Pope Francis fell over as he arrived at the Jasna Gora shrine in front of millions of people watching around the world.

More Russian athletes have been banned from competing at next month's Olympics by their sports' governing bodies.

  The former chairman of the House of Rep committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has released a new statement indicting the speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. According to Jibrin, Dogara fraudulently diverted  a Federal government water project to his farm in Nasarawa state. His statement:

Nigeria's Dream team are presently in Atlanta, USA training ahead of Rio 2016.

African leaders have commended the role of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) in keeping the dreams and potential of the African continent alive.

The Speaker of the House of Rep, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has urged members of the 8th Assembly to work in the interest of Nigerians to enhance better democracy.

The US Government says it has pledged a $5 billion contribution to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), to boost the military operation against the Boko Haram insurgency.

Al-Qaeda has confirmed that Nasser al-Wuhayshi, the leader of its offshoot in the Arabian Peninsula, has been killed in a US drone strike in Yemen according to BBC report.

Sepp Blatter says he will resign as president of football's governing body Fifa amid a corruption scandal. In announcing his exit, the 79-year-old Swiss has called an extraordinary Fifa congress "as soon as possible" to elect a new president.

Abuja: Nigeria’s Vice President-elect, Prof.  Oluyemi  Osinbajo, has painted a dispiriting picture of the national economy, by releasing mind-boggling statistics and making a verdict: Nigeria’s economy is in its worst shape in history.

Abuja: The crisis rocking the PDP since it lost the general election took a turn for the worst today when the national chairman of the party, Adamu Mu’azu, tendered his letter of resignation.

Edo:  Gov. Adams Oshiomhole remarried a new wife Lala Fortez of Ethiopia after his first wife, Clara, died in 2010 after a long battle with cancer.

Abuja:  A portion of the federal secretariat housing the Police Service Commission was Thursday afternoon gutted by fire.

Burundi:  Soldiers loyal to Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza say they are now in control of key locations in the capital, a day after an attempted coup.

Sepp Blatter and Diego Maradona Dubai:  He's up for re-election to continue running world football, but Sepp Blatter's bid to stay on as FIFA president has fallen on deaf ears as regards Argentine great Diego Maradona. (CNN Reports).