NIGERIA

Local police managed to keep protesters well away from the Estadio das Dunas where Vice President Joe Biden was present to watch the game.

Ahead of the United States’ opening game against Ghana, coach Jürgen Klinsmann has backed his players to flourish at the 2014 World Cup.

Nigeria is a heavy favorite over Iran in the 2014 World Cup.

Nigeria and Iran will face off in the 2014 World Cup.

Messi's last World Cup goal came on June 16, 2006, the sixth out of six Argentina put past Serbia & Montenegro in Germany.

There will be much at stake in the United States’ opening 2014 World Cup match against Ghana on Monday.

24-year-old American woman was attacked in Sao Paolo at the home of someone she had met during Friday's celebrations.

U.S. retail gasoline prices will likely climb 5 cents to 10 cents and stay up for the summer.

Global oil prices are rising and could soar further as insurgents in Iraq threaten southern oil fields and export facilities, analysts say.

The Argentine has had great club success, but has done little in previous World Cups.

Nigeria plays against Iran in its first game on June 16 but intelligence reports have led officials to ban its screening.

There will be some big teams going home early after the group phase of the 2014 World Cup.

The United States faces an unenviable, but not insurmountable, task against Germany, Portugal and Ghana in World Cup Group G.

Fans in the United States will be able to enjoy unprecedented coverage of the World Cup this summer.

The Global Summit at the ExCeL Centre in East London will also be attended by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

The new program will focus on providing education and entertainment to Nigerians that encounter violent Boko Haram propaganda on a daily basis.

The kidnapping of the Nigerian schoolgirls dominates press coverage, but it's far from the whole story.

At least 200 Nigerians were killed in northeastern Nigeria; some areas are so remote that it has taken days for reports to reach authorities.

The African country plans to license more than a dozen oil exploration areas and attract major international oil companies.

Nigerian police have banned protests in support of the more than 200 girls that were abducted by Boko Haram in April.

Gunmen opened fire on a church service in a remote village in northeastern Nigeria, killing nine people as worshippers fled into the bush, police and a witness said on Monday.