Amid the tension created by terror attacks in some parts of the North, members  of the Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky-led Islamist Movement of Nigeria, the Shiites, yesterday, clashed with soldiers in Zaria, Kaduna State. 35 persons were feared dead in the incident.

Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba was named coach of South Africa Saturday in succession to sacked Gordon Igesund.

National youth coach Mashaba was not present at the announcement in Soweto as he is in Mali with the under-20 squad.

The tragedy that befell the Edo State Chairman of the Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON), Mr Osamudiamen Osagiede, penultimate Saturday, in Benin City, is something that he will not even wish for his enemy. On that day, Osagiede lost two sons and 12-year-old niece in a collapsed building in Urora community, Benin-City.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised APC leadership to consider looking inwards, if they believe the July 23 bomb attack on retired Gen. Mohammed Buhari was an assassination attempt.

The Enugu zone of the Court of Appeal today dismissed the appeal brought before it by Chris Ngige, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 16, 2013 election.

Gov. Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna state said on Saturday that aggression was un-Islamic, just as he stressed the need for peace in the country.

The Nigerian Army is investigating the alleged killing of some members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Friday, an official said.

Liverpool suffered a major blow on Friday when England midfielder Adam Lallana was ruled out for up to six weeks after suffering a knee injury.

Stung into action by the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, the EU put Russia’s intelligence chiefs on its sanctions list Saturday as it readied much harsher measures against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered extensive deployment of officers and men of the force, including the special units nationwide to provide security throughout the Eid-el-Fitr (Sallah) celebration.

The 2009 “underpants bomb” plot failed because the terrorist had been wearing his explosive-laden undergarments for more than two weeks and soiled the explosives, a senior US official said

The Zazzau Emirate Council in Kaduna State, on Saturday announced the cancellation of Eid-El-Fitr durbar and all other festivities in honour of victims of the dual bomb blast that rocked Kaduna metropolis

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has appealed to Muslims in Nigeria to pray for the end of the specter of insecurity currently haunting the country

“People suffering from nose bleeding benefit from eating groundnut. It is also helpful in reducing excessive menstruation in women. “Groundnut contains vitamin B3 that boosts memory and helps lower cholesterol; it also contains vitamin A, B, C and E.”

Visiting founder of global software giant Microsoft Bill Gates has on Thursday hailed African countries for making progress in agriculture and health, but said African governments must do more