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Maradona faults Messi's World Cup award

(Reuters) - Argentina forward Lionel Messi did not deserve to win the World Cup "Golden…

Powell ready to sprint again as CAS ends suspension

Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson have had their 18-month drug suspensions cut to…

Boko Haram destroys 4th Nigerian bridge

Boko Haram bombers have destroyed  a major bridge on a northeast Nigerian highway, further limiting access…

Rescuing Chibok girls alive, great Challenge – Pres. Jonathan

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Monday in Abuja that the “great challenge in rescuing the…

Bamidele Aturu, loss of a great son of Nigeria – Mohsin Bukhari

In my several meetings and discussions with Bamidele Aturu I found him thirsty for more…

Soyinka @80: "You will always be honoured by your countrymen" – Pres. Jonathan

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, joined teeming well wishers from across the globe, in celebrating Nigeria's…

Egypt's court acquits deposed President Morsi- era PM

An Egyptian appeals court on Sunday overturned a one-year jail sentence against deposed Islamist president…

Malala in Nigeria, Calls on Boko Haram to Free Abducted School Girls

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl-child education campaigner, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban,…

Boko Haram claims Lagos, Abuja attacks in new video

The head of Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists has claimed responsibility for a June 25 bombing…

Wole Soyinka: Why I hate snakes

Professor Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate, continues his reflections on his early years, his schooling days…