Taliban insurgents have ambushed a convoy of Afghan security forces in a mountainous northern region of Afghanistan, killing 22 soldiers and police, an official said, as bombs in the capital... Read more
Kim Jong-un has appeared in lots of pictures walking with a stick, says the BBC’s Steve Evans North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made his first public appearance since 3 September, th... Read more
Governor. Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State says he has concluded consultations with political leaders nationwide and now ready to declare his intention to contest the 2015 presidential election... Read more
The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Monday reserved judgment in two separate appeals filed by a Lagos businessman, Fred Ajudua. Ajudua filed an appeal against the ruling of a Lagos High Court in... Read more
GREGORIO BORGIA/ASSOCIATED PRESS Pope Francis attended a morning session of Monday’s synod at the Vatican. ROME — For the first time in a semi-official Vatican document, a summit of Catholic... Read more
The Chairman of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Mr. Amaju Pinnick has said that the federation’s board would meet on Tuesday (today) in Abuja to deliberate on the way forward for the... Read more
A flight from Dubai has been quarantined at Boston Logan Airport after five passengers began “exhibiting flu-like symptoms”. Emergency responders donning protective hazmat suits... Read more
Nigeria and CSKA Moscow winger Ahmed Musa is facing a race against time to be fit for the all important 2015 Afcon qualifying game with Sudan on Wednesday. Musa, who was substituted in the 1... Read more
Nigerian Breweries (NB) said Monday it had secured regulatory approval to merge its operations with rival Consolidated Breweries, majority owned by its parent firm Heineken. Heineken, the ma... Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has jacked up the maximum value for the recently introduced outbound international money transfer services from $2,000 per transaction to $5,000 per transac... Read more