Israeli police on Thursday questioned U.S. casino magnate Sheldon Adelson as part of an ongoing criminal investigation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a law enforcement source said.

An Ota Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Thursday granted a N150,000 bail to one Mukaila Afeez, 30, who allegedly stole a motorcycle.

Eintracht Frankfurt look set to send Guillermo Varela back to Manchester United after the on-loan defender defied the German club and got a tattoo.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Nasarawa State Chapter, on Thursday said three more labour unions would join the ongoing strike by civil servants in the state.

Sijuade Adedokun, President, Association of Music Artistes Managers of Nigeria (AMAMN), says its charity match between artists and their managers was aimed at raising funds for motherless babies.

Over 63 civil society organizations and other interested parties are planning a one million-man march against what they tagged “the growing administrative anomalies,bad governance and gross insensitivity of the state government to the welfare of the citizenry”.

Tottenham executive chairman Daniel Levy on Thursday declared manager Mauricio Pochettino would be staying at Spurs next season, saying: “I’m sure he’s not going anywhere”.

China’s ambition to build a new Silk Road is not about seeking to expand its military role abroad nor about seeking to set up foreign bases, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday.

The Nigerian Navy football team has set up a final encounter with the Nigeria Customs Service of Lagos in the ongoing Ships and Ports Maritime Football Cup competition in Lagos.

Donald Trump thinks Pope Francis is “terrific” and found his “spectacular” royal welcome in Saudi Arabia “beyond anything anyone’s ever seen”.

South Korea’s presidential Blue House on Thursday reiterated its diplomacy-based approach to the issue of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s nuclear programme.

The former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has alleged that the refusal of Federal Government to pay compensation to members of the Boko Haram sect as ordered by the court at the early stage of its formation under Mohammed Yusuf, was responsible for the escalation of violence extremism.

The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KDIRS) said it generated N6.7 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) between January and April.

Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has assured exhibitors that its forthcoming 12th Abuja International Trade Fair will be bigger than the previous editions in terms of number of exhibitors and other participants.

The UN on Thursday urged authorities in Houthi-controlled Sanaa to investigate a “grave attack” on the convoy of its envoy to Yemen during his visit to the capital.