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SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, (THEWILL) – Coming barely 24 hours after Boko Haram gunmen attacked Babbangida, the headquarters of Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State, setting houses in the town ablaze, a local vigilante commander and 10 other...

Robin van Persie says he is still able to play at the highest level and is prepared to battle for his Manchester United place. Van Persie, who still has another season left on his Old Trafford contract, has been linked...

Douglas Costa's late goal gave a Brazil side inspired by the brilliance of Neymar victory over Peru in their opening game of the 2015 Copa America. In a frantic and error-strewn start to the game Peru took a third-minute lead...

Nigeria's Ugo Njoku has been given a three-match ban for elbowing Australia's Sam Kerr during Friday's Women's World Cup Group D match. The offence by Njoku, who came on as a substitute, went unpunished during the game, which Nigeria lost...

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes, has left South Africa, pre-empting a court ruling over an international warrant for his arrest. The Pretoria High Court was due to decide whether he should be handed over to...

A veteran Islamist militant blamed for a deadly attack on an Algerian gas field and who ran smuggling routes across North Africa has been killed in a U.S. air strike inside Libya, Libya's government said on Sunday. The recognized government...

Airbus (AIR.PA) and Boeing (BA.N) opened the Paris air show with a flurry of multi-billion-dollar plane deals on Monday as demand from Middle Eastern and Asian airlines swelled their already bulging order books. Airbus signed up Saudi Arabian Airlines to...

Three foreign funds on Monday said they would oppose Toyota Motor Corp's (7203.T) proposal to issue a new class of shares, joining an influential California pension fund in objecting to a sale that critics say favors Japanese retail investors. Toyota...

The emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as the nation's Senate President has pointed glooming and dooming parts for the vanquished nation. By their ascendant - Bukola Saraki, Ike Ekweremadu and David Mark - Nigerians' conscious hope and crave to...

On October 17th, 2014, Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh announced a signing of a cease fire with Boko Haram terrorists. The defence chief directed all service chiefs to comply with the cessation of...