Former Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi is one of three names on the shortlist to become Burkina Faso’s new manager, the Burkina Faso Football Federation (FBF) said on Wednesday.

Justice ‎Ishaq Bello of an Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, Tuesday, fixed February 22 to commence hearing on a fresh suit challenging the eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan to seek for a re-election on March 28.

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has called on Nigerians to be calm following Tuesday’s bombings in Yobe and Rivers States which claimed the lives of several persons.

A MODEL and Big Brother Africa season 9 housemate, Tayo Faniran and On-Air-Personality and a TV host, Toke Makinwa have started the year on a good note as they were recently unveiled to the public as the brand ambassadors of Payporte Global Systems Limited, an online shopping and retail brand.

Following an attack on the All Progressive Congress (APC) rally in Rivers State, the Department of State Service (DSS), Tuesday, said it had taken over the matter for a thorough investigation. – See more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/dss-investigates-okirika-apc-rally-attack/#sthash.wUlma8S8.dpuf

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has disputed the message of a newspaper advertorial about Nigeria’s military expenditure during the 20-month reign of General Muhammadu Buhari, saying that the presidential candidate of the APC expended more in equipping the military within his short stint as Head of State than President Jonathan did in two years.

Cynthia Osokogwu murder trial suffered another adjournment on Wednesday an Igbosere High Court, Lagos, due to the alleged illness of Ezike Olisa-Chidera, one of the defendants.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has ordered a full-scale investigation into the shooting incident at the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally at Okrika in Rivers, on Tuesday.

Between 20 and 30 mourners at a funeral ceremony were killed when an unidentified plane bombarded a village in Niger near the Nigerian border, local officials and humanitarian sources said Wednesday.

A Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced two men, Julius Morrison and Abdurahman Sale, to one month imprisonment each, for stealing a church billboard, valued at N160,000. Morrison, 29, and Sale, 23, both residents of Mabushi, Abuja, were arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.