The United States Federal Aviation Administration (US FAA) is to commence the certification of the Nigerian aviation industry on August 21, 2017, says the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Speaking during a briefing at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, the spokesman for NCAA, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, stated that a four-man US FAA team is due […]
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The United States government is teaming up with Nigerian groups to launch a web-based platform allowing people to report everyday corruption in Africa’s populous nation. Graft is widespread and sometimes spectacular in Nigeria, and President Muhammadu Buhari took office in 2015 vowing to eradicate it. He warned that “if we don’t kill corruption, corruption will […]
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway said Friday it will amass a 700-million-share stake in Bank of America, making Buffett the largest shareholder in two of the nation’s largest banks. Berkshire said that it will convert warrants it purchased in Bank of America back in 2011, when the bank was struggling following the financial crisis, into common […]
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Nigeria on Thursday began to export yams to Europe and the United States, as part of moves to diversify its oil-dependent economy and earn much-needed foreign exchange. Agriculture minister Audu Ogbeh flagged off the first consignment of the fibrous tuber from the port in the country’s economic capital, Lagos. “Oil and gas cannot employ millions […]
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The State Department has approved arms sales to Taiwan worth a total of $1.4 billion, the first such deal with the self-governing island since President Donald Trump took office, officials said Thursday. The sale will anger China, which regards Taiwan as part of its territory. It comes at a delicate time for relations between Washington […]
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Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a stunning move that gives it hundreds of stores across the U.S. – a brand-new laboratory for radical retail experiments that could revolutionize the way people buy groceries. The deal valued at $13.7 billion unites the company that persuaded people to buy books – and then everything else – […]
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose renewable fuel use requirements for 2018 as soon as this week, five sources told Reuters this week, and traders expect no changes to conventional targets and modest increases to biofuel volumes. The proposal will mark the first from the administration under President Donald Trump for the […]
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Another U.S. appeals court stomped on President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban Monday, saying the administration violated federal immigration law and failed to provide a valid reason for keeping people from six mostly Muslim nations from coming to the country. The decision by a unanimous three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court […]
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NASA chose 12 new astronauts Wednesday from its biggest pool of applicants ever, selecting seven men and five women who could one day fly aboard the nation’s next generation of spacecraft. The astronaut class of 2017 includes doctors, scientists, engineers, pilots and military officers from Anchorage to Miami and points in between. They’ve worked in […]
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Oil prices fell on Monday as a relentless rise in U.S. drilling undermined an OPEC-led push to tighten supply. Trading activity will be subdued on Monday due to public holidays in China, the United States and Britain. Brent crude futures were trading down 15 cents, or 0.3 percent, at $52.00 per barrel at 0253 GMT. […]
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Bayelsa State Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has described the 21 students on the state’s scholarship at the prestigious Lincoln University in the United States as worthy ambassadors, pride to the state and their families. In a congratulatory message to the students, who graduated on May 12, Dickson said they made the state proud, having concluded […]
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North Korea has warned Donald Trump that it is prepared for war and is ready to use its “powerful nuclear deterrent”. Vice foreign minister Han Song Ryol blamed the US president for building up a “vicious cycle” of tensions on the Korean Peninsula, saying that his “aggressive” tweets were “making trouble”. In an exclusive interview […]
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