“The terrorists overpowered our men and set the police station on fire before kidnapping the DPO (district police officer), whose body was later found in the bush.”—Witness

An Egyptian court ordered the release of two jailed Al-Jazeera journalists Thursday pending retrial, after they spent more than 400 days in prison in a case that sparked worldwide outrage.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that pro-Russian rebels had encircled up to 8,000 Ukrainian troops and expected them to surrender ahead of a ceasefire.

Many of the south easterners who returned home for fear of election violence are now trapped in the dilemma of whether to go back to their base or not. Many of the returnees arrived at the weekend, oblivious of the postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections from Feb. 14 to March 28, and April 11 for governorship and state assembly seats.

The Golden Eagles are expected to depart the country on Feb. 12 for Niamey, Niger Republic, ahead of the 11th African U-17 Championship scheduled to kick-off on Feb. 15. Musa Amadu, the Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) told newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday that adequate security arrangement had been made to escort the team from Sokoto to Niamey.

The national under-20 male football team on Wednesday beat Babayaro FC of Abuja 9-0 in a test game played at the FIFA Goal Project pitch of the Abuja National Stadium. The Flying Eagles used the game to prepare for two warm-up matches against their Ghanaian counterparts later this month in Accra.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the National Policy on Staple Crops Processing zone to guard the development, management and operation of staple crops processing zone in the country.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja dismissed threats of war from some quarters of the country over the outcome of the 2015 general elections.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday assured that he would inaugurate the next President if he lost the 2015 Presidential Election. Jonathan, who gave the assurance at a media chat in Abuja, dismissed the insinuation in some quarters that he would not hand over to the winner of the election, come May 29.

I have just finished at the university and have a circle of friends I had in my undergraduate days,and I cherish their friendship. My mum is one of these go-getting sophisticated women who see nothing in having affairs. My dad has affairs too, as you can see they have an open marriage.