NEW YORK – The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Valerie Amos, has allocated US$10 million to support the most critical life-saving aid operations in the...
WARRI – More than 1000 workers have been released from the Chevron Escravos gas-to-liquid project in Nigeria after being held hostage by protesters for about a...
NEW DELHI – Bharti Airtel Ltd, India’s biggest telecommunications company, is in advanced talks to acquire privately-held Loop Mobile India Pvt Ltd, company executives, familiar with...
LONDON – European shares were higher Monday, as buoyant Asian markets helped major stock indexes extend a two-week rally.The Stoxx Europe 600 index was 0.4% higher...
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today made the following statement on the third anniversary of Libya’s pro-democracy revolution: “Canada salutes the courage of the...
ABUJA – Nigeria’s external reserves continued its downswing in 2014 as it dropped to $41.907 billion at the weekend. THIS DAY checks showed that the current...
ABUJA – The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has rolled out sanctions which would be deployed in ensuring compliance to operational codes in the Nigerian Electricity...
ABUJA – Nigeria’s central bank said it has adequate reserves to keep defending the naira as the slumping currency prompted a selloff of the country’s stocks,...
LAGOS – Tragedy was aborted Friday when the door of an Aero Contractors Flight, Aj2002 from Lagos to Douala was found open 30 minutes after take-off....
… Okonjo-Iweala: Economy has $3.6bn buffer against shock ABUJA – The Senate has taken over the forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) accounts,...