Family members of 10 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine in northern Mexico for three weeks said on Thursday they rejected government plan to find the miners that they said officials described as lasting from six to 11 months.

Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has reportedly met with Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in London.

Tail-ender Kagiso Rabada provided some much needed resistance as South Africa reached 143 for eight at tea on the opening day of the second test at Old Trafford on Thursday.

The top United Nations official in Ukraine said on Thursday she was shocked by military strikes that killed children and other civilians in Chaplyne in central Ukraine on Wednesday, and called on all parties to adhere to international law.

The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the killing of an Inspector by gunmen on Wednesday in Coker Aguda area of Lagos.

The Nigeria Union South Africa (NUSA) has lauded the growing cultural ties between Nigeria and South Africa, saying it will help to curb the incessant cases of Xenophobia and other crimes against non-nationals.