On our yesterday's edition we carried the bizarre story of the teacher who was alleged to have impregnated his student. The case, as shocking as it is, only reinforces calls for care and protection for the immensely vulnerable girl child.

Bamba Saho, the Governor of the Central Bank has reassured all depositors, dealers and other customers of the seized Bayba Money Transfer company that under the management of the Central Bank, their monies are save and can continue their transaction

The top brass of the Africa Media Malaria Research Network (AMMREN) led by Pa Modou Faal on Monday called on Alhagie Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, former President of The Gambia, who is also AMMREN's national patron at his residence in

Ethiopian armed forces deployed in Somalia indiscriminately opened gunfire on unarmed civilians Wednesday in the middle of Baidoa, an inland city 250km northwest of the capital Mogadishu, witnesses reported.

After several months of trade negotiations in the joint Russian-Ethiopian economic commission, Russia is considering allowing Ethiopia to bring in its different brands of aromatic coffees on a preferential basis.

The Eritrean Foreign Minister, Mr. Osman Saleh, today delivered a message from President Isaias Afwerki to President Bashar Al-Assad of Syria. The message focuses on developing bilateral relations and regional as well as international issues of mutual concern to Eritrea

In continuation of efforts being exerted by the Ministry of Information to upgrade the skill of its workforce, 100 staff members graduated today upon completion of a six-month training course on journalism as well as the English and Arabic languages.

Banks in Nigeria have invested N24.7billion in Small and Medium Enterprises Equity Investment Scheme (SMEEIS) as at April 25, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said.

The Director of Department of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Tony Chukwueke has warned that if the current strike embarked on by workers of Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc was not called off, the country will be losing additional 800,000 barrels per day

The Kano State Police Command has stopped a planned rally and prayer session organised by a group in the state against the soaring food prices and global food insecurity.

President Umaru Musa Yar'adaua has appealed to members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), to partner with the Federal Government on governance issues in order to create an egalitarian Nigeria.

Perhaps worried by the amount of vehicular chaos in the Lagos metropolis, the state government has announced its plan to begin the recertification of licenses issued to drivers by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).

The secondary mortgage market which affords property owners to trade in their property for refinancing in the country is virtually non-existent which resulted in some bottlenecks faced in housing delivery, Minister of Environment, Housing and Urban Development said in Abuja

The National Switch and Smartcard Payment System that would link the payment systems of all licensed banks and non-bank financial institutions in the country was launched on Monday. The launching ceremony was performed by President Kufuor.

The European Union (EU) delegation to Nigeria has embarked on people-oriented projects to bring succour to the grassroots in the Niger Delta region; to mark the end of the implementation of five year Micro-Projects Programme in six States. Damilola Oyedele,

THE House of Representatives yesterday kicked against a proposal by the Federal Government to borrow over $4 billion from the African Finance Corporation to rejuvenate the failed power project in the country, as the Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation

The transformation of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RUST) into the first information technology-driven school in the country is underway, newly appointed Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Barineme Fakae has said.

Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr. TunjiSarafa Isola, yesterday said that all mineral titles already issued before he came into office would be revalidated.

INDICATIONS are rife that the thirty-six states of the federation are poised to engage in a legal battle with the Federal government over the new tax law in the country introduced by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, just as plans have

Nobel laureates, top government officials and eminent scholars from various parts of the world yesterday at the Global Leaders Forum organised by Oceanic Bank called for increased emphasis on investment in human capital development.