Diego Costa hit a superb hat-trick as Chelsea came from behind to beat Swansea City 4-2 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon.

The parents of Reeva Steenkamp have reacted with shock and disbelief after a judge acquitted star athlete Oscar Pistorius of her murder, convicting him of the lesser charge of culpable homicide.

A Nigerian soldier fighting the Boko Harem insurgents in Maiduguri, Bornu State, (name withheld) has given reasons while the insurgents may continue to have the upper hands in the battle.

The United States is using the Ukraine crisis to cut economic ties between the EU and Russia and force Europe to pay more for its gas, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday

Martin Demichelis’ late header saved Manchester City from a second successive defeat as the Premier League champions rescued a thrilling 2-2 draw against Arsenal on Saturday.

The White House declared Friday the United States was at war with Islamic State radicals, seeking to rub out another semantic flap over its Syria policy.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Egypt was on the frontline of fighting “terrorism” as he sought Cairo’s support for a coalition against Islamic State jihadists.

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of General Benjamin Adekunle who died on Saturday morning in Lagos.

In a statement, Saturday, Tinubu said Adekunle was , ‘a man of valour and unimaginable bravery.’

Hamas’s former Gaza prime minister Israel Haniya on Saturday said the militant Islamic Palestinian group would not hold any direct talks with Israel.

Civil War hero, retired General Benjamin Adekunle, popularly known as ‘Black Scorpion’ is dead. Vanguard gathered that he died Saturday morning in Lagos.