Mark Jelks is an American born and bred athlete. He dreams of making it big like compatriots Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin, Maurice Greene, Carl Lewis and other greats. But there seems to be no room for Jelks in the American team to world athletics events. To use football language, he is surplus to requirement.

Members of Britain’s unelected House of Lords spent almost ten hours on Friday discussing whether to legalise assisted dying, in an often emotional debate putting the question back on the agenda, if not on the statute books.

Leading Management and Financial Consultant, Mr. Odilim Enwegbara has said that fiscal federalism remains the only key way Nigeria can move into economic prosperity.

Jose Mourinho has taunted Arsenal by claiming he needed just 20 minutes to persuade Cesc Fabregas to join Chelsea because the former Gunners midfielder didn’t want to return to his old club.

In the face of late preparations and low number of experienced wrestlers at his disposal, 2002 Commonwealth Games and Sydney 2000 Olympics gold medalist, Honorable Daniel Igali tells SOLOMON NWOKE that Nigerians should not expect too much from his wrestlers at the Glasgow Games, starting July 23

Traditionally, the last year of the four year term of the National Assembly is normally uneventful in terms of lawmaking, but full of cut throat politics.

US lawmakers demanded Friday that President Barack Obama show strong leadership and take swift action against Moscow in response to the downing of a passenger jet over Ukrainian territory.

EPIDEMIC looms in Warri Metropolis as residents have defied government efforts at making the oil rich city clean by deliberately embarking on indiscriminate dumping of refuse in all nooks and crannies of the city.

The United States Embassy in Abuja says 7,318 Nigerian students are studying in more than 700 universities and colleges in that country.

Yemi Sax, fondly called the Sax Oracle by his fans, is not a rookie when the business of music is concerned.

Dance hall crooner Burna Boy (real name Damini Ogulu) on Friday , July 11, 2014 , took to his Twitter account to announce to his fans that his mother will no longer be his manager.

Christians were fleeing Iraq’s jihadist-held city of Mosul en masse Friday after mosques relayed an ultimatum giving them a few hours to leave, the country’s Chaldean patriarch and witnesses said.

A London-based reporter for Russia’s state-owned English-language channel RT quit Friday in protest at its coverage of the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine.

Boko Haram gunmen killed many people in an attack in the restive northeast, throwing explosives into residential homes and shooting dead civilians who tried to surrender, an official and witnesses said Friday.

Marah is the place of bitterness while Elim is the place of fruitfulness, advancement, progress and fulfillment.