Mandilas Group of Companies, a business conglomerate in Nigeria has appointed Ms. Ola Debayo-Doherty as the Group Chief Executive Officer, making her the first African to attain the position since the Group started operation 70 years ago.

Gor Mahia are set to become the first Kenyan club to reach the CAF Confederation Cup quarter-finals after a 3-2 victory away to Young Africans of Tanzania at the weekend.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has deplored the purported service of impeachment notice on Benue Governor, Dr Samuel Ortom, by eight members of the House of Assembly.

The Chairman, Board of Trustees of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Alhaji Muazu Babangida-Aliyu has urged all Nigerians to take the issue of security as a personal responsibility.

Despite having shaved to look younger, Baghdad airport officials knew there was something fishy about Iraq’s under-16 football squad headed Monday for a regional tournament in the Jordanian capital.

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Monday, restrained the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, from conducting fresh congresses in Imo state until August 21.

The Not-Too-Young-To-Run Movement on Monday said Nigeria’s democracy was not delivering its dividends adequately due to “money bag politics’’.

The French parliament has approved a far-reaching ban on mobile phones in schools, radio broadcaster Franceinfo reported on Monday following the result of the vote in the National Assembly.

The Naira on Monday weakened marginally against the dollar at the parallel market, newsmen report.

Rt. Rev. Humphrey Olumakaiye on Monday formerly assumed office as the Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of Lagos (Anglican Communion) with a call on Nigerians to return to God.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday  arraigned three officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos and charged them with receiving N179.8 million  stolen money as bribe  from former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

The presidents of Somalia and Eritrea on Monday signed an agreement to establish diplomatic ties after over a decade of animosity, in the latest lightning rapprochement between Horn of Africa rivals.

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that the corps has engaged the services of a medical consultant and three other medical doctors to carter for the healthcare needs of corps members on camp.

The Nigerian equity market closed higher on Monday as it gained 0.84 percent following the appreciation in the share price of United Bank for Africa, UBA Plc, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc and 29 other companies , thus extending uptrend to three consecutive trading sessions.

Nigerian Breweries Plc on Monday reported 22 per cent decline in Profit After Tax (PAT) for the half year ended June 30, 2018.