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Written by Austyn Ogannah (THEWILL) and Nicholas Ibekwe (PREMIUM TIMES). SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, (THEWILL)  –  Nigeria will lose at least N549 billion ($2.8 billion) in oil royalty and petroleum tax if what appears a shady and absurd deal the Attorney...

Sepp Blatter will be in the same room with the men hoping to oust him as FIFA president later. Prince Ali of Jordan, Michael van Praag and Luis Figo, as well as Blatter, are all in Vienna for UEFA's annual...

Real Madrid have suspended a club member after Gareth Bale's car was one of a number attacked following the 2-1 El Clasico defeat in Barcelona. The world's most expensive footballer was heavily criticised for his performance on Sunday night after...

An Airbus plane operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in southern France on Tuesday en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, police and aviation officials said. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said he understood between 142 and 150 people were...

Tottenham midfielder Ryan Mason has been called up to the England squad to face Lithuania and Italy as a replacement for Adam Lallana. Liverpool midfielder Lallana suffered a groin injury in his side's 2-1 defeat by Manchester United. Mason, 23, is...

Uefa chief Michel Platini has warned of a return to the "dark days" of hooliganism unless public authorities in Europe help govern the game. The Frenchman says there is a rising trend of "nationalism and extremism" being "observed in our...

Israel has strongly denied a report that it spied on US-led talks on Iran's nuclear programme in order to build a case against a deal. A senior Israeli official told the BBC that the claims, reported in the Wall Street...

Iraq's request to the U.S.-led coalition for air strikes in the campaign to retake Tikrit from Islamic State insurgents is "imminent", a senior diplomat from a Western nation that is part of the coalition told Reuters on Tuesday. There was...

Islamic State has recruited at least 400 children in Syria in the past three months and given these so-called "Cubs of the Caliphate" military training and hardline indoctrination, a monitoring group said on Tuesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

The euro rose and European shares edged up on Tuesday, responding to signs the euro zone economy is gaining momentum, while a slowdown in factory activity in China kept oil and commodities-linked assets under pressure. In a sign the European...