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I Will Resign If Asked To Do Anything Against My Conscience...

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Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), while addressing the issue of corruption has said that he will tender...

Update: Policeman Who Fell From Bridge Discharged From Hospital – PPRO

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David Zapaina, the police official who fell from a bridge after a traffic offender tried to evade the authorities has been discharged from hospital...

Assembly candidate commends security agencies on peaceful conduct of election in...

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YENAGOA - Mr Tonye Okio, the candidate for Bayelsa House of Assembly, has commended security agencies in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa for...

Tesla to offer hands-free steering on Model S in three months

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(Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc will soon offer upgrades including hands-free steering on its Model S sedan, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on...

Apple’s watch hasn’t impressed the fashion world

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Paris - Apple Inc. has made every effort to convince the fashion world that the Apple Watch is the next chic accessory. Supermodel Christy Turlington...

Russian accused in giant cyber heist pleads not guilty in U.S.

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(REUTERS) - A Russian accused of helping mastermind the largest international data breach ever prosecuted in the United States pleaded not guilty on Tuesday,...

U.S. marshals to auction 50,000 bitcoins from Silk Road

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(REUTERS) - The U.S. government on Wednesday said it plans to auction 50,000 bitcoins on March 5, following the recent criminal conviction of Ross...

U.S. to support Cameroon military in Boko Haram fight

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YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Even as it has consistently denied the Nigerian Military access to equipment to fight Boko Haram, the United States has announced that...

Akpabio urges electorate to collect PVCs

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Onna (Akwa Ibom)- Gov. Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom has advised the electorate who are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards to do...

Rights group accuses S.Sudan of recruiting child soldiers

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JUBA - The Human Rights Watch has accused government of South Sudan of recruiting children as young as 13 to help fight rebels in...

U.S. slams Sudan for blocking Darfur mass rape investigation

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NEW YORK - U.S. has critisised Sudan for obstructing a UN investigation into allegations of mass rape in the conflict-torn western Darfur region. Samantha Power,...

Chinese president to make first state visit to U.S. in September

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BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping is to pay his on Wednesday is to pay his first official state visit to the United States. President...

Same-sex couples marry in Alabama after U.S. Supreme Court refuses stay

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LONDON,- Same-sex couples began marrying in Alabama on Monday, defying an attempt by the chief justice of the state's Supreme Court to block probate...

Peace: U.S. embassy urges elective office aspirants to accept outcome of...

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ABUJA - The U. S. Embassy in Nigeria on Thursday advised aspirants to elective offices to accept the outcome of the forthcoming elections in...

Brent oil holds above $48 a barrel after U.S. stocks hit...

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LONDON - Brent crude oil futures held above 48 dollars a barrel on Thursday as investor inflows offset data showing that U.S. crude stocks...

Boko Haram: Beware the rise of Africa’s own al-Qaeda state

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By David Blair You might not have noticed, but the world has acquired a new country. With its own capital, army and self-styled “emir”, this...

Consumer protection council boss gets U.S. citizenship award

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ABUJA - The Director-General, Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Mrs Dupe Atoki, has been awarded the honourary Citizenship of the State of Georgia, United States...

S. Africa joins mediation to promote peace in S. Sudan

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CAPE TOWN - South Africa government said on Wednesday in Cape Town, that the Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa would represent South Africa President Jacob...

2015: U.S. ambassador commends media, others, for promoting non-violence

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LAGOS - The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle, has commended the Nigerian media, civil society groups and artistes for promoting non-violence as...

U.S. frees 5 Guantanamo prisoners

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WASHINGTON - The Pentagon on Thursday said five men from Yemen have been released from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the...