Akwa Ibom State Deputy Governor, Mr. Nsima Ekere, said, weekend, that the days of ethnicity as a determining factor in the politics of the state were over for good as the people had risen above such primordial sentiments.

A Muslim man died on Sunday after setting himself on fire inside a mosque in the French city of Toulouse, local officials said, saying the man was psychologically disturbed.

Friends and associates, weekend, marked the 53rd birthday of the former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, at his Oghara country home, Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state.

CHEVRON- Registered Itsekiri Procurement Contractors, an association of indigenous contractors registered with the procurement department of Chevron Nigeria Limited, has accused high-ranking employees and officers of the oil company of excluding host community contractors from contract opportunities in Chevron.

Nigeria needed only draw to take first place in the Group D, but not diverging from their typical attacking displays beat Saudi Arabia 2-0 to stamp authority on their fine group campaign and set up a Round of 16 encounter with England. The Saudis, on the other hand, will meet Brazil.

Manchester United underlined their determination to hold off the challenge from title rivals Manchester City as Nani’s last-gasp winner clinched a 3-2 victory in the Community Shield on Sunday.

World leaders and finance chiefs raced Sunday to head off spiralling tension triggered by eurozone debt contagion and a US rating downgrade as the clock ticked on the opening of the markets Monday.

Star-studded Bayern Munich started the new season with a shock 1-0 home defeat to Borussia Moechengladbach on Sunday thanks to a mix-up between expensive new signings Manuel Neuer and Jerome Boateng.

Veteran Nollywood actor, Sam Loco Efe, is dead.

Emergency services on Sunday restored order to a London district where rioters torched homes and looted shops as a protest at the fatal shooting of a local man by police turned violent, leading to 42 arrests.