For FIFA and Canadian organizers, next month’s U-20 Women’s World Cup is a test run for the 2015 Women’s World Cup.

A group, Justice for Akwa Ibom Forum, JAIF, has appealed to Nigerians to help secure the release of Mr. Thomas Thomas, Editor of Global Concord Newspapers, an Akwa Ibom State-based daily, who was alleged to have been apprehended by security agencies since Tuesday July 2.

The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr Benjamin Dikki, yesterday said about N300 million has been approved for the infrastructure development needs of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).

AN alleged kidnap kingpin reported to have terrorised the commercial city of Aba and its environs was, Monday, arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, by the police from Aba, Abia State.

THE twelve parents of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, Wednesday, explained that they refused to meet President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja last Tuesday because they were not in the city at the instance of the Federal Government or any of its representatives.

Israel agreed to a UN request to halt its bombardment of Gaza for five hours on humanitarian grounds, after its naval strikes killed four children on a beach Wednesday.

Rupert Murdoch’s conglomerate said Wednesday it made an unsuccessful bid for rival Time Warner which could shake up the media-entertainment world.

A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chairmanship aspirant in Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, Prince Alex Oyoro, has promised to create jobs for the unemployed youths in the council if elected as chairman.

Ozuaha community ward 11, in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, has reaffirmed its support for the ruling People’s Democratic party, PDP.

Nigeria international Joel Obi has said that he hopes to stay and fight for his place at Serie A giants Inter Milan after his latest loan spell with Parma.

A Silicon Valley investor proposing to split California into six separate US states passed an initial poll hurdle this week, even if the initiative appears ultimately doomed to fail.

Tragedy struck, Monday, at Amakohia Ubi, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, as a 10-year-old girl dumped a five-month old baby into a boiling pot of soup, while trying to escape from a rampaging masquerade.

AN international friendly match involving Nigerian club Sunshine Stars and Benin Republic in Cotonou has been called off following a FIFA ban on Nigeria, officials informed .

A US judge sentenced a British computer engineer to 12.5 years in prison Wednesday for conspiring to provide and for providing equipment and personnel to the Taliban in Afghanistan.

The South Korean government says it is committing 8.6 million dollars to the promotion of e-government and efficient delivery of public services in Nigeria.