French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron detailed his priorities Sunday for his first few months in office if elected, as polls showed the unpredictable race tightening just two weeks before voting. Macron, 39, told the Journal de Dimanche newspaper one of Read more
Rescuers Sunday found more bodies from a boat accident in western Myanmar that has now claimed the lives of at least 30 people, most of them guests returning from a wedding. The boat, called “Silver Star” in Burmese, sank Friday Read more
As a US strike group led by an aircraft carrier steamed toward the Korean peninsula Sunday, a senior official said President Donald Trump has asked to be provided with a range of options for eliminating the North Korean nuclear threat. Read more
The United States stepped up pressure Sunday on Russia to rein in the Syrian regime, warning that any further chemical attacks would be “very damaging” to their relationship and suggesting there can be no peace while President Bashar al-Assad remains Read more
National President of Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, Biobelemoye Joy Josiah, has asked the Federal Government to extend its dragnet against endemic corruption and other related fraudulent activities to the ministry of health. Josiah, who raised the alert Read more
Leading ICT Company, MTN Nigeria has assured of its unwavering support to the country’s education sector through well-meaning initiatives and programmes. The company’s Chief Operating Officer, Mohammad Zia Siddiqui, who led senior management of the firm on a courtesy visit Read more
Ross Barkley has been told to sign a new contract or face being sold in the summer. The midfielder, outstanding in Everton’s 4-2 win over Leicester City, has 12 months left on his current £60,000-a-week deal, but Everton are beginning Read more
SERAP wants high-level cases referred to International Criminal Court President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration’s war against corruption is on course and maintained it was not a one-day job, but a “work in progress.” Buhari, in an interview in Read more
Apex bank pledges to sustain forex supply The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has auctioned $418 million at the marginal rate of N310 to a dollar to airlines, agriculture, petroleum and raw materials sub sectors. The CBN acting Director, Corporate Read more
I was not sacked as NTDC boss, Runsewe clarifies Over one week after the announcement of their appointments, new heads of agencies and parastatals in the nation’s culture and tourism sector are yet to resume duties formally. Reason? They are Read more