Adeboye Obasanjo, a Lieutenant Colonel and son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo was Monday shot in an attack by Boko Haram in Baza in Adamawa State.

ARRANGEMENT has been finalised for the Investment Corp of Dubai, ICD, the state fund that holds stakes in some of the emirate’s top firms, to buy a $300 million stake in Dangote Cement, said Carl Franklin, Head, Investor Relation, Dangote Group. With this development, ICD will take up a stake of about 1.3 per cent in Dangote Cement

Sierra Leone announced plans on Monday to visit every home in the country of six million to track down people with Ebola and remove dead bodies.

The Lagos State Government scored another first among the States of the federation when it recently granted a 10-day Paternity leave to its male civil servants while extending the maternal leave from 3 to 6 months. The paternity leave is directly tied to the first two deliveries only. A third delivery would only attract 12 weeks 100% paid maternal leave.

A pro-Governor Rotimi Amaechi group, Rivers State Leadership Advancement Foundation, RIVLEAF, has urged Rivers people to ignore ethnic sentiments while choosing a governor for the state come 2015.

Committed to bringing premium after-sales services closer to its consumers across the nation, Microsoft has opened two after sales service centers in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and Aba, Abia State respectively

There is no doubt as to the reality of the task presently on the shoulders of the government, the Federal Ministry of Health and the people of Nigeria: The urgent need to break Ebola’s vector chain of transmission and put a stop to its spread while waiting patiently for a break through on the search for an effective drug as well as a vaccine on Ebola.

Bafana Bafana and Bidvest Wits midfielder Sibusiso Vilakazi insists the national team are determined to “bring pride and happiness” back to the country’s supporters.

FOR the unsuspecting, the recent meeting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital by some members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the South-East geo-political zone had the illusory motive of championing the cause of the Igbos.

The 2015 gubernatorial election in Delta State is gathering momentum as political gladiators reach out to stakeholders to make their intentions known.

A former Flying Eagles Coach, John Obuh, on Monday urged football fans not to write off the Super Eagles in the ongoing African Nations qualifying matches despite the loss to Congo.

IN the immediate aftermath of his statewide engagement with the people leading up to his election as the second civilian governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah had enunciated his vision in a published and widely distributed handbook Come Let’s Build Together. In it, he lucidly marshalled the philosophical thrust and developmental initiative of his incoming government.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday invited representatives of the PDP and the APC in Osun to inspect materials used in the Aug. 9 governorship polls.

The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) will hold its 34th Ordinary Session from Sept. 9 to 11 in Ghana.

Mr Musa Amadu, the Secretary-General, Nigeria Football Association (NFA), returned to his office at the Glass House in Abuja on Monday