The Head Coach of the Lagos State Athletics Grassroots Sports, Uremu Adu,on Wednesday said that the state had discovered a number of budding talents that would be outstanding as Blessing Okagbare.

A new Cameroon team continued a great start to 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying by thrashing star-stacked Ivory Coast 4-1 in Yaounde on Wednesday.

Health workers in Liberia reported being overwhelmed by new Ebola cases on Wednesday, as the epidemic was blamed for shattering economic growth in neighbouring Sierra Leone.

Abuja—In spite of clear fiscal regulatory provisions that all federal government Ministries, Agencies and Departments must return their annual operating surplus to the treasury, the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC and the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, failed to remit a combined N28.27 billion of such surplus funds.

Despite their on-pitch travails last season, Manchester United on Wednesday announced a 19% rise in annual revenue to a record £433.2 million ($698.8 million, 539.6 million euros).

The Federal government ,Wednesday, said the September 22 resumption date for Primary and Secondary schools in the country would not be extended.

The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA is to partner with Accenture on capacity building in the area of e-government.

A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Wednesday remanded in prison custody one Yakubu Danladi, 37, for alleged homosexuality.

WARRI—Pandemonium broke out, yesterday in Warri, Delta State, over what customers termed “outrageous and strange billing” by the Benin Electricity, Distribution Company, BEDC in the metropolis.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as a good first step the order by President Goodluck Jonathan for the removal of the
#BringBackJonathan, which is a mockery of the #BringBackOurGirls hash tag that has helped to call global attention to the fate of the over 200 girls who were abducted by Boko Haram almost five months ago and remain in captivity.