African leaders and private sector organizations have been urged to keep promises made to support agriculture growth in the continent if it is to achieve food and nutrition security at home – and help deliver it globally in the long-term.

Eighteen ships are waiting to berth and discharge petroleum products at various oil terminals within the Lagos ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Thursday.

FORMER president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Professor Festus Iyayi, yesterday in Awka described the Nigerian ruling class as highly unpatriotic, saying they do not develop the country in relation to developments going on in other parts of the world.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A US judge ordered the alleged filmmaker behind a video that sparked protests across Muslim countries detained without bond Thursday, saying there was a risk he would try to flee. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the alleged director/producer of “Innocence of Muslims,” appeared in court after being arrested for breaching the terms of […]

IF the Central Bank of Nigeria thinks publishing the list of top bank debtors indicates it is doing its work, it has failed to understand the huge debts owed banks is a mark of failure of the regulator. Where else does the Central Bank wait for banks to accumulate bad debts?