A Nigerian toddler, who was about to turn three years, was among the 17 migrants missing after a night-time rescue of more than 100 others from a partially submerged rubber boat off the coast of Libya, the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) said on Thursday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday wraps up a week of Africa diplomacy aimed at slowing the flow of migrants to Europe from a continent battered by conflict and poverty.

Boko Haram release of 21 Chibok girls ought to be a joyous affair for the girls, the Nigerian government and the parents and relations of the girls.

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Antonio Guterres on his appointment by the United Nations General Assembly as the next UN Secretary-General, beginning from Jan. 1, 2017.

Five facts for the two-leg CAF Champions League finals ahead of the 2016 title decider between Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa and Zamalek of Egypt:

GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State yesterday emphasized the importance of Information Communication Technology, ICT, in the economic recovery of the nation.

Enugu – Media Director of Rangers FC of Enugu, Foster Chime says that injured forward Ifeanyi Egwim is recovering fast in hospital. Chime said on Friday in Enugu that Egwim was recuperating at the National Orthopedic Hospital in Enugu. Egwim suffered a broken leg in the Nigeria Professional Football League 2015/2016 season deciding encounter between […]

Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa set out Saturday in Pretoria to try and move closer to completing a remarkable journey to the summit of African club football.

The Chairman of the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON),Chief Tony Okoroji, has called on the electronic media to pay royalties to Nigerian musicians.

A POPULAR Nigerian proverb says that if you think that you have someone eating your hands, it will be a good idea to count your fingers.

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO – The President’s wife, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has warned that her support for her husband for 2019 election rest on the her husband’s readiness to shakeup his government. The soft spoken Aisha Buhari in a BBC Hausa interview monitored in Kano said that Buhari’s government has been hijacked by cabal who […]

A new report on global burden of disease released, yesterday, by the World Health Organisation, WHO, has ranked Nigeria 4th among six countries with the highest burden of Tuberculosis, TB.

The National Judicial Commission (NJC) has accused the Directorate of State Services (DSS) of acting outside the bounds of due process and unconstitutionally, in the manner it carried out the arrest of judges in the ongoing anti-corruption exercise. It accused the DSS, being a department of the executive arm of government, of attempt to overawe and intimidate the judicial arm of the government.

Residents in waterfronts in the state yesterday, stormed the office of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State in protest against planned demolition of their abodes.

In a beautiful world filled with so many unpredictable challenges, one will but pitch tent with the sliding sling of survival especially if such an individual is a round leather celebrity whose participation in the world of sports has birthed rooms for millions of fans, thereby recording a monumental feat with an outstanding performance.