Enugu Rangers and Rivers United of Nigeria were among the happiest clubs after the first matches of the 2017 CAF Champions League at the weekend, even though neither won.

Tanzania on Monday declared “war” on drug trafficking, announcing the upcoming questioning of dozens of officials and others in the East African country regarded as a significant international hub for the trade.

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote is set to Launch Wednesday a new subsidiary Dangote Rice, which will massively plant rice on 25,000 Hectares in Sokoto, Jigawa and Zamfara states, in north west Nigeria.

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The Islamic Movement of Nigeria claims its detained leader, Sheikh ZakZaky is going blind.
The IMN claimed the doctor attending to him has passed the message to the authorities, warning that “he could go blind if not given the proper medical attention he deserves without further delay”.

CharlyBoy, maverick superstar and social activist, has said he would lead “national revolution against corruption” to support the current anti-corruption war by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The residents of Gowon Estate, near Egbeda, protesting a three-week-old power outage slammed on them by Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (Ikeja Electric), on Monday disrupted the company’s operations at Akowonjo Business Unit.

Born in the same Uruguayan city of Salto just one month apart, Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani have gone on to become two of the world’s leading strikers and will go up against each other when Paris Saint-Germain face Barcelona on Tuesday.

The Federal Government has appointed Mrs Olufemi Fatunde of the Federal Ministry of Justice, as the Lead Prosecutor in the trial of Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, a Supreme Court Justice who is standing trial for alleged corruption.

The Yoruba Initiatives (TYI), a Socio-Cultural and Non-Political group in the South-West has cautioned against the growing agitation to break-up Nigeria.