A list of goods banned for export to North Korea signals China’s commitment to enforcing international sanctions and is in no way intended to punish Pyongyang, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Hong Lei, a Spokesman for China’s Ministry of…
The battle for the soul of the Peoples Democratic Party is reverberating across the country. The party’s fortune in Borno State is taking a turn for the worse, reportsJOHN ALECHENU These are certainly not the best of times for the…
Tt is regarded as the richest Island in the country. It hosts the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited, Mobil Producing Unlimited and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). But,OLUKOREDE YISHAU, who has been to the Island three times, writes that…
The army has justified the widely condemned killing of nine people in Abuja. They were suspected terrorists, who planned to bomb some key installations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), according to Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika. The…
WASHINGTON – Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and European banks RBS and UBS were the biggest beneficiaries of very short-term Federal Reserve loans extended at the height of the financial crisis, according to data released on Wednesday. The details of the…
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama held a White House meeting Saturday with the Dalai Lama, a fellow Nobel Peace laureate, hours after China called on the U.S. to rescind an invitation that could sour relations with Beijing. The Tibetan spiritual…
