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Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants European football to look again at stricter limits on foreigners, saying each club should have six players in their starting lineups who are eligible for the national side. Although European Union law considers such limits as nationality discrimination, Blatter believes Russia’s recent move to have five players eligible for their national team on the pitch in league games can be copied.

If you think Nigerians have seen it all as far as good music is concerned this year, you need to have a rethink as the best part of the year in music seems yet to come. September is looking pretty much like a lively and competitive month in music as big acts will be dropping their albums then. After a long wait, Alhaji Orezi is finally set to drop his album next month joining the likes of Davido, Wizkid and Iyanya who had earlier announced their release dates for next month.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that if the current intensity of case detection and contact tracing is sustained, the Ebola virus can be soundly defeated by the end of this year. The WHO director-general, Dr. Margaret Chan, said this in New York yesterday, while briefing the United Nations Security Council on the Ebola situation in Africa.

The Federal Ministry of Interior on Thursday said it would soon install surveillance cameras in prisons to check cases of jailbreaks in the country. The ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Abubakar Magaji, disclosed this while fielding questions from State House correspondents after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the ministry.

Jose Mourinho will resist all calls to reinstate Eva Carneiro despite a huge backlash over Chelsea’s treatment of the team doctor. Sportsmail understands the incident involving Carneiro and Eden Hazard during last Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Swansea at Stamford Bridge was not the first time the two had clashed but on Wednesday the pressure mounted on Mourinho because:

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state said President Muhammadu Buhari is free to appoint former Governor Rotimi Amaechi into his cabinet. Speaking through his media aide, Opunabo Inko-Taria, Wike told reporters that he is less concern about Amaechi’s appointment but he is deeply concerned about how the former governor managed the state’s fund,

CNN has expressed deep regret for portraying Kenya as a 'hotbed of terror' ahead of a visit to Nairobi by US President Barack Obama in July. Tony Maddox, the network's Global Executive Vice President and MD, flew to Nairobi from Atlanta to personally deliver the apology to President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday.