Barely 24-hours after President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated the Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, an Abuja based legal practitioner, Mr. Silas Onu, Thursday, approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, asking it to abort plans by the Federal Government to grant amnesty to the Boko Haram Islamic sect.

BY NDAHI MARAMA Residents in Bama 75km away from Maiduguri, Borno state capital are fleeing to the bushes after gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram shot dead least four policemen and set ablaze houses today, residents and security sources said. The gunmen attempted to take the the life of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) there, who managed to […]

Singapore-based Olam International slashed capital spending by more than US$800 million Thursday just months after a short seller said the farm commodities supplier was masking debt and on the verge of collapse.

Bill Gates announced in Abu Dhabi on Thursday his foundation will contribute $1.8 billion to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a third of the total funds needed.

The American embassy in Khartoum on Wednesday issued a statement, welcoming the progress made in the implementation of the cooperation agreement between Sudan and South Sudan.