Arsene Wenger has insisted his Arsenal players have the character to halt a run of four successive away defeats when they visit Middlesbrough as they look to revive their bid to finish in the Premier League’s top four. Wenger’s team Read more
No fewer than seven people have died and seven hospitalized in Ngaski Local Government Area of Kebbi when a boat carrying 150 passengers returning from Malali Market capsized along River Niger. The Coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), in-charge Read more
Nigeria’s Budget and National Planning Ministry is working on a roadmap for the implementation of the National Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. CNBC Africa’s Wole Famurewa caught up with Zainab Ahmed, Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, to Read more
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said it will commercialise some of its critical Information Communications & Technology (ICT) infrastructure in line with its bid to refocus the Corporation as a commercially viable entity. The Group Managing Director of the Read more
Owing to the fall in the naira, which forced banks to violate foreign currency loan limits, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the guideline to accommodate more borrowings. The new regulation replaces a 2014 rule capping foreign borrowings, Read more
All appears set for the reopening of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, after six weeks of runway rehabilitation exercise. While workers are busy with finishing touches on the critical infrastructure, local airlines and their foreign counterparts have reopened Read more
An Egyptian court sentenced former interior minister Habib al-Adly to seven years in prison for corruption Saturday, in one of the last cases against Hosni Mubarak-era officials following his 2011 overthrow. Adly, who was seen as a brutal enforcer for Read more
Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke says he flirted with pulling the club out of the Champions League after Tuesday’s team bus attack before resolving not to give in to the bombers. “I briefly asked myself if we shouldn’t withdraw completely Read more
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Saturday advised Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate to accept the verdict of the state Election Petitions Tribunal. The Oba declared ‘no victor no vanquished’ in the election, Read more
Senegal announced three days of mourning on Friday for the victims of a massive fire at a Muslim religious retreat this week, as the death toll from the catastrophe rose to 25. The blaze broke out on Wednesday afternoon as Read more