Oil prices plunge as OPEC fails to stop excess production

Oil prices dipped Tuesday as expectations dimmed of an OPEC agreement to reduce the cartel’s gushing…

2017 budget: Ambode budgets N812.99b

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday presented the 2017 budget of N812.99 billion to the…

Senate approves fund transfer in 2016 budget

The Senate has approved the request for virement of funds in the 2016 budget by President…

Colombia air crash: Death toll rises to 76 as 5 survive

The death toll from the crash in Colombia of an airliner carrying a Brazilian football team…

Manufacturers ask CBN to reduce interest rate

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) on Monday said retaining the Monitory Policy Rate (MPR) at 14 per…

Dangote promises to assist FG out of economic recession

Dangote Group has pledged to support the Federal Government and Kano State in exploring key sectors…

How I lost my wife to visa forgery—LASU staff

A 40-year old staff of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Sanni Sabiu has told the…

Nigeria, 8 others countries to fight border crimes

Nigeria and eight other neighbouring countries, on the platform of G9, are holding a summit on…

8 Indonesians jailed for tanker hijack in Malaysia

Eight Indonesians were sentenced to between 15 and 18 years in prison by a Malaysian court…

EU extends Somali counter-piracy patrols to 2018 

The European Union’s naval mission will keep patrolling for pirates off the coast of Somalia for…

Ocean Beyond Piracy saves 26 hostages from pirates

After 4.5 years of captivity, 26 hostages of Somali pirates were released in late October in…

China seizes troop cargo In Hong Kong  

Beijing on Friday warned countries against maintaining military ties with Taiwan, after Singaporean armoured troop carriers…