The football magician Lionel Messi arrived in Kolkata early Wednesday to take part in the FIFA international friendly match against Venezuela, which will be played at the Salt Lake Stadium on Sept. 2.
Here's a bold prediction to feed Western worries that power is shifting inexorably to the East: China's yuan could overtake the U.S. dollar as the world's principal reserve currency as soon as next decade.
Here's a bold prediction to feed Western worries that power is shifting inexorably to the East: China's yuan could overtake the U.S. dollar as the world's principal reserve currency as soon as next decade.
At least 18 people were killed at a U.N. base in Abuja, Nigeria on Friday when a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into the headquarters. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has since condemned the morning attack and said top officials will be dispatched to the Nigerian capital to respond to the emergency.
At least 18 people killed were killed when a car bomb exploded on Friday at the UN's headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria.
As revolutionaries overran the compound of Moammar Gadhafi early on Wednesday, the dictator made a vow to fight against rebels that would end in either his death or victory.
China's buying of West African crude oil is set to rise about 15 percent in September from August, trade sources said on Friday, but overall Asian imports from West Africa will fall due to slower Indian demand.
Nigeria will increase its capabilities in handling a variety of tasks such as security, agriculture and disaster monitoring, following the successful launch of two satellites into space on Wednesday.
Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has received a sizeable ransom demand for the return of his kidnapped father, the player's management company confirmed on Thursday.
Two satellites launched on Wednesday by Nigeria will help the African nation monitor weather patterns and resource management. The launch happened in Yasny, in Southern Russia.
The SSTL's NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites, which were built under contract with the Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), will give Nigeria the ability to perform monthly crop monitoring, help with increasing urban planning demands through the development of engineering skill, and advance the growth of new technologies in the African country.
Nigeria Wednesday launched two satellites, NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X spacecraft, which have a variety of applications, including the monitoring of disaster-prone areas, into orbit from a launch pad based in Russia.
Nigeria's headline inflation unexpectedly fell in July, data showed, reaching its lowest level for more than three years following an aggressive period of monetary tightening by the central bank.
Nigeria distributed 616 billion naira from federal accounts to its three tiers of government for July, up by 1.6 percent from the previous month, the accountant general said on Friday.
After Yuri Zhirkov's departure back home to Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala, Andre Villas-Boas is attempting to bring in Alvaro Pereira, according to the Daily Mail, whom he worked with during his time at Porto.
South Africa's Reserve Bank sees no reason at this stage to make any significant changes in the make up of its foreign currency reserves, the Bank said on Monday, after Nigeria and Mauritius announced plans to diversify their own holdings.
S.Africa's rand and stocks fell to multi-month lows on Monday as investors dumping risk hammered everything from resource firms to banks after the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating prompted a sell-off.
Carcinogens float in drinking wells in Nigeria.
Scientists have identified an emerging "superbug" strain of salmonella that is highly resistant to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin, or Cipro, often used for severe salmonella infections, and say they fear it may spread around the world.
President Goodluck Jonathan needs to end the violence in his country.
Think a U.S. Government default on its debt won't affect you immediately? Think again: a default would likely weaken the dollar substantially, pushing up oil prices almost immediately, and that would send already-high U.S. gas prices to the stratosphere.
“Those who have been involved in war crimes or crimes against humanity will find no haven on our shores,” said Immigration Minister Jason Kenney in Toronto.
