The unrest in Bamako, the Malian capital took another dimension in the early hours of Thursday as the Malian Army forces stormed Hotel Columbus where the players and officials are lodged and searched their rooms.

While software piracy stifle innovation, harm local economies, the software giant, Microsoft in collaboration with the Nigerian Copyright Commission. NCC, at the just concluded World Intellectual Property day held recently in Lagos said that unless software piracy was fought with concerted efforts,local economies will continue suffer.

The Kebbi State Government has expressed its determination to adopt fresh measures to improve students’ performance in external examinations.

Sir Alex Ferguson believes new England manager Roy Hodgson should take veteran defender Rio Ferdinand to Euro 2012 after a “fantastic” season.

The Chairman of the Bayelsa State Environmental Sanitation Authority, Chief Abel Ebifemowei, has said that the board granted pardon to 168 defaulters arrested during last monthly sanitation exercise on April 28.

A 28-years-old man, Oladele Samuel, was on Wednesday sentenced to one month imprisonment for stealing a laptop belonging to a guest at Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja.

Oil fell further on Thursday, with the market weighed down by plentiful crude stockpiles in top consumer the United States, while traders awaited the latest eurozone interest rate decision.

Mrs Ajibola Falaye, a Professor of Counselling and Developmental Psychology at the University of Ibadan, on Wednesday raised an alarm over increasing incidents of mental problems and disorders among young Nigerians.

Liverpool reported £49.4 million ($79.9 million) losses in the last financial year following pay-offs to staff and costs associated with the club’s failed new stadium plans, it was revealed Thursday

The Osun Government has vowed to prosecute those behind Wednesday’s protest in support of a monarch standing trial for alleged rape before an Osogbo High Court.