August 06, 2015

LeBron James and Steph Curry, opponents in this year’s NBA Finals, were among 34 NBA players named Thursday by USA Basketball as participants in this weekend’s Olympic mini-camp in Las Vegas. Reigning

The world swimming championships’ youngest competitor is set to make a controversial splash in the Kazan pool on Friday when ten-year-old Alzain Tareq races in the women’s 50m freestyle heats. The schoolgirl

Head of Forestry unit of Yamaltu/Deba Local Governmen Council in Gombe on Thursday confirmed the killing of a notorious Hippopotamus in Dadinkowa dam that had been terrorizing the community for the past

The Lagos State Government said on Thursday that Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) would soon be a thing of the past in the state.

Oil prices fell Thursday after a mixed US energy report showed a healthy decline in crude stockpiles but a rise in output amid a global supply glut. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate

Doctors in Kabul have separated 15-day-old conjoined twin sisters — a surgical first for Afghanistan, medical charity Chain of Hope said Thursday. Five doctors carried out the successful five-hour operation last Saturday

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday said it would ensure it followed up on banks withholding the bailout funds being provided by the Federal Government for payment of workers’ salary.

Shell’s efforts to deal with oil pollution in the Niger Delta remain “utterly ineffective” four years after a landmark UN report called for a $1 billion clean-up, rights campaigners said Thursday. Amnesty