Rotary Club of Lagos has donated a block of four classrooms, a borehole, and computerised library to a Lagos community school, Lafiaji Senior High School in Lafiaji, Lagos Island area. Handing over the facilities to the management and staff of the school, the President of the club, Wale Agbeyangi, explained that the projects were informed…

The Nigerian Navy has released the posting of 54 Rear Admirals following the recent promotion of senior officers in the service. The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Suleman Dahun, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, in the postings, Rear Adm. Saidu Garba, formerly the Navy Secretary, has been…

Russia said Thursday its views were not addressed in a US response to its security proposals to end tensions over Ukraine, but added that Moscow would not respond hastily. "It cannot be said that our views were taken into account, or that a readiness to take our concerns into account was demonstrated," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry…

Kenyans were mourning Thursday the country's best-known football fan, a colourful former newspaper vendor who was found hacked to death at his home. Issac Juma Onyango was a familiar feature when the national team Harambee Stars were playing -- painting his body from head to toe in Kenya's colours of black, red and green, and…

NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna "Gigi" Bryant have been honoured on the second anniversary of their death by a bronze sculpture temporarily erected at the helicopter crash site where they died. The bronze statue created by Dan Medina depicts Kobe and Gigi wearing basketball uniforms, staring at each other lovingly as Gigi…