Italy arrests Libyan suspected of involvement in migrant murder

Italy has arrested a Libyan man suspected of involvement in the killing last week of a…

Reps pass 2017 Budget

House of Representatives on Thursday passed the N7.441 trillion 2017 Budget. President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2017…

Emir of Katsina urges FG to extend rail line to Katsina

The Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir, has urged the Federal Government to extend the Kaduna-Kano…

Equatorial Guinea says has crucial Saudi support for OPEC membership bid

Africa’s third-biggest oil producer Equatorial Guinea said on Thursday it had crucial support from Saudi Arabia…

Italy investigating some migrant aid workers for people smuggling

An Italian prosecutor said on Wednesday he is investigating some members of humanitarian organisations rescuing migrants…

Libya’s coastguard intercepts, turns back 500 migrants

Libya’s coastguard said it intercepted nearly 500 migrants packed onto a wooden boat and returned them…

Ex-militant leaders laud Buhari for release of N30bn to Amnesty programme

Leaders of ex-militants in phases Two and Three of the Presidential Amnesty Programme have commended President…

National Assembly publishes N125bn budget

  The National Assembly has raised its 2017 budget allocation by N10 billion, from the initial…

2017 budget: Reps in rowdy session

  The House of Representatives has been in a rowdy session as lawmakers opened debate on…

China, Africa trade, investment ‘off to a flying start’ in 2017

China’s trade with African countries in the first quarter climbed by nearly a fifth from a…

Oil workers go on strike at Exxon Mobil in Nigeria -PENGASSAN

Nigerian workers at U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp have gone on strike in protest over…

Oil rises on low US inventories, Saudi cuts to Asia

Oil prices rose on Thursday, with benchmark Brent crude trading at $50.92 a barrel after a…