Chief John Oyegun, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), says the party will transform Nigeria if elected into power in 2015.

Fifty days after the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, was imported into the country, the Federal government yesterday confirmed the 19th case of the disease, even as another survivor was discharged from the isolation centre in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, bringing the number of survivors to 11.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Monday he wants to start trials on giving coaches the right to “challenge” referee decisions during a match.

More than 22 million people live in parts of Africa where conditions exist for the Ebola virus to jump from animals to humans, a bigger area than previously thought, researchers said Monday.

A FIFA deadline on the Nigeria Football Federation passed on Monday with no sign at the association’s offices of the body’s president whose controversial appointment led to a threat of a ban.

Vietnamese authorities have vowed to “seriously punish” a prisoner caught posting photographs of drugs alongside status updates on Facebook from a smartphone smuggled into jail, state media reported.

Following recent promotions and retirements in the Nigerian Police force which led to vacancies in position of Command helmsmen, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba Monday appointed new Commissioners of Police for 21 states of the federation with CP Kayode Aderanti moving to Lagos as the new CP. He takes over from AIG Manko who is now in charge of Zone 2.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state Monday met with leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo Central senatorial district of the state over the exit of the former Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Tom Ikimi from the party.

Football fans in Ebonyi has called on the Federal Government to solve the ongoing Nigerian Football Association crisis to save Nigeria from further loss of matches in the AFCON qualifier

Femi Afolayan, Head Coach of the Lagos State Para-soccer Association, on Monday appealed to corporate organisations and philanthropists to contribute to the growth of the sport by sponsoring its programmes.