U.S. President Barack Obama and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will meet April 17 to discuss a range of security issues, including the crisis in Ukraine and ongoing efforts to counter Islamic State, the White House said on Tuesday.
"Italy...
Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd will venture into smartphone games, heeding calls from investors to boost revenue by taking iconic characters like Super Mario to players increasingly shunning its consoles.
Nintendo, which already warned its annual operating profit...
Photo-sharing application company Pinterest has raised $367 million in its latest round of funding, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday.
The amount raised values the company at $11 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The...
European Union antitrust regulators have extended their deadline for a decision on General Electric's (GE.N) 12.4 billion euro ($13.15 billion) bid for Alstom's (ALSO.PA) power equipment business after a request from the U.S. group.
The European Commission, which opened a...
BEVERLY HILLS, March 16, (THEWILL) – The multinational force on counter-terrorism battling the Boko Haram insurgency in Northern Nigeria, Monday, resolved to establish, with immediate effect, a Joint Operations Headquarters to coordinate the activities of the ongoing counter-terrorism campaign.
This...
BEVERLY HILLS, March 16, (THEWILL) – Medical doctors in the employment of the Lagos State government Monday commenced an indefinite strike over a protracted pay dispute and other workers related issues.
The doctors, under the aegis of the Medical Guild,...
Prof Attahiru Jega has proven to be the hero of democratic innovations through the insistence on using card reader as means of authenticating voters in the upcoming 2015 elections, in a nation where satanic madness is raging over the...
Mama Peace, as Dame Patience Jonathan is fondly called by admirers, remains an enigma due to her passion to canvass for peace across the length and breadth of Africa, in her capacity as the President of African First Ladies...
In Nigeria of today, the more you decide to keep quiet and just do your things, the more things happen that will make it cogent and compelling for you to speak as a man of conscience. This is more...
Challengers don't let things remain the way they are, they are advocates of change and will go the extra mile to see they emerge victorious in whatever contest they are into.
It calls for concern when the ruling party PDP...