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Christian Benteke is set to undergo a medical in London on Monday afternoon ahead of completing a £32.5m move to Liverpool, Sky sources understand. Liverpool agreed a deal to sign the striker from Aston Villa last week after meeting the...

Uefa boss Michel Platini has been asked by a majority of world football chiefs to stand for the Fifa presidency. Platini is said to have had assurances of support from his own confederation, Asia, South America, plus North and Central...

Nigeria edged closer towards qualification for the 2016 Rio Olympics with a 2-1 victory over Congo Brazzaville in Port Harcourt. It was sweet revenge for Nigeria whose senior side lost 3-2 to Claude Le Roy's Congo last year in a...

Manchester United are ready to gamble on the fitness of striker Wayne Rooney, and may not bring in any more forwards. Javier Hernandez and James Wilson are the only other true strikers left after Robin van Persie joined Fenerbahce and...

An explosion has killed at least 27 people and wounded many more in the Turkish town of Suruc near the Syrian border, the interior ministry says. The blast occurred in the garden of a cultural centre. Hundreds of youth workers...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 19, (THEWILL) – The United States said it will help Nigeria's new leader track down billions of dollars in stolen assets and increase U.S. military assistance to fight Islamic militants. President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Washington this...

Nigeria’s Consul General in South Africa, Ambassador Uche Ajulu-Okeke, Sunday that the Central Bank of Nigeria has approved a centre to conduct biometric verification for Nigerians in South Africa. Ajulu-Okeke told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Johannesburg that...

The Nigerian Army on Sunday said the Damaturu-Bui road, which insurgents littered with mines, has been cleared and now safe for use. The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman, made this disclosure in a statement in Abuja. He...

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday urged legal professionals to reform and renovate the law profession in the country to meet international standards. Osinbajo made the call at the inauguration ceremony of the Ultra Modern Sir Adetokunbo Ademola...

It pains and true patriots writhe in fury when we talk of Nigeria’s unity and secularity, but governors of the South East continue to marginalize the Muslims and institute overt political exclusion against them. That is why one may...