The United States on Wednesday denounced the “genocide” carried out by the Islamic State group against Christians, Shiites and Yazidis, as the State Department unveiled its somber annual report on religious freedom around the world.

My Olympics adventure took a while to take off but the Nigeria football team have certainly been flying since we arrived in Brazil.

Popular Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe has joined a number of people who recently took to their Twitter to share their varied experiences of making international shipping orders from Nigeria using the hashtag #MyShippingStory.

BARELY 24 hours after it threatened to bomb oil installations in the Niger Delta region if the Federal Government did not stop its one-sided talks with the Ijaw ethnic nationality, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, NDJM, Wednesday, blew up a major trunk delivery line in Delta state.

Following alleged involvement in dealing and selling of arms and ammunition to enemies of the nation, twenty soldiers comprising four officers and sixteen order ranks of the Nigerian army have been arraigned before a court martial over charges of sabotage and conspiracy.

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, on Wednesday, decried the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s prevailing fiscal regime, saying the bank’s 14 percent monetary policy rate had led to massive job losses in the country.

The Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led Lagos State Government, on Wednesday, completed a Pedestrian Bridge at Berger bus stop, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, even as it was immediately put to use for Lagosians.

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton launched an open appeal Wednesday to independents and Republicans repulsed by Donald Trump, after the party’s nominee again sparked controversy with comments seen by some as a threat against her.

The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) on Wednesday said it has removed three clubs from the Premier and Professional Leagues for breach of the rules and regulations governing the competitions.

The Nigerian Air Force said it would deploy additional personnel to its Quick Response Unit (QRU) in Minna to curtail any acts capable of breaching the peace and security of the state.

The Buhari and Osibanjo Youth Support Movement (BOYSM), an NGO, on Wednesday appealed to the Niger Delta Avengers and Biafra agitators to embrace peace and reconciliation for national unity.

Kingdom Lottery last weekend officially launched in Rivers State at a highly entertaining event which included a Raffle Draw that produced three winners of various sums totaling one million naira, with other participants smiling home with various prizes. This was staged as the climax of the street awareness which the company started in Rivers state since July 22, 2016.

Since launching his White House campaign in June 2015, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has several times walked back comments that got him in hot water.

The Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) has urged the Federal Government to support organisations such as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), to enable it to realise its mandate.

Gov. Adams Oshiomhole says for any government to make progress, it must maintain a national minimum wage.