A UNITED Nations estimate in June 2013 put the total population of Nigeria at 174 million. Of this, the number of those in the youthful age bracket is put at 68 million with a staggering 41.5 million unemployed and 4.5 million entering the job market annually.

The Chairman of EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde, said on Monday in Abuja that women’s involvement in organised financial crimein the country was statistically low

Pakistani stocks saw a huge fall of 4.6 percent on Monday, sparked by fears of a political crisis as opposition figures called on supporters to join a march to overthrow the government.

The National Conference resumed plenary session in Abuja on Monday and immediately adjourned till Wednesday, Aug. 13 to commence discussion on its final report.

The West Africa Examination Council, WAEC has released its May/June 2014 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results, recording mass failure in Mathematics and English Language.

The Liberian army has put a third province under quarantine to check the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf announced Monday.

THERE was anxiety at Udo community in Orhiomwon Local Government Council of Edo state, following the death of a middle aged man whom some section of the community alleged that he died of the dreaded Ebola Virus last Sunday.

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Kano has arrested a man suspected to be the master trainer of Boko Haram female suicide bombers with 16 females who were reportedly being trained for suicide operations, Daily Trust, gathered from security sources.

Prof. Gbemiga Adewale, the Provost, Oyo State College of Agriculture, Igboora, has called on government at all levels to invest in agriculture to reduce unemployment in the country.

Spain’s coastguard said it had rescued 213 sub-Saharan African migrants on Monday, including 26 women and two children who were among those trying to reach Spanish soil on a flotilla of small boats.

German striker Miroslav Klose, the all-time World Cup top scorer, announced his retirement from international football on Monday.

Dr Aderonke Fagbemi, a consultant optician with the Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Akure, has urged residents of the state to be attentive to the media to have good knowledge of the Ebola virus ravaging some West African countries.

A German couple died in front of their two young children when ice broke during a tour of a melting Norwegian glacier, police said Monday.

Over 100 inmates broke out of jail when shells rained down on a high-security prison in the besieged rebel stronghold of Donetsk in east Ukraine, killing one, local authorities said Monday.

The Federal Government has confirmed another Ebola case in Lagos bringing the total number of Ebola Virus Disease victims to 10, even as 177 primary and secondary contacts of the index case have been placed under surveillance or isolation.