THE tightening of monetary policy measures introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has continued to yield positive results, as the naira, Wednesday, firmed sharply at N150 against the United States’ dollar.

As BlackBerry smartphone users in Nigeria lament the continued disruption of services, which began on Monday in Africa, Europe and the Middle East extending to Brazil, Chile and Argentina, with users unable to connect the Internet or use messaging services RIM have rules out sabotage, hacking and declared that it is working hard to fix the problem.

Nigeria head coach, Samson Siasia, has expressed satisfaction with the goalless draw his side got in Tuesday’s international friendly with Ghana at the Vicarage Road, Watford in London.

Court of Appeal in Benin, Edo State, yesterday, affirmed Senator Ifeanyi Okowa as winner of the National Assembly elections for Delta North Senatorial District of Delta State.

Ghana and Cote ‘d Ivoire joined African Cup of Nations co-hosts Guinea and Equatorial Guinea as the top-seeded teams in the draw for next year’s tournament.

Mozambique have appointed German Gert Engels as their new coach, the country’s federation has announced.

Nigeria will not abandon accused “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab even when he is in prison, the country’s foreign minister said Wednesday.

A Nigerian man dubbed the “underwear bomber” pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to blow up a US-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009, saying he had sought to avenge the killing of Muslims.

Commonwealth leaders will discuss proposals to change the rules of succession for the British throne when they meet in Australia later this month, Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday.

Former Ogun state governor, Gbenga Daniel was Wednesday arraigned at the state High Court in Abeokuta over a 16-count charge ranging of stealing, failure to declare assets and fraudulent conversion of public funds by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.