GOING to Apapa from any part of Lagos is akin to travelling through the biblical “valley of the shadow of death.”

The Nigeria’s army said Thursday it was trying to verify the authenticity of a video that appeared to show Boko Haram’s leader mocking reports that he may have been killed.

Ghana international Otto Addo believes the Black Stars have enough depth-in quality to beat Egypt to qualify to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Ahead of next month’s FIFA playoff first leg match between the Super Eagles and the Walya Antelopes, the Nigeria Football Federation has said that it expects a win from the African champions in Addis Ababa.

Los Angeles Michael Jackson was responsible for his own death, Maryin Putnam, a lawyer for AEG Live said. Putnam remarked in a closing arguments of the wrongful death lawsuit brought by relatives of the late King of Pop.

Suspected Boko Haram Islamists on Thursday opened fire in a church in Nigeria’s restive northeast, killing the pastor and his two children before setting fire to the building and fleeing, the military said.

At least 27 people have been killed in protests in Khartoum over fuel subsidy cuts, a medical source said on Thursday.

Kenya on Thursday buried victims of a four-day mall massacre by Islamist gunmen, as police pleaded for patience while searchers combed the charred rubble of the devastated complex for dozens still missing.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) says it may commence a nationwide strike by Monday if its members are not paid their salaries.

over  8,000 women on Thursday matched to the Zamfara Hisbah Commission seeking the state government’s assistance to enable them get married.