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Africa Investors Looking Beyond Negative Headlines -World Bank

Investors in Africa are increasingly able to see beyond negative headlines of violence in nations like South Sudan, Nigeria and Kenya, but they also seek more protection against risk for their business ventures, a senior World Bank official said. “There...

Stock Futures Advance Ahead Of Release Of Fed Minutes

Stock index futures advanced on Wednesday, putting the S&P 500 on track to rebound from a broad selloff in the prior session ahead of the release of minutes from the most recent meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Fed...

Barclays Denies Has Decided To End Premier League Backing

Barclays (BARC.L) dismissed reports that it had would drop its sponsorship of the English Premier League as premature, the bank noting that the 120 million pound ($202 million) contract has another two years to run. Speculation that Barclays would end...

Netflix To Launch In Six European Countries This Year

Netflix Inc will launch its online movie and TV subscription service later this year in France, Germany and four other European countries, in a major push into new markets. The other new countries Netflix will enter in late 2014 are...

PDP Postpones Ekiti Governorship Campaign Presidential Flag-Off Over Jos Bomb Blast

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, May 21, (THEWILL) – The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed by one week, the Presidential flag-off of Ekiti state governorship election campaign billed for Thursday. A statement from the national headquarters...

Finally, Senate Approves Emergency Rule Extension in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa

...Directs Full Military Operation BEVERLY HILLS, CA, May 20, (THEWILL) – The Senate, Tuesday, unanimously approved a further six months extension of emergency rule in the three North East states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states but with conditions. Rising from...

Tenure Extension For GEJ, Others: Delegate Osung Expressing Personal Views, Says National Confab Secretariat

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20, (THEWILL) – The National Conference Tuesday described the views expressed at a recent media briefing convened by a delegate to the Conference, Chief Okon Osung, from Akwa Ibom State, regarding tenure extension for any elected...

Chibok: Shettima Okays N150m Rehab Fund For 53 School Girls, Traumatised Parents

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20, (THEWILL) – Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, Tuesday, approved the sum of N150million as rehabilitation fund for the 53 Chibok schoolgirls who escaped from Boko Haram captivity and for the assistance of the traumatised parents...

OPINION: MUTINY IN THE ARMY: MATTERS ARISING!

On Wednesday, 14th day of May, 2014, reports went round the country that an army general, the General Officer Commanding, GOC of the 7 division of the Nigerian Army in Borno State, Major General Ahmed Mohammed’s official vehicle was...

OPINION: PATRIOTISM TO DEATH; THE VOW OF THE NIGERIAN MILITARY

While patriotism to the Nigerian cause can no longer be considered a given, there still some patriotic individuals and institutions who will give their lives to die for this nation, because they believe in the entity called Nigeria. No doubt,...

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