KATSINA—Katsina State Government, in collaboration with the Department of Livestock and Pest Control Services of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture has commenced aerial spray to check the menace of quelea birds in the state.

The software giant, Google has flagged off Africa connected competition calling on entrepreneurs, creators, innovators and web-lovers in Nigeria and across Africa to share their stories of how the web has transformed their lives and work.

As the cliché goes, all this would have been laughable if it is not so tragic. In the heat of the subsisting venom and vitriol, it seems nobody now cares that the first set of “deportees” from Lagos were no other than Yoruba indigenes of Oyo and Osun states.

President Barack Obama hailed Martin Luther King Jr Wednesday for saving America from oppression but said “constant vigilance” was needed to keep the civil rights icon’s dream of equality alive.

Midfielder John Mikel Obi will not be leaving Chelsea, at least not during this transfer window, according to his agent John Shittu.

Nigerian attacking midfielder Abdul Jeleel Ajagun Wednesday signed a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee with Panathinaikos, the Greek Super League team announced.

Coach Ayo Bakare, Head Coach of D’Tigers has expressed happiness at his team’s victory over Central African Republic (CAR), a team the D’Tigers defeated 112-75.Bakare told newsmen in Abidjan that he resolved with his team not to underrate any team in the competition, but to approach every match as it came.“

A corps member serving in Akwa-Ibom State, Oluwakayode Ajomole, has emerged winner of the second edition of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Essay Competition and symposium, organised by the Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN).

Ndi-Igbo in the U. S under the aegis of Pan Ndi-Igbo Foundation (PNF USA) have chosen former governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor-Kalu as the recipient of its “2013 Advocacy for Justice Award”.

Soft porn movie producer and actress Judith Mazagwu aka Afro Candy has offered ex-Big Brother Africa housemate Beverly Osu a porn actress’ role in her upcoming, unnamed movie.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved for the country to borrow an interest free loan of $200 m from the International Development Agency to accelerate the Fadama III project across the country.

Liberia’s main public university said on Wednesday all 25,000 applicants for the new academic year had failed its entrance exam, prompting the president to describe poor education standards in the impoverished nation as a “national emergency”.

Rain and lightning fears halted play at the US Open on Wednesday, stopping seven singles matches and delaying the start of matches for past champions Venus Williams and Juan Martin del Potro.

Togolese Prime Minister, Kwesi Séléagodji Ahumey-Zunu, has resigned, leaving office with members of his cabinet, the Togolese presidency said in a statement made available to PANA on Wednesday.

Prof Chidi Osuagwu of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, at this year’s Ezumezu Lecture, a colloquium organized by the Obowu Development Association (Federated), on the 16th of August, in Obowo, discuses identity crisis with its debilitating effects in Africa and Nigeria.