THIRTEEN years after the demise of their monarch, tension is brewing among residents of Ibasa/Ijegun Egba riverside community in Lagos State over who becomes the next traditional ruler of the town.

Photos: School commissioned by Buhari in Osun

United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, met with five steering members of the Religious Leaders Anti-Corruption Committee on August 25 to discuss their ongoing efforts to counter corruption in Nigeria through teaching, preaching, and government advocacy.

ENUGU Rangers moved to the second position in the Nigeria Professional Football League after securing a hard fought 1-0 win against MFM FC at the Nnamdi Azikwe Stadium on Thursday.

Zimbabwe police announced Thursday a two-week ban on protests in the capital Harare, after a recent surge of demonstrations against President Robert Mugabe and his government.

AC Milan’s Gianluigi Donnarumma wrote his name into Italian football history books on Thursday by becoming the youngest goalkeeper to play for the Azzurri.

Former Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan was president of the whole nation and as such would not have concentrated on the development of Niger Delta alone at the expense of other parts of the country.

The delegation of Tanzania’s Taifa Stars to Saturday’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against the Super Eagles landed in Abuja on Thursday aboard an Ethiopian Airline flight, and immediately flew to Uyo aboard a Dana Air flight same day.

Newly appointed Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles Gernot Rohr signed on by the NFF with the mandate to qualify Nigeria for the 2018 World Cup with a monthly salary of $40,000 has said he cannot guarantee Nigeria’s qualification for the Mundial scheduled for Russia.

An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launch pad during a test in Florida on Thursday, destroying a satellite that Facebook planned to use to beam high-speed internet to Africa.

Manchester City will contest a charge of violent conduct against Argentina striker Sergio Aguero, according to British media reports on Thursday.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun, to apologise to Nigerians over a comment credited to her on the current state of the nation’s economy.

Martial arts expert and actor Jackie Chan will receive a lifetime achievement Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday.

Former Super Eagles defender and captain, Joseph Yobo, on Thursday, said he was yet to join Kano Pillars or any other Nigeria Professional Football League club.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Economic Team headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has served notice of its intention to introduce a bill in the National Assembly (NASS) seeking “emergency” powers to fix the economy.