As controversy continues to trail the emergence of the campaign posters of President Goodluck Jonathan, the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, Sunday, advanced reasons why it could not act on the posters.

Houses are the largest “items” many people will ever spend on in their lifetime; the sheer size of the funds spent on them and the proportion of the financial system connected to housing construction and real estate make housing a dominant part of the economy.

The capital market witnessed sustained rally in 2012 following measures put in place by the regulators to facilitate the rebound. Besides the battle between the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Director General, Arunma Oteh, and the National Assembly that continued into the new, all efforts were geared towards ensuring that the Nigerian Stock Exchnage, NSE, returned to path of profitability through various initiatives adopted by the NSE management to increase robustness of the market.

The Senate President, Sen. David Mark, has said that the National Assembly is willing and ready to enact a law to address religious extremism in Nigeria. Mark made this known at a reception organised in honour of John Cardinal Onaiyekan on his 30th Episcopal ordination and his recent elevation to the College of Cardinals in Abuja on Sunday.

Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad in a rare speech on Sunday called for a national dialogue to end the 21-month conflict, but stressed he would not talk to those who have taken up arms against his regime.

Nigeria have closed the Africa Cup of Nations door on Newcastle striker Shola Ameobi after he failed to arrive this weekend at the team training camp in Portugal.

President Goodluck Jonathan will on Thursday inaugurate a professional Code of Conduct for the Nigeria Police Force, Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubabar, has said.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has attempted to clear the air with supporters of Newcastle United after describing their side as “a wee (small) club in the north-east”.

Lagos – Doctors have advised people to protect their bodies against various communicable diseases that go with harmattan period. They gave the advice in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Harmattan is usually a dry and dusty period associated with low humidity which simply means there is very little amount […]

The Ghanaian capital, Accra, is wearing a new look as the West African country prepares to swear in President John Dramani Mahama after winning the keenly contested presidential election in December which the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) rejected as being fraught with fraud.