Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli hit out at his detractors in an angry video published on his Instagram account late on Tuesday, telling them: "Shut up!"
Speaking directly to camera in the short clip, he says: "Do you know me? Did...
Bolivia have cancelled a friendly with Nigeria, scheduled for 26 March in Uyo, because of security fears.
Bolivian Football Federation president Carlos Chavez said: "Armed conflict and the tense political situation in Nigeria forced our withdrawal."
Nigerian officials said they were...
Sierra Leone's Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana has been sacked for seeking political asylum in a foreign embassy, the president's office has said.
President Ernest Bai Koroma had dismissed him because he had "abandoned" his duties, it added.
On Saturday, Mr Sam-Sumana said...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a come-from-behind victory in Israel's election after tacking hard to the right in the final days of campaigning, including abandoning a commitment to negotiate a Palestinian state.
In a pre-election blitz, Netanyahu made a series...
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will raise the country's deepening cash crunch in talks with EU leaders at this week's summit in Brussels, the government's spokesman said on Wednesday, as Athens faces running out of cash in weeks.
Greece agreed...
As Alibaba (BABA.N) was preparing to sell shares to U.S. investors for the first time, Jerry Verseput tried to persuade his clients not to throw money at the giant China-based e-commerce company because he thinks IPOs are a gamble,...
General Motors Co (GM.N) said on Wednesday it would idle its car plant in St Petersburg and wind down its Opel brand, reducing its presence on the Russian mass market and resulting in around $600 million in special charges.
The...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday approved the appointment of Mr. Samuel Ogungbesan as Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), with immediate effect.
A presidential statement said, “Ogungbesan, a Coordinating Director at...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, (THEWILL) – With barely two months to the end of the current administration, President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday swore in eight ministers that were recently cleared by the Senate and assigned them portfolios.
The swearing-in ceremony was...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, (THEWILL) – Apparently learning from the experience of their Christian counterparts who were recently enmeshed in an alleged N7 billion Presidency bribery scandal that has caused a crack among Christians in the country, South West...