For die-hard critics of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, anything that tends to suggest that his administration is doing well or that Nigeria is moving forward, should not be allowed to fly. There are those who belong to the group...
Must Lai Mohammed lie to be relevant in the All Progressives Congress (APC)? Even when other discerning members of his party make public statements that are devoid of the bias that has been his lot, he declares the opposite...
Nigeria’s (misnamed) Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the schedule for the 2015 set of general “elections.” The presidential and National Assembly “elections” will be held on February 14, 2015, followed by state “elections” on February 28, 2015.
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov resigned on Tuesday while deputies loyal to President Viktor Yanukovich, acting to calm violent street protests, back-tracked and overturned anti-protest laws they rammed through parliament 12 days ago.
The first concrete concessions by Yanukovich since...
A man plunged to his death from JP Morgan's 33-storey tower in the heart of London's Canary Wharf financial district on Tuesday in what British police said was a "non-suspicious" incident.
Police were called to the glass skyscraper at 8:02...
Wall Street edged modestly higher on Tuesday after a three-session decline on the S&P 500, but market sentiment was weighed by an unexpected drop in durable good orders in December and disappointing iPhone sales at tech giant Apple.
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Lower-than-expected holiday iPhone sales and a weak revenue forecast by Apple Inc renewed fears about Chinese demand and a tepid global market, wiping 8 percent off company stock.
This year was to have been Apple Inc's watershed moment in China,...
U.S. single-family home prices in November rose slightly more than expected from the previous month, while their increase from a year ago was the biggest in almost eight years, a closely watched survey said on Tuesday.
The S&P/Case Shiller composite...
Ford Motor Co (F.N) on Tuesday posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as a strong performance in the No. 2 U.S. automaker's core North American market offset losses in Europe and South America.
The company also affirmed the 2014 profit outlook...
Investors are pursuing more lawsuits accusing companies of fraud, according to a new study, but filings may plunge if the U.S. Supreme Court decides soon to remake the legal landscape.
Plaintiffs filed 166 federal securities lawsuits seeking class-action status in...
Describing the allegations as entirely false, Adedeji said they were the handiwork of individuals determined to discredit him and weaken public confidence in the Tinubu administration.
