President Goodluck Jonathan said Thursday in Abuja that African nations must learn to manage their resources better if they wished to overcome poverty and underdevelopment.

African superstar Samuel Eto’o will test himself in English football after Chelsea announced on Thursday that he has joined the Premier League giants on a one-year contract.

Ghana’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld President John Dramani Mahama’s win in elections last year, dismissing the opposition’s case alleging voter fraud in a test for one of Africa’s most stable democracies.

My Yakubu Dati, General Manager, Corporate Communications, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), said that additional security measures would be put in place to prevent a reoccurrence of a stowaway from the runways of the nation’s airports.

A twist was added to the unfolding political drama in Taraba State on Thursday morning as 16 out of the 24 members of the Taraba State House of Assembly barred ailing state governor, Danbaba Suntai, from resuming work, because of his feeble state.

The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’I, said on Thursday in Abuja that French would be part of  the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as from 2014 for interested  candidates.

The South African Government has said that it is opposed to any form of military intervention in Syria as some Western countries ponder their reaction to the alleged use of chemical weapons in the country.

Mr Tony Okoroji, Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) has said that the fashion industry if properly developed, will attract more youths, thereby reducing the high rate of unemployment.

Ghana’s highest court will issue a long-awaited ruling Thursday on whether to overturn President John Dramani Mahama’s election win last year on fraud allegations, a test for one of Africa’s most stable democracies.

President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday that Syria will defend itself against any attacks, as Washington and its allies mull military action in response to the alleged use of chemical arms.

Emmanuel Kayode, of Maraba Area, Ilorin, on Thursday told an Ilorin Area Court that his wife, Omolade Emmanuel was dirty.

Arsenal forward Lukas Podolski will be unavailable for up to 10 weeks due to a hamstring injury, manager Arsene Wenger revealed on Thursday.

Taliban insurgents have killed 15 police on a key highway in western Afghanistan, officials said Thursday, the latest in a growing number of rebel attacks as NATO-led troops withdraw.

PORT HARCOURT—JUSTICE H.A. Nganjiwa of a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to accept the result of the primary election conducted by Ejike Oguebego’s faction of PDP in Anambra State which declared Senator Andy Uba governorship candidate for the party in the November 16 election.

TWENTY suspected criminals are now in detention in Aba following a raid, yesterday, by the Police from Ariaria Division of the city on two Indian hemp spots said to be haven for notorious criminals within Ariaria International Market.