UN rights experts voiced outrage Monday at a Sudanese court order to hang a heavily pregnant Christian woman for marrying a Christian man and refusing to renounce her faith.

Investigators on Monday combed the scene of a suicide car bomb attack that killed four in the north Nigerian city of Kano, as police said they had foiled a second blast.

Authorities said it was too early to say who was behind the violence but observers suggested a link to local politics rather than Boko Haram, the Islamist insurgents terrorising north Nigeria who are holding more than 200 schoolgirls captive.

Some actors in the nation’s movie industry popularly known as Nollywood on Monday expressed differing views on the issue of sexual harassment.

Ilorin – Katsina State’s Gov. Ibrahim Shema will sponsor a 30-man delegation of the state under-18 male football team to Brazil for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, an official said on Monday. The Katsina State Chairman of the Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON), Alhaji Nasiru Danbaba, disclosed this in a telephone interview. The team […]

No fewer than 39 candidates passed the examination for the second edition of the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development (PRESSID), an official said

Netherlands boss Louis van Gaal will take over as the new manager of Manchester United after the World Cup, the club announced Monday.

Sanni who resides at Kargi Village, Kubau local government area of Kaduna, was remanded for allegedly throwing his baby boy into the Kubau River on Dec. 28, 2013.

Nigeria police said on Monday that they thwarted a fresh attempt to detonate a car bomb in Kano, a day after a bombing killed four people in an area of the city attacked repeatedly by Boko Haram.

The National Conference resumed plenary on Monday to receive reports of the 20 Standing Committees assigned to handle “critical national issues”.

14 committees submitted their reports, while six were outstanding and expected to submit them to the plenary on Tuesday.

Mali sent troops on Monday to retake the rebel stronghold of Kidal after Tuareg separatists seized local government offices, taking hostages and engaging the army in a firefight in which dozens were killed

An Omani court has sentenced a former minister to three years in jail over graft charges, in a first for the Gulf sultanate which has vowed to combat corruption, newspapers reported Monday.

LEADER of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Asari Dokubo has described the alleged abduction of female students of Government Girls Secondary school, Chibok, Borno state by Boko Haram as a scam.

The late King of Pop Michael Jackson was back on stage — as a hologram — performing at the Billboard 2014 Music Award event Sunday in Las Vegas.

“To get married in Florence they would have to submit a lot of documents. They haven’t made an official request so it can’t officially be a marriage,” said Agnoletti, a spokesman for the city’s interim mayor, Dario Nardella.