(Reuters) - A 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his 8-year-old sister in their northern California home made a brief appearance on Wednesday in juvenile court, where he was presented with second-degree murder charges but entered no plea.

O.J. Simpson, a former star athlete who once lived for the spotlight, was back on stage telling the grim story of the Las Vegas afternoon in 2007 that sent him to prison.

Members of a deadly militia group were yesterday reported to have on Tuesday engaged Policemen in a fierce battle at the Alakyo community of Nasarawa State.

President Goodluck Jonathan had to cut short his state visit to South Africa and abort the planned one to Namibia in order to return home in the wake of big security challenges in the country.

Andy Murray was forced to retire against Marcel Granollers at the Rome Masters and has admitted he "could miss the French Open".

A sting operation team comprising operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and officials of the National Universities Commission (NUC) began the sealing off of the uncovered illegal universities in the country.

Wigan became the first FA Cup winners to be relegated from the top flight in the same season after a 4-1 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium sent them down.

How has Nigeria degenerated to this low level of animal behaviour of killing one another across the country? Nigerian leaders appear helpless. When as a people we collectively surrendered our sovereignty to the state to take care of all, it is the expectation that the state will protect us all.

The President talked tough last night on the crippling insecurity in the country, especially in some parts of the North. Terrorists, he said, will be hunted down and defeated.

The police have uncovered another ‘baby factory’ in Enugu, Nigeria.