Soldiers of the Chadian army guard on January 21, 2015, the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, some 40 km from Maltam, as part of a military contingent against the armed Islamist group Bok... Read more
Manchester United’s Angel Di Maria (R) runs with the ball past Queens Park Rangers’ Charlie Austin during their English Premier League soccer match, at Loftus Road in London Janu... Read more
Tumbling oil prices and political chaos have eroded Nigeria’s lure for foreign investors, but they are likely to venture back if authorities will allow what some say is a much-needed currenc... Read more
Chelsea will bid to extend their advantage over Manchester City at the top of the Premier League to eight points on Saturday without Diego Costa. The Spain striker was given an immediate thr... Read more
Nigeria’s military began a probe of officers in command positions at its base in Baga after the northeastern town was captured by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in a Jan. 3 attack in whi... Read more
Top seed and world No. 1 Serena Williams has won the Australian Open on Saturday night, defeating second-ranked Maria Sharapova 6-3, 7-6 (5). The American captures her 19th Grand Slam... Read more
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was on Friday elected as the new Chairperson of the African Union (AU). Mugabe took the rotating chairmanship of the pan-African bloc at the opening of th... Read more
Thousands of supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, took Lagos by storm as they defied the rain on Friday to give a rousing welcome and massive support to the presidential candida... Read more
The country is heading into these elections with insufficient preparation, extreme tensions, and wracked by Boko Haram, the brutal Islamist insurgency whose murders and kidnappings have shoc... Read more
Chelsea have agreed to sign Juan Cuadrado from Fiorentina with Mohamed Salah moving in the opposite direction on an 18-month loan deal, Goal can confirm. The Premier League leaders will pay... Read more