How Labran Maku would rank in a performance appraisal of Nigeria’s Information Ministers remains a fiercely debatable issue. Given the disrepute that trailed some of his more controversial predecessors, judgment on what Mr. Maku makes of his time in office understandably would unlikely be delivered until his exit.

Head coach Herve Renard has said he is to blame for Zambia’s disgraceful failure to reach the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.

General Electric, GE, has signed an agreement with the Federal Government of Nigeria to invest N157 billion ($1 billion) in Nigeria over the next five years.

The Federal Government has finally succumbed to pressure and entered a 7-count criminal charge against the erstwhile Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on fuel subsidy probe, Farouk Lawal.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is owing the Federal Government about N1.3 trillion ($8.3 billion) in earnings from 2009-2011, according to a report by the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative.