The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the Federal Government needs to curtail spending to avoid putting pressure on the crude oil benchmark.

Bernard Ogbeide, Head Coach of Warri Wolves FC, said on Thursday that barring any postponement, the club is set for the scheduled commencement of the 2012/2013 Nigeria Premier League (NPL) season on Dec. 1.

President Goodluck Jonathan has felicitated with former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his appointment as the Country Representative for Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust.

London’s Metropolitan Police Force announced Thursday they had launched an investigation after a Chelsea supporter was photographed apparently making a racist gesture towards a black Manchester United player.

Chelsea claimed partial revenge for their stormy loss to Manchester United at the weekend by prevailing 5-4 when the teams resumed hostilities in an end-to-end fourth-round League Cup tie on Wednesday.

Chelsea were drawn to face Leeds United in the League Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday, shortly after beating Manchester United 5-4 at Stamford Bridge to reach the last eight.

– A gas tanker truck exploded on a main road in the Saudi capital on Thursday, killing at least 14 people, injuring about 60 others and leaving a trail of destruction, officials said.

Seven crew members of an anchor handling ship kidnapped last month by attackers who stormed their vessel off Nigeria have been released, French company Bourbon said on Thursday.

At least four people were wounded overnight in a shooting on the campus of the University of Southern California, police said early Thursday.

The political landscape in Akwa Ibom State was in tremor, yesterday, after the Deputy Governor of the state, Mr. Nsima Ekere, resigned from office.