Abou Diaby’s injury-scarred nine-year stint at Arsenal is due to finish after he was included on a list of players to be released by the club on Wednesday. Diaby, 29 and capped
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’ Abba, on Wednesday, ‎described the emergence of Yakubu Dogara as Speaker of the House as revolutionary. Na’ Abba made this remark when
The base of a multi-national military offensive against Boko Haram will cost some $30 million over the next year, the head of a regional security grouping said Wednesday in Nigeria, appealing for
Thirty seven bodies have been recovered after an accident that occurred last Saturday involving two boats carrying over 200 passengers along river Benue in northern Cameroon. Reports quoted official sources as saying
A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday granted N100,000 bail to one Mercy Akinsode, 46, who chased out her nine-year-old niece for allegedly stealing a piece of meat. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs
The leaders of Germany and France said Wednesday they were ready to meet Greece’s embattled premier Alexis Tsipras at a summit in Brussels in a last-ditch effort to solve a debt crisis
Following the recent bomb blast that claimed 35 lives in Jimeta, Yola, the Adamawa Government on Wednesday announced a ban on the operation of all public viewing centres in the state. A
Zimbabwe voted Wednesday in parliamentary by-elections expected to strengthen the dominance of President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party after the main opposition boycotted the ballot. The elections were held to fill 16 seats
Tunisia’s navy on Wednesday rescued 356 migrants including a two-month-old baby girl off the country’s southeastern coast near Ben Guerdane, the Red Crescent said. Red Crescent official Ammar Lamloum told AFP that
Pope Francis has approved proposals for bishops to be judged by a Church tribunal if they cover up sex abuse by priests, the Vatican said Wednesday. The reform involves the creation of