As more and more African countries are confronted with security challenges, the President of the Network of National Human Rights Institutions in West Africa (NNHRI-WA), Prof. Bem Angwe, has called on them to provide educational opportunities and employment for youths so as to check insurgency.

Arsenal’s Olympic silver-medallist Serge Gnarby is set for a transfer back to Germany, Werder Bremen’s sports director said on Tuesday.

ABUJA: Minister of Transportation and former Governor of Rivers State, Chief Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday, disclosed that the administration has concluded plans to award the contract for the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project.

The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, on Tuesday commended efforts of rising startups in Nigeria.

The Coalition Against Terrorism and Extremism (CATE), a coalition of over 5000 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on Tuesday, in Abuja, held a rally to appreciate the successes recorded by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government and the current military leadership in the war against insurgency.

New England manager Sam Allardyce has named former Nigeria Number 10 Jay-Jay Okocha as the best captain he ever had, ahead of his first game in charge of the Three Lions.

If there is any player that is not ready to quit table tennis despite his age and long years in the game, it is Nigeria’s Segun Toriola, who is now 42 but still wants to participate at the next Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan.

Wayne Rooney has revealed he is likely to walk away from international football after England’s World Cup 2018 campaign.
The Manchester United star has been retained as captain by newly appointed boss Sam Allardyce and is preparing for Sunday’s qualifier against Slovakia.

Erstwhile Military Governor of Kaduna State, Col. Abubakar Umar (retd), on Tuesday, warned President Muhammadu Buhari against deploying troops and military hardware in the Niger Delta to halt the activities of militants in the region.

Sergio Aguero may likely miss out when Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho resume rivalries after the Football Association (FA) charged him with violent conduct for elbowing Winston Reid.

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Tuesday, took over trial of the erstwhile General Superintendent of Assemblies of God Church, Reverend Paul Emeka.

Chibok Girls Swapping: Stop giving too much powers to terrorists, BBOG charges Buhari

Against the backdrop of killing of Christians in the northern part of the country, the Rivers State Overseer of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Edison Daminabo, has called on Christians in the North not to avenge the killings of their brethren, describing the killings as a blessing to the faith.

Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the High Court of Abuja, Tuesday, expressed dissatisfaction with a suit filed by the Senator Ahmed Markarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, and another judge in the Abuja Division of the court, Justice Okon Abang.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, on Tuesday, approved the appointment of Mr. Seun Anibaba as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Lagos State Lotteries Board.