At least six people were killed on Wednesday in an explosion in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a civilian vigilante assisting the military against Boko Haram and a witness told AFP

The Edo State House of Assembly on Wednesday approved the sack of the suspended Chairman of Owan West Local Government Council, Mr Godwin Aigbodion.

Boko Haram strikes again, kills six

The Defence Headquarters has noted with dismay the gruesome allegations made by the Amnesty International against some senior military officers serving and retired of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is unfortunate that all effort made in the allegation was geared towards continuation of blackmail against the military hierarchy in which the organisation had embarked upon as far back as the inception of military’s action against terrorist in the North East.

Twenty six ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other commodities are expected to arrive Lagos ports from June 3 to June 20.

London Mayor Boris Johnson said on Wednesday government would equip most police with body-mounted cameras by March 2016.

The Federal Government has promised to assist the Anambra State Government in taking care of the victims of the Sunday petrol tanker accident at Asaba Park Upper Iweka that claimed the lives of seventy Nigerians.

Their project, AsthmaVisor is a phone app,synthesized with an external hardware to provide real-time monitoring of asthmatic patients. The solution monitors and supervises asthmatic patients’ health statuses and environmental conditions and gives early warning signals to pre-defined emergency contacts if a threat to a patient’s health exists, alerting them of the situation and the location of the patient.

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday announced the postponement of the inauguration of the 8th Assembly earlier scheduled for Thursday.

In a bid to further strengthen its track record in health, safety and environment, Eunisell Solutions has introduced a secondary tank containment system on its production facilities to further minimize oil spill in the country

The hiring of Rafael Benitez as Real Madrid boss on Wednesday makes the Spaniard the 10th coach to serve under Florentino Perez during his two spells as the club’s president between June 2000-February 2006 and since June 2009.

Rafael Benitez was overcome with emotion as he was presented as the new coach of Real Madrid on Wednesday.

For the first time in 41 years Real Madrid will have a Madrid born and raised coach as Rafael Benitez’s career comes full circle after being officially appointed on Wednesday.

ABUJA–A showdown between some incoming members of the House of Representatives elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC and the national leadership of the party is erupt on Thursday. This is consequent upon the insistence of some party officials to impose their preferred choices of candidates for senate presidency and speakership of the House in the soon-to-be inaugurated 8th National Assembly.

Nelson Mandela’s oldest grandson was on Wednesday in Mthatha, Cape Province, South Africa sentenced to pay a fine of 817 dollars or to serve two years in prison for assault. Mandla Mandela, legislator for the ruling African National Congress (ANC), was found to have attacked a teacher, Mlamli Ngudle, in a 2013 road rage incident in Mthatha.