unique honour to address you on this day, the 63rd anniversary of our nation’s independence, both as the President of our dear country and, simply, as a fellow Nigerian.       On this solemn yet hopeful day, let us commend our founding fathers and mothers. Without them, there would be no modern Nigeria. From the fading embers of colonialism, their activism, dedication and leadership gave life to the belief in Nigeria as a sovereign and independent nation.     Let us, at this very moment, affirm that as Nigerians, we are all endowed with the sacred rights and individual gifts that God has bestowed on us as a nation and as human beings. No one is greater or lesser than the other. The triumphs that Nigeria has achieved shall define us. The travails we have endured shall strengthen us. And no other nation or power on this earth sh...

A mum and daughter who went through breast cancer treatment at the same time have now revealed how they battled the disease together while urging others to do check themselves and ‘never be complacent’. Jan Jeffery, 59, and Fern Maxted, 35, have told their story about being diagnosed within just weeks of one another at the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October.   "I found a tiny lump a year before I was diagnosed, and went to the two-week breast clinic, and had all the checks done. And I did the ultrasound and they told me it was just ageing, normal ageing.'Jan told Metro UK   ‘It wasn’t that long after actually that the lump started to grow – and I just thought, that’s just a cyst, it’s just getting bigger. And I thought when I’ve got time, I’ll go back and get him to drain it. And I just sat on it for months, and it kind of got bigger and bigger. ‘I never at any point really did think it was cancer because I don’t tend to do that. I tend to think ...

  At least seven people have died in a fire at a nightclub complex early this morning in the south eastern Spanish city of Murcia. The main fire broke out Sunday, October 1, at Teatre nightclub, located in the Atalayas area, around 06:00 local time, and local media reported that the venues, Golden and Fonda venues were also affected after the flames spread. The cause of the blaze is still unknown and witnesses said that there are at least eight people with whom they have not been able to contact since the fire started, as authorities warn the death toll could rise. Footage released on the X account of Murcia's fire service showed firefighters working to control flames inside the nightclub. The fire had destroyed part of the roof, the footage showed. "The number of deaths inside the Atalayas nightclub has risen to seven," Murcia Mayor Jose Ballesta wrote on X. "We are devastated," he said on Spanish TV channel 24h, adding rescuers were still searching...

Pope Francis has condemned bodyshaming while admitting that he was guilty of doing it himself when he was a boy. He made this comment while speaking to university students in Asia via a video link A woman from India told him about how when she was a teenager she felt embarrassed and inferior to her classmates because of her weight and body shape and had suffered from bullying.   The Pope replied: "Regardless of you being fat, thin, short tall, the important thing is to live in harmony, harmony in your hearts ... every man, every woman has their own beauty and we really have to learn how to recognize it."     In the lead-up to his answer to the woman, who also spoke of the pressures of social media, he told her a personal story.   "I recall a friend of mine who was a bit fat and we actually mocked him, I dare say bullied him, we once shoved him and he fell down," Francis said.   "When I got home, my father was informed about this and he took me to this...