Liverpool star Sadio Mane scored as Senegal defeated Zimbabwe 2-0 in Franceville Thursday to become the first qualifiers for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.

The Osun Government on Thursday gave two weeks ultimatum to owners of unregistered schools in the state to register them with the state Ministry of Education or stand the risk of closure.

Some jubilant Gambians have taken to the streets with brooms to sweep out Jammeh and ursher in the new President, Adama Barrow.

The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously backed regional efforts to ensure a handover of power in The Gambia, throwing its full weight behind newly-inaugurated President Adama Barrow in the escalating standoff.

The umbrella body of auto makers in the country – the Nigeria Automotive Manufacturers Association (NAMA) – has described Federal Government’s ban on the importation of vehicles through the land borders as cheering news for the economy, insisting that the country loses a lot of revenue through such routes.

Governor Nasir Elrufai of Kaduna State has promised to provide additional land for building of Methodists church in Kafanchan, Southern Kaduna

Manchester City have been cleared to play 19-year-old Brazilian winger Gabriel Jesus against Tottenham on Saturday after formally completing his £27m move from Palmeiras. Brazil international Jesus agreed a five-year deal with City in August.

The New York attorney general moved Thursday to protect immigrants from potential deportation under Donald Trump, issuing a raft of legal advice on the eve of the incoming president’s inauguration.

Twenty-four hours before he takes the oath of office as the 45th US president, Donald Trump arrived in Washington on Thursday, determined to transform American politics over the next four years.

North Korea is preparing to test new rockets, a report said Thursday, after its leader Kim Jong-Un said the country was in the final stages of developing inter-continental ballistic missiles.

Reaffirming the notion, original is never finished, the film features a remix of the iconic song, “My Way” by Frank Sinatra with a provocative, re-imagined approach to today’s street-wear culture.

Here is a timeline of the crisis in The Gambia since the December election which long-serving president Yahya Jammeh lost to his opponent Adama Barrow:

Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has said the need to concession the maintenance of airport infrastructure and the building of new ones across the country is inevitable as that is the only way to maintain high standard and efficiency in the running of airport operations across the country in keeping with global standards.

Nollywood actor and producer, Joseph Okechukwu is at it again. The actor, who predicted Donald Trump’s presidential election win, has written an open letter to him, baring his mind on the recent controversies trailing outgoing president, Barack Obama’s silence, on the recent protests to disrupt Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony and shame him.

Bitrus Bewarang, the National Technical Director of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), says the Federation wants to persuade 19-year-old Everton FC striker Ademola Lookman to play for Nigeria rather than England.