A U.S. based auto auction firm, Insurance Auto Auction, says it is in Nigeria to redefine the second-hand car market in Nigeria.

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has criticised the single tenure of six years for president and governors in the country as proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan.

The Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has dissolved his cabinet.

FIFA will make a final decision on goal-line technology in March next year, according to president Sepp Blatter.

The AU Commission on Thursday said it has formally admitted the Republic of South Sudan as the 54th member of the Union.

European Club Association (ECA) chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has called on clubs to revolt against FIFA.

GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan said that a team of officials had left the state for United States of America for the testing, first week of August, of the first gas turbine generator manufactured by USA-based Rolls Royce Trent, for the Delta State Independent Power Project, IPP at Oghara, Ethiope-West Local Government Area.

A few days to the commencement of the Ramadan fast, the prices of foodstuffs and other essential commodities have escalated in most markets across the country, according to a national survey.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan,Thursday, reaffirmed his earlier decision not to stand for the 2015 presidential election; saying that his only ambition for the proposed amendment to the constitution is for national interest and nothing else.

The Technical Director, Golf Federation of Nigeria (GFN), Moses Anabui, said on Thursday that the 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt provided a good platform for the development of the game.

Former British newspaper editor Piers Morgan, now a presenter for US television network CNN, denied fresh allegations that he printed stories obtained through phone hacking, reports said Thursday.

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has tipped striker Karim Benzema to enjoy a successful season after the Frenchman scored twice in Wednesday’s 3-1 friendly win away to Hertha Berlin.

The public inquiry into Britain’s phone hacking scandal opened on Thursday, with judge Brian Leveson and his six-strong panel holding their first official meeting.

A serious fire outbreak this morning in Enugu has resulted in the death of five people and  twelve houses burnt . The fire outbreak, eyewitness said, was as a result of a fuel tanker which had an accident and burst into flame near the Enugu prisons More details later

Mr. Peter Idabor, the Director General of National Oil Spill Detec-tion and Response Agency, NOSDRA, has solicited the support of Nigerian Navy to check cases of breakage of pipelines and stealing of crude and refined products by van-dals.