Russia has increased its presence of troops on the Ukraine border to 20,000, from 12,000 in mid-July, creating a “dangerous situation” and stoking concerns Moscow could intervene in its neighbour by force, NATO said Wednesday.

A Saudi Arabian who had travelled to Sierra Leone and had symptoms similar to those found in Ebola sufferers died Wednesday of a heart attack, the health ministry said.

The Lagos State government Wednesday said it is willing to give life insurance cover any volunteer in the management of victims of Ebola virus disease, even as it disclosed that a total of 27 secondary contacts of all admitted Ebola positive patients have been traced.

President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Joe Biden have agreed that Nigeria and the United States would work together to urg

Madrid-Spanish Government said that an air force plane was leaving Madrid on Wednesday to pick up a Spanish priest who has tested positive for the Ebola virus in Liberia.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday began a two-day emergency meeting on west Africa’s Ebola epidemic, with the UN agency deciding whether to declare it an international crisis.

The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) was disappointed with the performance of the country’s female table tennis players at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, an official has said

Mr Tanko Maikatako, Minority Leader, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has revealed that President Goodluck Jonathan’s efforts to amicably settle the dispute between the lawmakers and Gov. Umaru Almakura were rejected.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named Senegalese officials for the first leg of the final qualifying round fixture between Nigeria and Lesotho for the African Youth Championship (AYC).

The final report of the National Conference is ready and will be debated by delegates on Aug. 13 in Abuja, Assistant Secretary, Media and Communications of the conference, Mr James Akpandem, has said.

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Wednesday stressed that failure of anyone to get his Permanent Voters Card, PVC, means that person automatically disenfranchised himself during the 2015 general election.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said Tuesday’s defection of Osun governor, Chief Olagunsoye Oyinlola, to All Peoples Congress (APC) would not affect outcome of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.

Ace music producer and CEO, K.Solo Music Inc, Solomon Oyeniyi, popularly known as K.Solo is set to unveil his new artiste , DonDrim (Olusegun Odukoya) following the completion of his ‘K.Solo Active’ promo.

The federal government on Wednesday confirmed five new cases of Ebola in Lagos and a second death from the virus, bringing the total number of infections in sub-Saharan Africa’s largest city to seven.

Recent U.S. surveillance flights over northeastern Nigeria showed what appeared to be large groups of girls held together in remote locations, raising hopes among domestic and foreign officials that they are among the group that Boko Haram abducted from a boarding school in April, U.S. and Nigerian officials said.