These are the stories that drove the conversation today:

Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has apologised to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, for what it termed  ‘‘bad conduct and mistreatment.’’

Media Aide to the former president, Kehinde Akinyemi, who confirmed the apology in a statement issued on Saturday in Abeokuta, said the party’s National Chairman, Uche Secondus and a 21-member delegation of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) during a courtesy call on Obasanjo, tendered the apology.

Akinyemi added that Obasanjo granted forgiveness to the party in line with biblical injunction, and reiterated that he had quit partisan politics, but would continue to make himself available to guide any party that so desired.

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Agents of some of the major political parties were seen inducing voters with money to vote their candidates in the ongoing governorship election in Ekiti.

According to Premium Times, in some of the polling units, voters received various sums of money ranging from N3,000 to N5,000.

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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday visit the Netherlands to participate in activities commemorating the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, at The Hague.

According to a statement signed by Presidential Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, Buhari is the only world leader invited to deliver a keynote address during the Solemn Hearing to commemorate the anniversary at Courtroom 1 of the ICC’s Headquarters at The Hague.

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The Taraba Police Command on Saturday said it has arrested four persons in connection with the recent killings in Lau Local Government Area of the state.

Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP David Misal, who disclosed this in a statement in Jalingo, confirmed the killing of 17 persons in the attack and several houses burnt by the bandits.

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The Lagos Police Command said it has arrested a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Dipo Olorunrinu, and two others over alleged unlawful possession of firearms.

Police spokesman, CSP Chike Oti, who made the disclosure on Saturday, noted that the suspects were undergoing interrogations.

“The first and second suspects, Wale Oye (37) and Ganiyu Ajiboluwa (47), were arrested on July 12, at about 5.45 p.m. by a team of Inspector-General of Police X-Squad operatives on patrol at Apple Junction, along Festac extension, Amuwo Odofin.

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And stories from around the world:

The Red Devils of Belgium have slain all three lions of England in their third place World Cup tie in Saint Petersburg on Saturday.

They grabbed two goals courtesy Eden Hazard and Thomas Meunier to clinch the bronze medal and seal their best ever finish at a FIFA World Cup.

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Saturday an accord aimed at containing the Syrian conflict could be destroyed if Syrian government forces target the Idlib region, a Turkish presidential source said. (Reuters)

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Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki pledged to resolve his country’s dispute with Ethiopia on Saturday in a historic visit to Addis Ababa aimed at cementing peace less than a week after the nations declared an end to two decades of conflict.

Isaias arrived in the Ethiopian capital just five days after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited Eritrea as part of a dizzying peace process aimed at ending years of violence and animosity between the neighbours who were once part of the same nation. (AFP)

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Israel has carried out its biggest attack against Hamas militant targets in Gaza since the war in 2014, Prime Minister PM Benjamin Netanyahu says.

He said the raids were a response to rockets and mortars that had been fired into Israel from Gaza, and promised further attacks if necessary. (BBC)

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Following months of protests, the Saudi-led alliance is handing control of a Yemen airport near Oman to civil authorities roughly a year after seizing it. (Aljazeera)