IJAW oil producing communities in Delta State, Tuesday, warned that they will resist any attempt by any person or group to prevent the direct payment of their share of the 13 per cent derivation fund, as proposed by the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, in the new bill on the restructuring of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC.

As part of activities to mark its 51th anniversary, the Nigerian Airforce Logistics Command, Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday, gave free medical treatment to over 2,000 residents within Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area

The United States, US Bureau of Land Management is proposing changes to federal onshore oil and gas royalty rates, rental payments, lease sale minimum bids, civil penalty caps, and financial assurances, US Interior Secretary, Sally Jewell announced.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is set to be rewarded for the club’s title success with a two-year contract extension, reports the London Evening Standard.

Microsoft in collaboration with The Chosen Breed, Jobberman and Endive Project have concluded arrangements to showcase over 10,000 job openings for the Nigerian youthful population at Career and Employment Fair 2015.

NEMBE—A Bayelsa State High Court, sitting in Nembe, has restrained the chairman of Okoroba community Council of Chiefs, Chief Benjamin Puyatei and the acting chief priest of Ogidiga shrine, Chief Joseph Ndubueze, from compelling 442 natives, mainly Christians, to partake in Eyalikai festival and worship of Ogidiga deity.

The Indonesia Trade Promotion Center’s Director, Mr. Nino Wawan Setiawan, while ventilating new ideas to strengthening Nigeria-Indonesia bi-national relationships, especially in the key sectors of both countries’ economies, expressed that improvement and expansion of both countries exports and imports are quite vital to progressive economic growth for the two countries.

The social media is reacting to the claim by Former Minister of Education and leader of the Bring Back Our Girls Campaign, Oby Ezekwesili that there is no empirical evidence that former president Olusegun Obasanjo is corrupt.

Floyd Mayweather has said he is willing to grant Manny Pacquiao a rematch following the Filipino boxer’s disclosure that a shoulder injury hampered his performance in last weekend’s world title showdown, ESPN reported Tuesday.

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, said that N145.2 billion had been set aside for payment of subsidy on petroleum products in the 2015 budget.

Zimbabwe will import 700,000 tonnes of the staple corn to avert hunger after annual crop yields shrunk by nearly half due to poor rains, the national television network reported Tuesday

Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe on Monday swore the oath of allegiance for a third term of office after his recent election victory.

Kenya’s deputy president, William Ruto, has told worshippers at a church service in Nairobi that homosexuality had no place in the east African nation, reports said Monday.

One of the first major tasks the administration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari will have to contend with will be how to finance the 2015 budget in the wake of low oil price and rising threats from declining revenue.

The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi okonjo-Iweal, disclosed, Tuesday, that the task of managing the nation’s economy has given her, the Minister of State, Amb. Bashir Yuguda , the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mrs Anastasia Daniel-Nwaobia and about 70 per cent of the ministry’s staff High Blood Pressure.