Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr has raised the hope for the future saying, he would build the team in tomorrow’s World Cup qualifying match against Algeria around captain Mikel Obi, despite not featuring currently for his Chelsea club in Europe.

The Australian High Commission in Abuja, in partnership with the Nigerian Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, is hosting a policy and capacity building workshop on the mining sector, in Abuja. The two-day workshop billed for November 14-15, 2016, will provide information on leading practice from Western Australia on building a sustainable mining sector.

Security agencies in Kaduna have arrested 22 suspects for vandalizing and stealing solar street lights installed by the Kaduna State Government. Samuel Aruwan,Spokesman to Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai disclosed on Wednesday that 19 out of the 22 suspects have been charged to court.

The Federal government says it is facilitating the procurement of additional 40 large-scale rice mills to achieve self-sufficiency in rice production by 2018.

Syria’s main opposition group has urged US president-elect Donald Trump to protect civilians and help end the bloodshed in the country, devastated by five years of war.

Two marriage counsellors on Wednesday in Lagos advised couples to always engage in steady sex saying it most time saves the marriage from collapse.

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, Thursday, declined to disband the fresh panel constituted to resolve dispute over the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja swore in Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).

The special panel of the Appeal Court sitting on the Ondo Peoples Democratic Party’s Governorship candidate tussle has granted the application of Eyitayo Jegede of the Makarfi-led faction of the party to appeal the Justice Okon Abang’s judgement which the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had cited as the bases for substituting Jegede’s name with that of Jimoh Ibrahim of the Sheriff-led faction from the commission’s final list of candidates for the state’s governorship elections.

President Barack Obama hosted a triumphant Donald Trump in the Oval Office Thursday for talks on executing a smooth transition of power and steadying nerves after a vote that shocked the world.

US president-elect Donald Trump on Thursday invited British Prime Minister Theresa May to visit him “as soon as possible” as they held their first conversation since his election, Downing Street said.

Five World Cup Africa qualifying facts ahead of matchday 2 fixtures this week: — Matches between Algeria and Nigeria have produced some unexpected results, including a 2-0 away victory for the ‘Desert Foxes’ in a 1982 qualifier and a 5-2 away triumph for the ‘Super Eagles’ in a 2006 eliminator. — Morocco boast an unbeaten […]

A legal luminary, Mr Kayode Ajulo, has cautioned Nigerian Nobel Literature Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, against carrying his threat to destroy his American Green Card in protest of Donald Trump’s victory at the U.S. Presidential election.

Nigeria’s Super Eagles will walk onto the pitch of the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium on Saturday on superior ground against the Fennecs of Algeria.

World Cup Africa matchday 2 qualifying fixtures this week (all times GMT):