Pope Leo XIV will take questions from international pressmen at a news conference on Monday.

The Pope is expected to address several hundred journalists who have been reporting from the Vatican since the death of his predecessor, Pope Francis, last month.

The new pontiff, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, was elected on Thursday as the head of the Roman Catholic Church and its 1.

The question-and-answer session may offer insights into how he intends to lead the Church and the key issues he plans to prioritize.

At 69, Pope Leo XIV is the first pope from the United States and the second from the Americas, following Pope Francis.

His inauguration Mass is scheduled to take place on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square.(dpa/NAN)

 An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, on Monday, remanded a 19-year-old man, Taiwo Lateef,  who allegedly stabbed another man with a broken bottle.

Lateef, whose address was not provided, is facing a count charge of assault.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The prosecutor, Insp E.

He alleged that the defendant assaulted the complainant, Mr Akorede Sanni, by stabbing him on the rib; thus, causing him a permanent injury.

Adaraloye said that the complainant was still receiving treatment in a hospital.

He said that the offence contravened Section 355 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006.

The Magistrate, Mrs O. O. Fadairo, ordered that the defendant should be kept in prison custody pending the time the complainant would recover.

Fadairo adjourned the case until June 2 for trial. (NAN)

The Chairman of Zinox Group, Mr Leo Ekeh, has urged Nigerian youths to take advantage technology evolution to enhance their economic fortunes.

Ekeh, said this during an interview on Sunday in Enugu on the sidelines of the just-concluded Enugu Tech Festival 2025 which had as its theme: Coal to Code.

He told NAN that in this internet-driven generation, no young person should be poor.

Ekeh urged youths, especially those in Enugu, to engage in tech-innovative and solution activities because ‘`we are in the tech-innovation knowledge economy era”.

He urged them to use their smart phones and other digital devices at their disposal to engage to create wealth for themselves.

According to him, this is a century of tech-innovative results, adding that no one was created by God to be poor in this century.

He, however, called on governments to invest in critical tech-innovative infrastructure to the benefit of young people.

Ekeh also challenged South-East governors to invest in infrastructure for digital wealth creation.

“The world is currently heading towards full digital economy. Digital wealth is the new mega wealth that rewards efforts in a short while.

“But there must be a deliberate and intentional investment as well as positive move and action to drag youths towards this direction,” he said.

Ekeh commended Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State for embracing tech-innovation in such areas as security, civil service administration, education and health sectors.

“I must commend His Excellency, Gov. Peter Mbah, for making Enugu State’s transformation to be centred on tech-innovation as well as investing heavily on it for the future of the state.

“For now, the government and most people will not understand the huge fire and hunger for tech-innovative ideas being propelled in these youths.

“They are eager to be part of the tech-innovative movement. The next few months or years will tell the story of this investment,’’ he said. (NAN)