A slew of thorny issues awaits President Obama and Congress in the lame-duck session, ranging from taxes to defence to Medicare. Obama’s victory increases the chances that the lame-duck will be productive, but it remains to be seen if the preside...
Colombo, SRI LANKA - A shootout between rioting prisoners and security forces at a prison in Sri Lanka’s capital killed at least 27 inmates, while police said Saturday that they arrested five prisoners who had managed to escape and were searching...
Manchester United put the icing on a thrilling Saturday; when they came from two goals down to overpower Aston Villa at the Villa Park. Some disoriented defending saw the Villans take the lead twice, but Hernandez ‘Chicharito’ scored a hat-...
Wladimir Klitschko has confirmed he is still coming to terms with the loss of trainer Emanuel Steward, who died last month aged 68. Klitschko defends his IBF, WBO, IBO and WBA super world heavyweight titles for the first time without the legendar...
Barcelona boss Tito Vilanova played down rumours of a spat between star strikers Lionel Messi and David Villa after the duo’s heated exchange during their 2-1 defeat at Celtic in the Champions League on Wednesday. “I know what the relations...
As widespread flooding in Nigeria raised the risk of disease outbreaks and food shortages among more than 7.7 million affected people, the United Nations humanitarian arm at the weekend issued an urgent appeal for $38 million to respond to the crisis. ...
Gov. Gabriel Suswan of Benue State on Saturday said the state government had entered into an agreement with Bank of Industry (BOI) to provide one billion naira loans to entrepreneurs. Suswan disclosed this during the Benue State Special Day ...
Visiting Vice President Namadi Sambo, heard on Saturday in Shendam, Plateau that residents had resorted to canoes for transport following the massive floods that hit the area. ``The five major bridges in Plateau south were washed away by the flood...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says non-power companies that want to refinance existing loans have to apply two years earlier. The apex bank gave this directive in a circular posted on its Website titled: “N300 Billion Power and Airline Interv...
Vice President Namadi Sambo on Saturday said that the Federal Government had collected N10 billion as donations to resettle flood victims in the country. ``The donations were from individuals and organisations and we shall ensure they got to only the v...
Some Nigerians have commended the National assembly for its initiatives to allow the people at the grassroots to participate in the constitution review. In Sokoto State, the Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, said that the public...
Vice President Namadi Sambo arrived in Jos on Saturday to assess the extent of damage to parts of Plateau devastated by the August floods in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vice president, who moved straight to Shend...
Wema Bank Nigeria Plc has concluded plans to reapply for national banking licence, its Managing Director, Mr Segun Oloketuyi, said. This is contained in a statement by the bank boss in Lagos on Saturday. The statement noted that the reapplication follo...
The Jigawa state police command says it has provided adequate security arrangement for the constitutional congresses in 12 Federal constituencies in the state for 1999 constitutional review. Mr Theophilus Kayode, the state police commissioner, tol...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said that boosting the availability and affordability of life-saving drugs nationwide was one of the strategic primary objectives of the federal government in achieving significant improvements in national healthca...