A heavy rain in Ibadan, which started on Sunday evening, has paralysed the activities of the residents of the city.

ANYONE who expects Nigerians to embrace more biometric data exercises does not understand the frustrations they entail on several fronts – time, money, long queues and waiting under inclement conditions.

THE Roundtable on Sus-tainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Africa Roadshow in Nigeria, a two-day event,was an awareness raising and capacity building programme which was implemented by an alliance of partners, viz: Solidaridad West Africa and Proforest Initiative (UK) and the support was provided by RSPO-Nigeria National Interpretation Initiative.

The NNPC on Sunday said a daily production of 400,000 barrels per day had been restored to the crude oil output available for export in the country.

Kano State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dangote and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations for the revitalisation of routine immunisation and other primary healthcare services, an official said.

Ghana’s President John Mahama has described the death of Ghanaian writer, Prof. Kofi Awoonor, in the Kenya mall terrorist attack as shocking.

Abuja – The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Currency, Rep. Jones Onyereri, said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would contribute N50 billion to the Assets Management Corporation (AMCON) sinking fund. Onyereri (PDP-Imo) made the announcement at a one-day public hearing on a bill to amend the AMCON Act 2010 organised by the […]

Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has dissolved the State Executive Council (SEC).

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday in New York urged politician to put the nation’s interest first in all their activities to ensure progress and speedy development of the country

Kenyan security forces were locked in a fierce, final battle with Somali Islamist gunmen inside an upmarket Nairobi shopping mall on Monday as huge explosions and a barrage of heavy gunfire echoed out of the complex.

A thick cloud of black smoke billowed out from the Westgate mall as Kenyan officials said the 50-hour-long siege — which has seen the gunmen massacre at least 69 people and take dozens more hostage — was close to being resolved.