CATHOLIC Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI, Saturday, in a solemn ceremony at the St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, created 22 new cardinals including the Metropolitan and Archbishop of Abuja, Archbishop John Olufemi Onaiyekan.

Defiant Egyptian judges hit back at President Mohamed Morsi on Saturday demanding he reverse a decree giving himself sweeping powers that put him beyond judicial oversight, after more clashes between police and protesters.

USA head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is considering taking American citizenship despite having played in West Germany’s 1990 World Cup-winning team and later coaching the German national side, he has admitted

West Bromwich Albion continued their superb start to the Premier League season with a 4-2 win at Sunderland on Saturday that took them up to third place in the table.

Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Friday ordered security operatives to arrest sponsors of the violent crisis in Agyaragu area of the state.

The Kano State Government has released N94 million as grant for Kano Pillars FC to start preparation for new season.

The Katsina State Government has announced 100 per cent salary increase for chief executives of government’s agencies and boards.

Rafael Benitez’s hopes of winning over the Chelsea supporters face a stern test when his new side take on champions Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

The disagreement between Registered Trustees of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) and Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) over placement of adverts on newspapers would soon be laid to rest as a Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday ruled that the matter be continued.

Ahead of 2015 general election, former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday wooed northerners especially Muslims as he laid the foundation of N350,000000 (three hundred and fifty million naira) ultra modern central mosque and arabic school within the premises of his Presidential Library in Oke-Mosan Abeokuta.