Voters go to the polls on February 16, four years after Buhari’s landmark victory
The new crossing point, ECOWAS hopes, will make the movement of people and trade a lot easier
Analysts have questioned whether Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan can claw back support ahead of elections next year.
The SA men’s 4x100m relay team gave SA their fourth gold medal and set a new world record in 41.78 seconds at the Paralympic Games in London.
Oscar Pistorius returns to the track today, days after his 200m defeat was clouded by controversy over claims his rivals had an unfair advantage.
Ireland’s Jason Smyth has staked his claim to challenge Oscar Pistorius as king of the track at the Paralympics
The Paralympics have greeted the first day of athletics but the mood was overshadowed by a mix-up that saw the wrong athlete awarded gold.
Britain’s most famous living scientist, Stephen Hawking, will appear at the opening ceremony of London’s Paralympic Games on Wednesday.
The world’s top athletes with a disability meet in London next week for what organisers say will be the biggest Paralympics in the Games’ history.
Chanting to cure snakebites and claiming to be a reincarnated spouse to obtain sex could be banned by an Indian state to protect the vulnerable.
India’s homeless are being counted as part of the country’s mammoth 10-yearly census in an exercise that could help shape future housing policy.
Commonwealth Games organisers launched an investigation into the water quality at the event’s pool after reports that over 50 swimmers had fallen ill.
Indian BlackBerry users reacted with dismay on Friday to a government threat to block data services on security grounds.
Indian cricket authorities suspended the driving force behind the Premier League on Monday in a bid to stem an escalating tax and match-fixing crisis.
Militants who attacked Mumbai were urged to kill their hostages in cold blood, according to transcripts of intercepted phone calls.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday sought to dispel views that he is an unquestioning ally of the United States and condemned growing anti-Americanism as a hindrance to…
