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BBC African Footballer of the Year: Voting open as shortlist named

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The five nominees for the BBC African Footballer of 2015 The five candidates for the 2015 BBC African Footballer of the Year have been revealed during a special live launch broadcast in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Stop panic buying, fuel not scarce, NNPC insists

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Speaking in Abuja on the fuel supply situation across the country, Executive Director, Commercial, Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, PPMC, Mr. Justin Ezeala, stated that the country currently has 656.376 million litres of PMS in its various storage platform,

At least 22 dead in Central African Republic village attacks

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At least 22 people were killed in a string of raids on villages in Central African Republic this week, a local official and state radio said on Friday, as an escalation of violence threatened to derail a visit by the pope and crucial elections.

Paris attacks left more than 120 people dead

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A man lies on the ground as French police check his identity near the Bataclan concert hall. The man was later released after his identity was verified.

Is Tinubu happy with Fashiola's new Position

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader and chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has expressed his happiness over Babatunde Raji Fashola’s ministerial portfolio, Vanguard reports. Fashola, Tinubu Fashola, the former governor of Lagos state, stole the show at the ministerial inauguration when he was announced as the minister for power, works and housing. Addressing Lagosians recently at the launch of the Mile 12-Ikorodu road widening and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) operation, Tinubu said that he has no doubt that Fashola will be effective in his new ministerial assignment. He recalled how he was antagonized over the choice of Fashola as his successor.

FAAN gets nod to employ 720 workers

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FEDERAL Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has disclosed it has received the federal government’s permission to boost its workforce with additional 720 staff.

Dictatorship looms in Nigeria – Secondus, Ekweremadu

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday, passed a damning verdict on the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government, accusing it of desperate moves to destroy the opposition.