ABUJA (NAN) ― The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said Point of Sales (POS) transactions value had increased from N38 million per month in 2012 to N24 billion...
WASHINGTON, D.C (Reuters/NAN) The United States President Barack Obama, on Monday piled pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to force pro-Russian separatists to stop blocking an...
NAIROBI (PANA/NAN) ― The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on Monday that there should be improved awareness among rural communities in West...
ABUJA (NAN) ― The police in Osun have arrested an operative of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) over the death of one Kamaldeen Muritala. A...
ADDIS ABABA (NAN) ― The Ethiopian Government on Friday arraigned three local journalists on a two-count charge of alleged terrorism and complicity under the country’s anti-terrorism law. The...
ABUJA (NAN) ― Nigeria on Friday in New York expressed full support for an independent international investigation into the Malaysian airline flight disaster in eastern Ukraine, which killed...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters/NAN) ― Tom Rolf, who won an Oscar award for his work editing the 1983 space epic, The Right Stuff, has died aged 83....
ABUJA (NAN) ― A new global report by the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has indicated that new HIV infections in Nigeria had declined by 35 per cent in the...
ABUJA (NAN) ― The FCT Minister, Sen. Bala Mohammed, has given amnesty to 29 inmates of Kuje and Suleja prisons as well as paying N463, 500 fines on...
GABORONE (PANA/NAN) ─ Some 2,389 people have committed suicide in the diamond-rich Botswana since 2007, according to the country’s Defence, Justice and Security Minister, Dikgakgamatso Seretse....
ABUJA (NAN) ─ The South Korean government says it is committing 8.6 million dollars (about N1.4 billion) to the promotion of e-government and efficient delivery of...
ABUJA (NAN) ― The Federal government said on Tuesday that Aminu Ogwuche, the co-mastermind of the April 14 Nyanya bus terminus bombing has been extradited from Sudan to...
TEL AVIV (dpa/NAN) ― The number of dead in the conflict in Gaza has reached 203, with 1,520 injured, Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said on Wednesday. The...
BEIRUT (dpa/NAN) ― Embattled Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad will be sworn in on Wednesday for a third seven-year term in a country roiled by a civil war now...
CAPE TOWN (PANA/NAN) ― At least 25 passengers were injured when a passenger jet travelling from South Africa to Hong Kong hit severe turbulence on Wednesday, South African...
ABUJA (NAN) ― The U-20 National female team Falconets have continued preparations for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in spite of FIFA’s the suspension of the Nigeria...
ABUJA (NAN)―The Nigerian Navy on Monday said it arrested one Simon Musa for posing as an admiral of the Navy. Parading the suspect in Abuja, the Director of...
LAGOS (NAN) ― Cecilia Arinye, the first female Nigerian table tennis umpire to be invited to officiate at the Commonwealth Games, on Monday attributed her nomination to hard work....
ABIDJAN (NAN) ―No fewer than 70 Nigerians are currently in detention in various prisons in Abidjan for different offences, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire, Ifeoma Akabogu-Chinwuba, said...
LAFIA (NAN) ―The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Musa Ahmed on Monday, directed the Clerk of the House to serve Gov. Tanko Al-Makura with notice...
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