A virtuoso performance by Gareth Bale and a brace of goals from Jermain Defoe saw Tottenham Hotspur beat West Ham United 3-1 on Sunday to end a run of three straight league defeats.

Two motorcycle-riding gunmen killed a Christian couple and their child as they were on their way to church on Sunday in Kano, police and residents said.

Rafael Benitez’s tenure as Chelsea interim coach began beneath a hail of boos on Sunday as the club’s fans voiced their displeasure at his arrival.

Three University of Lagos (UNILAG) students, have won the Google Apps Developer Challenge for the Enterprise/Small Business Solutions category in sub-Saharan Africa.

Pator Ayo Oritsejafor, the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has condemned the frequent bombing of churches in the country and “institutional corruption”.

The Nigerian army said two blasts that hit a church in military barracks in the restive Kaduna on Sunday were suicide attacks.

A bomb explosion Sunday rocked a church located inside military cantonment in Jaji, Kaduna state.

IT was a sad tragic end for one Mr. Gabriel Agochi of Ndok in Ishibori, Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State who allegedly slaughtered himself over his inability to repay a loan collected from a local thrift association

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix of the U.S. have been named the Men and Women World Athletes of the Year for 2012 respectively, according to the world athletics governing body, IAAF.

President Goodluck Jonathan has tasked Nigerian universities to intensify efforts at generating revenue internally to meet their developmental needs.