Nigeria striker Brown Ideye revealed on Sunday that delays over his visa and work permit have prevented him from linking up with new club West Bromwich Albion.

The wife of Ogun State governor, Olufunso Amosun, has begged the people of the state to re-elect her husband, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, for second term in office as a paid back gesture for his level of performance so far.

The General Overseer, Amazing Love Assembly, Enugu, Bishop Amechi Nwachukwu has said that too much emphasis placed on paper qualification and certificate rather than acquisition of knowledge was the greatest scourge bedeviling the nation’s education sector.

A hijacked Singaporean oil tanker carrying 21 sailors was released on Sunday a week after being seized by pirates in waters off Ghana in west Africa, Seoul’s foreign ministry said.

Cameroon’s president has sent his army chief to the north of the country to beef up the battle against Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram.

President Goodluck Jonathan has warned miscreants to steer clear of the Aug. 9 Osun governorship election or face the wrath of the law.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the PDP plans to massively rig the Aug. 9th governorship election in 10 identified local governments in Osun state, in addition to seeking a pliable person as a returning officer.

A South African provincial government has stepped in to save dozens of starving cattle at the rural home of Nelson Mandela, the late anti-apartheid hero, a Sunday newspaper reported.

At least 10 people were killed Sunday in a fresh strike on a UN school in southern Gaza which was sheltering Palestinians displaced by an Israeli military offensive, medics said.

Sports Minister and chairman of the National Sports Commission, Dr Tammy Danagogo has spoken of his emotional trauma over teenage Weightlifter Chika Amalaha who was stripped of his gold medal after committing an anti-doping violation at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.