England defeated hosts France 4-2 on penalties on Friday in Vannes in the third-place match in the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, after a 1-1 draw at full-time.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has registered  13,013,989 new voters  from its nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) between April 2017 and Aug. 20 2018.

No fewer than 5,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state on Friday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

MTN mPulse, the latest innovation from the leading ICT company, MTN Nigeria, made its debut today, Thursday 23rd August at the Landmark Events Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The proposition designed for tweens and teens (ages 9-15) will enable them learn and gain useful skills while having fun.

With a population slightly over a hundred million, Philippines dethroned India as the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) capital of the world. The Philippine BPO sector single handedly generated 1.2 million direct jobs and $22 billion in revenues in 2015, making it the second largest source of income in the country.

Pro-Biafra supporters at the premises of Owerri magistrate court jubilating as 127 Pro Biafra women remanded in Owerri prison were released.

A night inferno has destroyed property worth millions of Naira at the residence of Prof. Michael Ibadin, the immediate past Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH).

Cecelia Adeojo is the winner of the recently concluded ‘Miss Face of Kimber ‘online contest. The fair complexioned pretty won the first ever online beauty competition alongside other contestants that emerged as beauty queens.

FIFA on Friday hit the Palestinian Football Association chief with a year-long “match” ban after he called for protests against Lionel Messi over plans for Argentina to play Israel in Jerusalem.

Tottenham Hotspur and France captain Hugo Lloris has been charged with drink driving, British police said on Friday.

France’s World Cup-winning captain Hugo Lloris has apologised for his “unacceptable” behaviour after the Tottenham keeper was charged with drink-driving on Friday.

Robin Leach, the high priest of pizzazz and an early pioneer of reality TV with hot show “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” has died, family and colleagues announced on Friday. He was 76.

At least 22 children and four women were killed by a Saudi-led coalition air strike while fleeing fighting in Yemen, the UN aid chief said Friday, condemning attacks on civilians.

Veteran US senator and war hero John McCain — a towering figure in American politics for decades — has stopped treatment for brain cancer, his family announced Friday, one year after the Republican went public with his diagnosis.

Gianluigi Buffon will sit out Paris Saint-Germain’s next two games with Alphonse Areola returning in goal for the French champions, coach Thomas Tuchel confirmed on Friday.