News From Nigeria

In a bid to open more job spaces for Nigerians in the energy sector, President Goodluck Jonathan initiated a one-year apprenticeship scheme to coach 7,400 young Nigerians on technical jobs. This initiative, christened the “National Power Sector Apprenticeship Scheme (NAPSAS),” ...

Consistent with FG’s plans to clear all elements of the country  of environmental challenges, the Federal Executive Council approved a credit facility of $200million to manage frequent flooding in Ibadan metropolis. Briefing State House Correspondents by the end of today’s Council ...

33 year old David Kalac strangled his  girlfriend 30 year old mother of 4 Amber Lynn Schraw, and posted photos of her body to 4chan. David killed Amber either on Monday night or Tuesday morning at their house in Washington ...

Donatella Versace, 59, who runs one of the most powerful fashion brands on the planet, her late brother Gianni Versace’s brand, has transformed herself right into a wax work in accordance with plastic surgeons with botox, implants and laser resurfacing ...

Ukraine’s Central Election Commission has recognized leader of the ultra-nationalist Right Sector, Dmytro Yarosh, an elected person in the country’s parliament at the commission’s meeting Thursday. Based on the Central Election Commission, Yarosh won in a single-member electoral district in ...

Since the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC came into existence in 2003, an overall total of 11 billion dollars has been recovered. This is disclosed by the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren yesterday. He also ...

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday discussed with members of Russia’s Security Council a sharp deterioration of the situation in eastern Ukraine caught in a standoff between Kiev-led forces and Donbas militia. Authorities in self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk republics have reported ...

The conditions for delivery of French-built Mistral-class helicopter carriers to Russia haven’t been met, AFP reported Thursday citing French Prime Minister Manuel Valls. “You know the French stand [on Mistral issue]. Today the conditions have not been met for their ...

Airbus has announced a preliminary contract to provide the China Aircraft Leasing Company (CALC) with 100 A320 airplanes, in a package worth around $10.2 billion. “When a leading leasing company, CALC, serving customers in the world’s fastest growing, dynamic aviation ...