Apple said Monday that it received more than two million orders for its new iPhone 5 in 24 hours, and that many deliveries would be pushed back into October because of strong demand.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged intending pilgrims to pray for peace and unity of Nigeria while in the holy land.

A security crackdown on protesting miners in South Africa’s restive platinum belt, where 45 people have died in a monthlong wildcat strike, appeared to bear fruit Monday as one of the biggest mines re-opened.

For centuries the practice of naming one’s child after a saint was almost second nature. Typically, Catholics named their child after the saint on whose day he was born.

Lawyers in Lagos State on Sunday reacted to the new Parks and Garden Law that was recently passed into law by the State House of Assembly.