The serene Onikan Stadium witnessed an usual crowd Wednesday when the first semi final matches of the 2015 GTBank-Lagos State Principals Cup, male and female were held. Four schools fought for honours but only two qualified to continue their quest for the ultimate prize.

Fourteen French soldiers are implicated in a probe into the alleged rape of children in the Central African Republic, a judicial source said Thursday, in what could be a potentially devastating scandal for the army.

A bus conductor, Ademola Segun, who allegedly stabbed a passenger with a broken bottle on his belly, was on Wednesday brought before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. The accused, 18, whose address is unknown, is facing a charge of assault.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists the English Premier League title has not been secured just yet despite moving to within one victory of mathematically clinching it.

Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson accused a journalist of being “an ostrich” during a peculiar tirade following his side’s 3-1 Premier League loss at home to Chelsea

Xenophobia or Afrophobia in South Africa, what a shame! This is an evidence of a failed Continent. African Leaders have failed their people. Why would Africans leave their Country of origin for uncertainty in another Country either in Africa or elsewhere? African immigrants are perishing in the Mediterranean Sea in an attempt to escape from Africa; now they are dying in the hands of their fellow Africans in South Africa.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the JonathanAdministration of plotting to hinder a smooth handover of power on May29th,. as it is becoming apparent that the Administration will not fully cooperate with the incoming government, despite its public posturing in that regard.

The race for the Speakership of the House of Representatives took another dimension on Thursday when the South-East caucus of the All Progressives Congress pushed for the position.

Nigerian troops have rescued about 160 more hostages from Boko Haram’s Sambisa Forest stronghold, the army said on Thursday, taking the total number liberated this week alone to nearly 500

Rescuers pulled a 15-year-old boy alive from the rubble of Nepal’s earthquake Thursday, bringing a rare moment of joy to the ruined capital Kathmandu, five days after a disaster which killed more than 5,500 people.

Eleven ships laden with petroleum products had arrived at the Lagos ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority(NAN) said on Thursday in Lagos

Jerome Boateng says Bayern Munich must improve for Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final, first-leg, at Barcelona or not bother travelling to Spain following their “careless” German Cup exit.

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 31-year-old man, Chichebe Ogbonna, in prison custody over the theft of a generator set valued at N14,000

Acting Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase has commended Nigerian workers on the occasion of the International Workers Day celebration even as he has assured adequate security for them during the celebration and at all times.

President Jacob Zuma has had telephonic discussions with President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria on recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa, according to a statement by the South African presidency