Riyad Mahrez has called on Leicester City fans to inspire their side to victory when they host Liverpool in the Barclays Premier League.

THERE was tension in Benin City Tuesday after not leas than five houses were destroyed after a bomb blast.

Arsenal have a score to settle as they seek to get their Barclays Premier League title challenge back on track against Southampton at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night.

World oil prices fell sharply again on Tuesday in the wake of poorly-received economic data out of top energy consumer China.

Chelsea boss, Guus Hiddink expects John Terry to continue to perform at the highest possible level between now and the end of the season.

Barcelona star Neymar arrived at Spain’s National Court Tuesday to give evidence in the murky case of the deal which brought the Brazilian to the Catalan giants from Santos in 2013.

Nigerian Sports Minister Solomon Dalung on Tuesday vowed to tighten anti-doping measures after eight athletes tested positive during last year’s All Africa Games in Congo.

The Supreme Court has upheld the election of governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State.

Nigeria is seeking loans from the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other lenders to help cover this year’s massive budget deficit, the government and bank officials said.

With an unusual choice of language, US Secretary of State John Kerry waded into Islamic theological debate on Tuesday when he branded the Islamic State group “apostates.”

Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko on Tuesday presented ‎a budget estimate of N118.9billion for 2016 fiscal year to the state’s House of Assembly for approval.

Senator representing Ondo North, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice has advised the Ondo State Government to embark on systemic widening of tax payers’ net and diversification of tax base instead of the coordinated alleged extortion of impoverished citizens by imposition of oppressive pressure through its burdensome tax regime.

IT is dark. No one denies that it is dark, neither does anyone pretend that the Heavenly bodies decree the darkness. Yet, it must be dark and darkened so the labourers would be known and crowned deservedly. There would be no coronation without darkness; darkness reinforces hopes of coronation. Therefore it must be dark, very dark, for all buzzing showy creatures to get the crown and find their roost.

See thrilling photos of President Muhammadu Buhari, his former counterpart, Olusegun Obasanjo among other notable Nigeria leaders who joined Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun in commemoration of the state’s 40th anniversary.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Tuesday, advised President Muhammadu Buhari to stay at home and govern the country instead of junketing from one country to the other, saying; “foreign countries won’t solve our problems for us and the President’s incessant foreign trips is already bleeding the economy with about $1 million being spent per trip.”