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Bayern Munich will "battle to the end" as they bid to overhaul a 3-0 first-leg deficit in Tuesday's Champions League semi-final with Barcelona. The German champions lost the first leg of their quarter-final 3-1 in Porto but won the home...

Arsenal can challenge for next season's Premier League title if they complement their free-flowing football with the steel to win when not at their best, says manager Arsene Wenger. The Gunners, who last won the title in 2003-04, are chasing...

The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has approved the immediate dissolution of the state executive council. Also affected by the dissolution are Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants, Liaison Officers, and Youth Employment Coordinators. The statement signed by the Secretary...

The Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos chapter, has removed the party’s chairman, Mr Tunji Shelle. The EXCO reached its decision after a disciplinary committee was set up to investigate some allegations levelled against Mr Shelle. Subsequently, the...

Nigeria's outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that his ministers will be "persecuted" once his successor Muhammadu Buhari takes office. Mr Jonathan's comments seem to suggest that he fears corruption investigations will be launched against his allies, a BBC correspondent...

Belgium said on Monday it had suspended some aid to Burundi, ratcheting up international pressure on the donor-reliant African nation over protests against the president's quest for a third term. Belgium, the first donor to take such action, said it...

Malaysia detained more than a thousand Bangladeshi and Rohingya refugees, including dozens of children, police said, a day after authorities rescued hundreds stranded off the coast of Indonesia's western tip. There has been a huge increase in refugees from impoverished...

A Moroccan F-16 warplane that is part of the Saudi-led force carrying out air strikes in Yemen has gone missing, Morocco's military said on Monday, and Iran-allied Houthi rebels and Saudi forces traded heavy fire across the border. The disappearance...

Since Nigeria's army began clearing large areas of the country's northeast from Boko Haram, some of the 1.5 million internally displaced people have started returning home. But thousands could now face severe food shortages as reconstruction lags behind. Along the...

Fears over Toshiba Corp's second probe into its own accounting in two years wiped close to $2.5 billion off the Japanese industrial giant's market value on Monday, with analysts saying lingering doubt on the root of the problem will...