The Reds moved to the top of the Premier League after an own goal from Kaboul, plus strikes from Suarez, Coutinho and Henderson gave the hosts a convincing victory. More details shortly…

Following the heavy exchange of gunfire between Boko Haram suspects and officials Department of State
Services (DSS) within the vicinity of the presidential villa earlier today, Presidential Spokesperson, Reuben Abati has reassured the public that President Goodluck Jonathan is safe.

Women and mothers in the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Abuja, on Sunday, prayed for peace, protection and unity of the country as preparations for the 2015 elections gathered momentum.

Former Military Governor of Lagos State and a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has formally defected to People’s Democratic Party (PDP) with his teeming supporters.

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi who came under fire for shunning a meeting with the Nigeria Football Federation technical committee for a function in Lagos, has stated that he was more concerned about building a solid team that will represent Nigeria at the 2014 World Cup and would not be drawn into any controversy with his employers.

Leading scientists and officials completed a fresh climate report Sunday expected to lay bare the grim impact of climate change, with warnings that global food shortages could spark violence in vulnerable areas.

KABUL – Crowds queued up outside voter registration centres in Afghanistan on Sunday and presidential candidates held large campaign rallies, six days ahead of elections that have been shaken by Taliban attacks. The vote, which will choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai, comes as US-led foreign troops withdraw after 13 years of fighting the […]

Two Spanish journalists taken hostage in Syria by an Al-Qaeda-linked group walked free after six months in captivity and were heading back to Spain on Sunday, their friends and colleagues said.

…Security beefed up around Presidential Villa, Abuja By Soni Daniel No fewer than 20 Boko Haram detainees have been shot dead in a shoot-out that ensued this morning at the Department of State Security Service in the Asokoro a district of Abuja. Vanguard learnt that the shoutout erupted when some of the suspected terrorists attempted […]

The death of a member of the National Conference, Hamma Misau, has deprived the country of his invaluable contributions at the conference, his son, Ahaji Isa Misau, has said.