Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola spoke out in defence of Claudio Bravo after his new goalkeeper’s error-strewn debut in Saturday’s 2-1 win at Manchester United.

Hillary Clinton has called Donald Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables,” comments that sparked anger from her Republican rival for the White House and quickly went viral.

The Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC) has suspended its passenger train service from Abuja to Kaduna on Monday and Tuesday because of the Eid el-Kabir public holidays.

The social media was agog on Saturday, following the technical closure of the verified Twitter handle of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), @Pdpnigeria, over infighting within the party.

Cristiano Ronaldo took just five minutes to score on his return from a three-month injury layoff as Real Madrid continued their 100 percent start to the season with a 5-2 rout of Osasuna on Saturday.

Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe has expressed the readiness of his government to partner with Federal Ministry of Women Affairs on resettlement, reconstruction and rehabilitation of women displaced by insurgency.

The Women’s Wing of the Christian Council of Nigeria (WOWICCN) has called for sex education at homes to reduce cases of rape and violence against women in the society.

The Kwara Government has warned proprietors of schools that were shut down against re-opening them without meeting set standard.

English Premier League table after Saturday’s early match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points):

Nigeria needs 142 million US dollars between now and 2030 to finance its Intended Nationally Determined Commitment (INDC) toward reducing emission and low carbon for improved environment.

Bangladesh fire fighters, Saturday put out the blaze at a packaging factory where an explosion earlier in the day triggered a massive fire, which led to the collapse of its three-story building.

There have been interesting arguments over Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun’s observation that “recession is just a word”, and NAN MD, Bayo Onanuga claiming that reports of hardship in the land is exaggerated propaganda. I think we need to break down the subject further from a layman’s perspective. Recession is a word, no doubt, but it is more than a word, it is an experience: the experience that the majority of Nigerians is going through. If you are at a significant remove from that experience, it may be difficult to know how it feels, and if you are an economist, you are likely to be conveniently obsessed with textbook ideas.

AFP Sport looks at five other memorable Manchester derbies after Manchester City beat United 2-1 on Saturday: Manchester United 4-3 Manchester City, September 2009 Widely regarded as the most thrilling derby in the Premier League era, City kept chipping away at United’s lead, three times drawing level, twice through Craig Bellamy. However, Michael Owen popped […]

Dr Jaf Momoh, the Chief Medical Director of National Hospital, Abuja says the hospital has recorded birth of 500 babies by In-Vitro Fertilisation between 2006 and 2016.

The Anambra Commissioner of Police, Mr Sam Okaula, has assured the people of the state of a peaceful Eid-El-Kabir celebration.