The leader of a March coup that ousted Mali’s government, exacerbating a crisis in which Islamist rebels went on to seize over half the country, was sworn in Wednesday as head of a military reform committee.

The Federal Government has uncovered a total of 45,000 ghost workers in federal establishments across the country following the audit staff of the federal government ministries, agencies and Parastatals.

Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL), operator of Oil Mining Lease 133, has secured approval from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to award three engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for Erha North Phase II project.

SOME intending National Youth Service Corps members for batch ‘A’ 2013, have accused officials of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, of extortion before the they could be issued admission letter.

Promasidor Nigeria Limited, makers of Cowbell milk, has flagged off the 2013 edition of the Cowbell National Secondary Schools Mathematics Competition (NASSMAC).

Wrestlers around the world on Wednesday vowed to fight to save the ancient sport’s Olympic status, after the International Olympic Committee voted to drop it for the 2020 Games.

An Islamic cleric, Ibrahim Olateju, on Wednesday told an Abeokuta High Court that he was seeking the dissolution of his 10-year-old marriage because his wife, Rukayat, was allegedly a traitor.

Pope Benedict XVI will lose his infallibility — his supreme authority in Church matters — as soon he steps down on February 28, the Vatican said on Wednesday as it struggles to explain a virtually unprecedented situation.

An Abuja Upper Area Court on Wednesday sentenced Kabiru Audu, 22, of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Jabi motor park, Abuja, to five months imprisonment for theft.

Kuwait’s lower court Wednesday acquitted five opposition activists on charges of insulting the emir via their Twitter accounts, a human rights official said.

Kim Kardashian is scheduled to be in Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday to host the much anticipated Valentine concert by ‘R&B singer’ Darey Art Alade.

Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund has been admitted to hospital after severe abdominal pains, a spokesperson for the South African Football Association, SAFA, said on Wednesday

Pope Benedict XVI made his first public appearance on Wednesday since his shock resignation announcement, asking thousands of cheering pilgrims at the Vatican to “keep praying for me”.

Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson of Ghana, one of two Africans considered eligible to replace retiring Pope Benedict XVI, says the world may be ready for an African pope.

The Police Command in Kebbi on Wednesday arrested two suspected rapists(names withheld) after an intensive search following growing cases of rape in the state recently