English Football League Cup results on Wednesday: 3rd round Fulham 1 (Piazon 14) Bristol City 2 (Wilbraham 45, Abraham 90) Northampton 1 (Revell 42-pen) Manchester United 3 (Carrick 17, Herrera 68, Rashford 75) QPR 1 (Sandro 60) Sunderland 2 (McNair 70, 80) Southampton 2 (Austin 33-pen, Hesketh 63) Crystal Palace 0 Stoke 1 (Arnautovic 24) […]

Head coach of the Nigeria senior national team Gernot Rohr says, the return of Alex Iwobi and Ogenekaro Etebo will provide the much needed goals to the attack of the Super Eagles when they take on Zambia, in a World Cup 2018 qualifiers tie in Ndola.

I am delighted to be present here today at the 2nd edition of the United States–Africa Business Forum. I wish to thank the United States Department of Commerce and Bloomberg Philanthropies for organizing this event and for giving me this opportunity to address this august gathering of Political and Business Leaders from the United States of America (USA), Africa and other regions of the World. I believe all of us will take advantage of this Forum to establish and strengthen business relationships; share valuable experience; and collaborate for mutual benefits.

Controversial star Mario Balotelli continued his fine start to life on the French Riviera by helping fire Nice to the top of Ligue 1 on Wednesday.

Against the backdrop of Friday’s nation-wide sit-at-home protest scheduled by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for the release of its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu, eminent groups and individuals have continued to react to the development.

Islamic State group marriage contracts unearthed by pro-government forces battling the group in Libya reveal that the jihadists offered their brides unusual dowries: machineguns and explosive belts.

President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the long history of economic relationship between Nigeria and France on the one hand, and Nigeria and Switzerland on the other.

Saudi airline workers found a body in the wheel well of an airliner on Wednesday after the plane returned from Nigeria, official media said. The plane operated by Saudi Arabian carrier “flynas” was undergoing a regular check after landing at Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport, the Saudi Press Agency said. It had returned to the […]

A boat carrying migrants capsized Wednesday in the Mediterranean off Egypt’s north coast, drowning 42 people and prompting a search operation in which another 150 were rescued, officials said.

The Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Jumai Al-Hassan has debunked the report that she collapsed during her two days visit to the Internally Displaced Persons’ camp in Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

In photos: Group demands Jibrin’s sack as reps unveil #Istandwith Dogara campaign

The Nigerian currency on Wednesday depreciated against the three major currencies in all the segments of the Forex market.

THE five- day standing committee of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, ended abruptly in Awka Wednesday following the sit-at-home threat by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

Photos: Pipeline vandals nabbed in Lagos

The Nigerian Police Force has arrested 19 suspected pipeline vandals and recovered a total of 19 Tanker Trucks loaded with vandalized PMS and suspected adulterated diesel from the hoodlums in several operations carried out by the anti-vandalism task force under the leadersip of CSP Murtala Abdullahi Minjibir.