Argentina’s 1-0 defeat by Germany in Sunday’s World Cup final prevented Lionel Messi, who was named Player of the Tournament, from cementing his place in the pantheon of the truly great.

The Arewa community in Lagos Sunday said that it would neither aid nor tolerate any terrorist activities in Lagos.

Mario Goetze’s superb 113th minute volley gave Germany their fourth World Cup title and their first since they became a unified country with a 1-0 win over Lionel Messi’s Argentina at the Maracana on Sunday.

NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, weekend said the sudden death of Mr. Bamidele Aturu, a foremost labour lawyer and activist, was a tragic blow to the labour movement in Nigeria.

World Cup fanatic Rihanna posted a picture of herself and football legend Pele soon after she landed in Brazil ahead of Sunday evening’s final.

Gov. Murtala Nyako of Adamawa said on Saturday that he had forgiven all those planning to impeach him from office.

Germany and Argentina named unchanged teams for Sunday’s World Cup final at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, with midfielder Angel di Maria on the bench for Argentina.

FIFA says the 2014 Brazil World Cup final match production will be relayed in a 360 degree viewing experience with Ultra HD OmniCam developed by scientists.

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has called on ordained men and women of God to live modest lives worthy of emulation.

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Some gunmen suspected to be members of dreaded Boko Haram sect over the week end planted Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs under the popular Madafuma bridge linking 185km Biu- Damboa- Maiduguri federal road where it exploded and damaged some remarkable portion of the bridge leaving motorists and passengers stranded.

The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED), on Sunday, announced that it would cut power supply to Port Harcourt between July 13 and 23 for repairs and upgrade of facilities.

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl-child education campaigner, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, has called on Boko Haram terrorists to free the abducted Chibok school girls.

The Arewa community in Lagos on Sunday said that they would neither aid nor tolerate any terrorist activities in Lagos.

France said Sunday its military offensive that freed northern Mali from the grip of Islamists would be replaced by an operation spanning the wider, largely lawless Sahel region to combat extremist violence.