Former Fifa president Joao Havelange has died at the age of 100.The Brazilian was predecessor to Sepp Blatter at world football’s governing body, serving from 1974 to 1998.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it will go ahead with its national convention scheduled for wednesday despite a restraining order by a Federal High Court in Abuja stopping the convention.

The Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB) has, at its emergency meeting held on Thursday 11th August, 2016, approved the dismissal of 3 senior Prisons officers serving in Kuje Medium Security prison and 3 other senior officers serving in Koton Karfe prison for their complicity in the escape of prisoners from the respective prisons. The dismissal letters …

My attention has been drawn to a public notice put out by the Nigerian Army and signed by Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director, Army Public Relations. The statement declaring me wanted seeks culpable grounds to punish me on account of “last two videos released by Boko Haram terrorists and other findings…” by the Army.