Neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo would be considered fresh enough at youthful Bundesliga leaders RB Leipzig, says sports director Ralf Rangnick.

Atletico Nacional will play through their grief over the Chapecoense plane tragedy when they tackle the Club World Cup in Japan — just days after their Copa Sudamericana final opponents were wiped out. FIFA’s global club showpiece, which will also feature Cristiano Ronaldo’s Real Madrid, begins this week under the shadow of the air crash […]

The sale of Italian giants AC Milan to a Chinese consortium has been put off until March 3, the club owners and Chinese investors said Wednesday.

……persuades court to shift case to January 18 By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—-Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court, who is facing 16-count charge bordering on money laundering, age falsification and his alleged illegal possession of multiple international passports, on Tuesday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he was not ready for trial. Ngwuta […]

Ghana was until recently hailed a model for economic growth. One of Africa’s most stable democracies, the gold-rich nation made major strides in increasing income levels and reducing poverty.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Plateau command, has apprehended three illegal miners in Mista Ali Village in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau.

THE 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria mandates specific public officeholders to declare personal assets on assumption of offices. Based on this, President Muhammadu Buhari and his vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo complied after inauguration, regrettably an action that was also taken by all the previous administrations that declined to do same after leaving office.

Nigeria’s military campaign against Boko Haram Islamists is increasingly bogged down as it confronts suicide attacks, looting and indiscriminate slaughter while the UN warns the affected region faces the “largest crisis in Africa”.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to Mallam Adamu Adamu Minister of Education requesting him to “order an immediate, unconditional and full reinstatement of all the twenty-three Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) sacked by the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) simply because they reported cases of corruption on campus to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).”

IN those tense and terrifying days leading up to the 2015 presidential election, Mohammadu Buhari was ridiculed, by his detractors, for having already been rejected three times by the Nigerian electorate. Well, making a fourth run for the presidency after three earlier consecutive defeats was not a mark of shame but a badge of honour.