Oil hits 18-month highs of $58.37 as markets eye output cuts
Oil prices hit 18-month highs on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2017, buoyed by hopes that a deal between...
Gold slips as strong dollar keeps pressure on prices
Gold fell on Tuesday as the dollar’s buoyant start to the new year kept the pressure on prices after the...
Ivory Coast Athletics Federation President resigns after allegations of misappropriation
Nicolas Debrimou has resigned as President of the Ivory Coast Athletics Federation (FIA) after he failed to receive the support...
Jigawa lawmakers impeach Speaker; Why I was removed, by ex-Abia Speaker
The Jigawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday impeached its Speaker, Alhaji Idris Garba, and elected Alhaji Isa Idris of...
Costa: I wanted to leave Chelsea in summer
Chelsea FC striker, Diego Costa, says he had wanted to leave the English Premier League club last summer. Costa had...
Federer makes smooth return to action in Hopman Cup
Roger Federer showed no signs of rust in his first competitive match for six months when he outclassed Dan Evans...
Tanzania’s president sacks head of power firm over tariff hike
Tanzanian President, John Magufuli, sacked the head of the state-run electricity company on Sunday after the firm put up tariffs, a move...
Giroud, Iwobi score as Arsenal climbs to third on EPL table
Alex Iwobi on Sunday got the sitter for Arsenal to ensure that the Gunners defeated Crystal Palace 2-0 and move...
Tony Elumelu Foundation opens applications for third entrepreneurship programme
Africa’s largest business incubator, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), is now accepting applications from African entrepreneurs, with business ideas that...
UNILORIN: Enemies of progress at it again
The attention of the University of Ilorin has been drawn to the purported submission of a petition to the Economic...
Trump’s New Year message: I wish ‘many enemies’ well
United States (U.S.) president-elect Donald Trump on Saturday sent a New Year message referring to his “many enemies” as he...
António Guterres in as 9th UN Secretary-General, Ban out
António Guterres assumed office on Sunday, January 1, 2017, as the ninth UN Secretary-General after Ban Ki-moon’s exit, following the...
Putin congratulates Trump, not Obama, in New Year’s statement
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump, rather than President Barack Obama, in his annual New Year's greetings...
Access Bank affirms industry leadership with ‘Bank of the Year’ Award
Access Bank has affirmed its leadership of the Nigerian banking industry with its recent recognition as the ‘Bank of the...
Apple to cut iPhone production Q1 of 2017
Apple Inc. will trim production of iPhones by about 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2017, the Nikkei...
At Calabar Carnival
Some of the participants and spectators at the Calabar Carnival.
Murray loses to Goffin in season opener
World number one Andy Murray started his new season on Friday with a surprise defeat to Belgian David Goffin in...
‘RIP’ to Obama administration, says Russian Prime Minister
Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, on Friday, said “RIP’’ to the outgoing U.S. administration of Barack Obama, after the White...
Buhari signs last Bill in 2016 into law
President Muhammadu Buhari signing the Endangered Species Control of International Trade and Traffic Amendment Act 2016, earlier passed by the...
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