Real Madrid reveal on Thursday it had filed a lawsuit against a Portuguese newspaper that wrote the Spanish giants pushed Cristiano Ronaldo to hush up an alleged rape case.

No fewer than 25 coaches from across Nigeria are participating in the ongoing training of the International Cycling Union as part of efforts to reposition the game in Nigeria.

The Women in Politics Forum (WIPF) on Thursday solicited the redress of alleged injustice to female aspirants  in Plateau, Edo, Ondo, Kogi, Imo, Niger and Ekiti States during the last primaries of political parties.

Legislative aides in the National Assembly have vowed to continue with their protest until their entitlements amounting to over N5.8 billion are paid.

Worried by the continued deprivation and total neglect of physically challenged persons in Nigeria, Journalists Against Poverty (JAP) Initiative, Thursday took to the streets of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital to protest the exclusion of what it called a critical segment of the nation’s population by government.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that the Federal Government was ready to contend with anyone against the peace and unity of Nigeria.

 A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Society for Human Advancement and Creativity Organisation (SHACO), on Thursday urged every girl- child to redefine themselves against all odds in their society.

Roger Federer added his heft to the growing debate around the controversial new-format Davis Cup, saying on Thursday that “this was not designed for me”.

Jan Vertonghen is expected to be out of action until December with a hamstring injury, Tottenham announced on Thursday, adding to the club’s injury woes.

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 The House of Representatives on Thursday proposed the procurement of fire arms for the Sergeant-At-Arms at the National Assembly.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, went back on his “God will not forgive me” vows on Thursday and pledged to support Atiku Abubakar’s presidential bid, as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.

VICE President Yemi Osinbajo and the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa  on Thursday  urged the media to retain its credibility as an unbiased umpire.

THE Presidency on Thursday said that there was no amount of gang-up against President Muhammadu Buhari that would make him not to win the 2019 Presidential election.

The National Population Commission (NPC) on Thursday in Akure said no fewer than 85 million children under the age of five were not registered at birth in Africa.