Ghana midfield star Andre Ayew could miss the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa this month after injuring a hamstring while training with French club Marseille.

Retired DSP Effiong Udoh on Friday urged the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, not to merge State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) with State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID).

Claims of police incompetence and public apathy stirred fresh outrage on Saturday in the case of a New Delhi gang-rape victim after her boyfriend recounted witnessing the horrific crime for the first time.

The alleged ringleader of a kidnap gang said that Hyundai Heavy Industries paid nearly $200,000 in ransom to free one Nigerian and four South Korean workers, police said Friday.

Sanusi Mohammed, Director of Competitions of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Friday assured Super Eagles players of their entitlements, ahead of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON). 

Alex Ferguson has set his sights on ending Manchester United’s FA Cup drought as the 11-time winners prepare to face West Ham in Saturday’s third round tie at Upton Park.

Arsene Wenger’s record in the FA Cup means the competition will always be special to the Arsenal manager but this season it could be critical to his efforts to prove he is still the right man to lead the club.

No fewer than 20 inmates of the Sagamu Prison in Ogun State on Wednesday have escaped while several others were reported to have been shot in the melee.

Former Sharks, Enyimba and Dolphins hitman, Victor Ezeji has said that the Super Eagles lack the striking force to score goals in the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa going by the provisional list released by coach Stephen Keshi.

…Church property worth N3billion destroyed as hoodlums carted away over N15million offering, tithes money
For a moment, it looked as though the demolition of the altar and the entire building that housed over 20,000 worshipers of the Bride Assembly was a joke unfolding in a manner that insulted the sensibilities of the onlookers, but it turned out to be real as members watched helplessly how the sacred house of God was cruelly demolished.

The Zamfara State government is planning to ‘’arrange husbands’’ for about 2,000 widows in the state.

AT least three suspected kidnappers have been shot dead, while three others were arrested by men of the Nigerian Police Force at Eboh-Orogun, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State.

MORE than 20 villagers, including an electoral officer, were injured, weekend, at Bolou Ndoro community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state, following an attack by suspected mercenaries in a botched election for the community’s chair.

A total of 280 people have been reported dead from various road traffic crashes that occurred in the nation’s highways between December 19 2012 and January 4, 2013.

Three days after he was discharged from the Cedar-crest Orthopedic Hospital, Abuja where he was hospitalised following an auto crash, Kogi State Governor, Captain Idris Wada, rtd, has expressed gratitude to God for the close shave he had with death as well as his speedy recovery.