The outgoing Miss Anambra, Chidinma Okeke, was a top trending issue on Google search this week, not for winning another beauty pageant, but for a leaked sex video that went viral.

South Africa named a 25-man squad Thursday for an African World Cup qualifying Group D match against Senegal on November 12 in Polokwane: Goalkeepers: Itumeleng Khune (Kaizer Chiefs), Brighton Mhlongo (Orlando Pirates), Ronwen Williams (SuperSport Utd) Defenders: Tebogo Langerman, Asavela Mbekile (both Mamelodi Sundowns), Erick Mathoho, Ramahlwe Mphahlele (both Chiefs), Rivaldo Coetzee (Ajax Cape Town), […]

Lagos – The Lagos State Government will not relent in its effort at making the state the safest place to live in by providing a safe environment, the Commissioner for The Environment, Dr Babatunde Adejare has said. Adejare made the assertion at the official flag-off of the Lagos State Market Deratisation Programme, aimed at ridding […]

The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) has recovered about N1.1 billion out of N9 billion owed it by FCT residents and organisations as waste management bills.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday withdrew from handling a case of terrorism filed by the Department of State Service (DSS).

There is no doubt that the quality possessed by Nigeria’s Segun Toriola is rare and the reason why players from the continent must take a cue from the `ambassador of table tennis’ in Africa.

Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, on Thursday, said that 307 people died in 428 road traffic crashes recorded in the state in 2015.

The Presidency says the World Bank’s Doing Business R2017 Report, released on Tuesday is an indication that the government’s reform initiatives are yielding positive results.

A former Minister of Information and Culture, Prof. Sam Oyovbaire, has advised information managers in all tiers of government to be proactive in performing their duties.

The National Industrial Court Abuja has adjourned hearing in the suit filed by Capt. Njimogu Ezinwo, a pilot of the defunct Nigeria Airways against the Attorney General of the Federation for Nov. 29.

A German court is due to decide on Thursday whether a baby girl who was offered for sale on the internet should be returned to her parents, who are under investigation on suspicion of human trafficking.

Kenya’s government on Thursday announced a 60-day dusk to dawn curfew in the northeastern town of Mandera, hit by two deadly terrorist attacks in three weeks.

By Imanuel Jannah ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, urged Christian members of the national assembly to resist the temptation of talking about the social and economic problems affecting the country in negative terms. He made this call in Abuja while addressing lawmakers present at the 7th National Prayer Breakfast organized by the Parliamentary […]

Britain’s economy won a double boost Thursday on news of faster-than-expected growth following its vote for Brexit and a pledge by Nissan to build new car models in the UK.

A group of African legal and rights experts on Thursday called on Burundi, South Africa and Gambia to reconsider their plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).