Doctors have discharged Barcelona striker David Villa from hospital after he was treated for kidney stone pain, his club said on Friday .

South African prosecutors will argue that sprinter Oscar Pistorius is guilty of premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a charge which could carry a life sentence.

Every player at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will be required to have a biological passport, the sport’s world governing body FIFA announced on Friday.

Global shale oil production plans to increased world’s oil supply by 12 per cent in 2035, 14 million barrels per day.

The increase according to a report by PwC could reduced oil prices in 2035 to between 25 per cent and 40 per cent (between $83 and $100 barrel in real terms.

Not many people spared coach Stephen Okechukwu Keshi when he likened his boys to that of 1994 squad before the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations hosted by South Africa. He was roundly vilified for daring to compared his ‘amateur’ team with the all-conquering 1994 set.

CEO of Kennis Music, the label Goldie was signed on, Kenny Ogungbe has issued a statement detailing the final hours of the late singer.

A kiss lasting nearly two-and-a-half days propelled one determined Thai couple to a new record for the world’s longest smooch on Valentine’s Day, organisers said Friday.

Somalia’s Shebab insurgents claim to have executed a captured Kenyan soldier and repeated threats to kill five other hostages, the extremists said Friday.

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said it would be difficult for governments at all level to achieve the desired economic and political growth if the challenges facing women in the country were not addressed.

The Presidency yesterday pushed the case for the dismissal of the Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Force, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, to the Head of Civil Service, saying it is the only constitutional body that could handle the case of discipline of civil servants.