Nigeria on Tuesday charged 15 Russian sailors detained since October with illegally bringing weapons into the nation.

Revolutionary goal line technology (GLT), due to be in place for next year’s World Cup in Brazil, will be put out to tender, world football’s governing body FIFA announced on Tuesday.

Following the kidnap of seven foreign workers of Setraco Construction Company in Jama’are Local Govermnt Area in Bauchi state last Saturday the management of the company has evacuated all foreign workers.

GOVERNOR Chibuike Amaechi has appealed to the federal government to refund 105 billion naira so far expended by the state government on federal government projects in the state.

The fuel dump operated by the Federal Airport Authority of (FAAN), Tuesday, was gutted by fire around 10:40 am in the morning at the Domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Lagos.

Five-time world champions Brazil will host Chile on April 24 at Belo Horizonte in a warm-up friendly for the Confederations Cup, the Brazilian Federation announced Tuesday.

The oil minister said on Tuesday that a boost in US oil and gas production had begun affecting Nigerian exports, with the United States a major market for crude from Nigeria, Africa’s biggest producer.

The police on Tuesday arraigned a 21-year-old student, Sunday Oludare, before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a Blackberry phone which the police said was valued at N10,000.

The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has called on the Federal Government to do all within its power to avert a repetition of the flooding that befell parts of the country in 2012.

Nigeria Under-20 male team, the Flying Eagles, on Monday hit Cairo, as part of their build up to the Africa Youth Championship (AYC) in Algeria from March 16 to 30.