Nigerian-born Babatunde Osotimehin, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will be the guest in this weekend’s edition of “African Voices”, CNN International’s weekly half-hour magazine programme sponsored by Globacom.

President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders vowed Friday to make difficult compromises on taxes and spending as they opened talks on dodging a looming fiscal cliff and trimming the US deficit.

Old and young ones, traders, artisans in Ifako –IjayeOjokoro Federal Constituency, have been counting their blessings since the election of OtunbaYomiOgunnusi, under the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, into the Federal House of Representatives as they have been enjoying dividends of democracy through service delivery and fulfillment of electoral promise.

THE Director of Social Communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Very Rev. Msgr. Gabriel Osu, has sent a strong appeal to the Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to reconsider and spare the lives of the two prisoners awaiting execution in the state.

President Goodluck Jonathan is to address the nation on Sunday on current national issues in the next edition of the Presidential Media Chat.

Four Palestinians were killed in a new Israeli strike on Gaza on Friday, the Hamas health ministry spokesman told AFP, as multiple new raids struck throughout the territory.

What would have happened to the Obama campaign if the David Petraeus and Gen John Allen scandal had broke out before November 6, 2012?

I bring the felicitations of the good people, the Government of Nigeria and its public service to this most esteemed gathering. Stepping onto this platform today raises a whole new emotion that I have never felt before in spite of the fact that the very act of mounting platforms has incidentally characterised my many years in the public service. This particular act undoubtedly, marks a watershed in my career as a civil servant.

PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator David Mark, and Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State have agreed on the need to give Lagos State a special status in the constitution.

President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed the Minister of Labour, Emeka Wogu as the chairman of the white paper review committee on the Nuhu Ribadu-led committee on the Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force committee.