Nigerian journalists require constant training and refresher courses to enable them grapple with the intricacies of governance and hold governments accountable to development plans.   Former Head of Service of the Federation, Prof. Oladapo Afolabi who canvassed this position, argued that...

African smartphone users will soon have an alternative means to get round the power shortages afflicting much of the world's poorest continent - a portable charger that relies on hydrogen fuel cells.   British company Intelligent Energy plans to roll out...

It was on Wednesday November 20, 2013 that President Goodluck jonathan sent a letter to the Senate seeking for the confirmation of M'fon Akpan as the new Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).   Mrs. Akpan, who is...

About 25,801 livestock farmers have benefited from the African Development Bank assisted Community-Base Agriculture and Rural Development Project (AfDB-CBRADP) in five states in Nigeria, Project Coordinator, Ibrahim Arabi has disclosed.   Arabi, who stressed the need to improve local breeds of...

Tullow Oil PLC said it has made a fifth consecutive oil discovery in its rift basin site onshore Northern Nigeria.   The company said it discovered and sampled moveable oil with an estimated 100 metres of net oil pay in good...

Nigeria's economy expanded at the fastest rate this year in the third quarter, but the country's fiscal situation has deteriorated with the further depletion of the rainy day oil savings account.   Gross domestic product growth in Africa's second-largest economy rose...