Blistered and scarred, American sprinter Justin Gatlin arrived at the world championships with frostbite on both feet.

It was a carnival pf sorts in Lagos, weekend when the Gulder 5-A-side Football Championship, Lagos zone, got underway, as over 2000 teams came to participate in the competition that will produce only two teams for the national tournament.

Prof. Peter Okebukola, former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC) has sought the support of education stakeholders for the development and growth of private universities in the country.

President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday he had invited countries who see themselves as “friends of Libya” to talks in Paris on September 1 on the future of the country without Moamer Kadhafi.

Samir Nasri admits he was relieved to finally join Manchester City after the France star completed his long-awaited escape from Arsenal.

Customers of UBA in Awka have called on the CBN to prevail on the bank to rescind its decision to peg its minimum savings account balance at N25,000.

South Africa on Wednesday slammed on Henry Okah, a fresh charge of trying to cause harm to an internationally protected person.

Inactive Algeria and Nigeria climbed the FIFA Africa football rankings in August while South Africa stayed put despite defeating fellow top-10 team Burkina Faso.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has told Croatia midfielder Luka Modric to forget about a move to Chelsea and concentrate on playing for the north London club.

The Nigerian Super Eagles squad for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Madagascar and the friendly with Argentina have named .

Chelsea signed Spain winger Juan Mata from Valencia for an undisclosed fee on Wednesday

A school bus veered off a road and plunged into a river Wednesday in South Africa, killing 14 children and the bus driver, rescue officials said.

Fighting raged Wednesday near Muammar Gaddafi’s Bab al-Azizya compound a day after it was captured by rebels, as loyalist troops staged a fightback and the strongman boasted he went walkabout.

Seventeen persons comprising 15 foreigners from Central African Republic, one from Cameroun and a Nigerien, have been arrested by a joint military and customs patrol team in Adamawa State with contraband goods worth over N50 million.

The Federal Government yesterday inaugurated a committee, as well as planning and implementation task teams, to drive the development of the nation’s education sector, in line with President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda in the next four years.