Seventy-eight people were killed and three injured Tuesday when a Moroccan military plane slammed into a mountainside near Guelmim in the south of the country, the Moroccan military said.

President of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN, has faulted the recent Federal High Court, Abuja, judgment, which nullified sections 140 (2) and 141 Electoral Act 2010.

Workers in the nation’s civil engineering and construction sectors of the economy have called on the National Assembly to make a law that will forbid new governments from abandoning projects embarked upon by their predecessors.

Provost, Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Ebonyi State, Dr. Paul Ajah, yesterday, called on the Federal Government to direct its resources towards the development of farming by empowering agriculture institutions in the country.

(Reuters) Nigerian security forces killed at least 23 people in the northeastern city of Maiduguri in retaliation for a bomb attack blamed on a radical Islamist sect, Amnesty International said on Monday. Boko Haram, a radical group which wants sharia law more widely applied across Africa’s most populous nation, has been behind almost daily shootings […]

OSLO-(AFP) – Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget on Tuesday hailed the “fantastic” work done by police after meeting senior officers in the wake of last week’s twin attacks in which 76 people were killed. “I had the opportunity to thank police in Oslo and other districts and other organs for their fantastic work,” Storberget told […]

Banned Asian football chief Mohamed bin Hammam likened FIFA president Sepp Blatter to a “dictator” on Monday, and said bribery claims against him were the result of cultural misunderstandings.

BUENOS AIRES-(AFP) – Sergio Batista was dismissed as Argentina coach after his side’s Copa America flop, an Argentine Football Association (AFA) spokesman said Monday. AFA’s Ernesto Cherquis Bialo confirmed Batista’s departure.

A Federal High Court in Benin, Edo State, yesterday, ordered the wife of the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Mrs. Endurance Odubu, to pay the sum of N12 million as damages to Captain Olorunduyilemi Stephen, an Army officer with the 4th Brigade.

Delta State Governorship Election re-run petition tribunal sitting in Asaba, yesterday upheld the victory of Delta State governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, in the January 6 governorship re-run election in the state.