Zambia’s new President Michael Sata took office Friday, kicking off with a pledge to crack down on the rampant corruption that turned voters away from his predecessor.

Bayern Munich’s Brazilian defender Breno is being investigated on suspicion of arson following a fire at his luxury home, the German league giants confirmed Friday.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp believes in-form loan signing Emmanuel Adebayor can lead Spurs back to the promised land of the Champions League.

The Palestinian bid for UN membership will be “quickly” handled and sent to the UN Security Council, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said.

Israel said Friday it regrets that Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has handed over a request to the United Nations to admit Palestine as a full member state.

Irregular libido by both men and women has been traced to either psychological or psychiatric trauma that a person is going through.

Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins on Wednesday shot dead the immediate past Chairman of Zamfara State Youth Empowerment Committee (YECO), Alhaji Isma’ila Zakariyya, along the Funtua-Gusau road.

The Deputy Director, Public Affairs, West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mr Yusuf Ari, on Thursday said that the council was awaiting the decision of its authorities on the recent release of conflicting results.

Nigeria’s investment potentials support private sector and are increasingly becoming more open and transparent, President Goodluck Jonathan, said on in Thursday New York.

Football enthusiasts in Owerri, the Imo capital have tipped Heartland FC of Owerri to lift this year’s Federation’s Cup trophy that has pitched them against their arch rivals, Enyimba FC of Aba.

Taiwo Ogunjobi, a former Secretary-General, Nigeria Football Association, has been named a match commissioner for Sunday’s Federation’s Cup final between Heartland FC of Owerri and Enyimba of Aba.

The Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that recurrent expenditure in next year’s budget is to be reduced from 74 to 72 per cent.

West Bromwich Albion’s DR Congo midfielder Youssouf Mulumbu on Friday confirmed his retirement from international football for a second time.

Mr Joseph Daudu (SAN), the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has called for urgent resolution of the raging crises in some parts of the country to save its fledgling democracy.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday declared a week-long warning strike to protest against the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement between the union and the Federal Government.