It has been announced in Monrovia that electricity would soon be restored to the surroundings of Monrovia, something which has not been seen since the 1990s. Currently, central Monrovia and Sinkor are benefiting from the Emergency Power Program of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC).

A Political storm is gathering over the Ghana Government's recent announcement that it had sold 70 percent of Ghana Telecom for $900 million to Vodafone, the worlds leading mobile telecommunications operator.

Eight prominent indigenes of Bakassi yesterday asked a Federal High Court Abuja to halt the August 14 final cession of the oil-rich peninsular to Cameroon.

The 700 kilograms drugs impounded at the Lungi international airport, Sierra Leone's only international airport, is not a new phenomenon.

The Chief of the Se Traditional Area, Nene Drolor Boso Adamptey I, has appealed to the government, and other leaders in Africa, to stop using state resources to fix old problems, since that would not help the continent to develop.

Yesterday, the government hurriedly tabled the proposal for the sale of 70 percent of Ghana Telecom to Vodafone before parliament for approval. The government could get the deal approved, using its sheer numbers in parliament, but it would leave several unanswered questions over the prudence of the deal.

Wood is a product of the process of the natural recycling of elements in the air and the surface of the earth that makes life on earth possible. Life existed for millions of years without the use of fossil fuels but, since prehistoric times, mankind has used wood for heating and cooking.

The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has commenced the process of registration of Sim Cards in a bid to tackle security threats posed by some GSM suscribers

The Federal government yesterday kicked off a campaign for the removal of subsidy on petroleum products in the country. Minister of State for Energy (Petroleum) Mr. Odein Ajumogobia, who opened the campaign while addressing the National Executive Committee of the Trades Union Congress [TUC] in Lagos, urged labour organisations to support the government to ensure the removal of subsidy on petroleum ...

The insurgence of Niger Delta militants continued yesterday, as unidentified gunmen blew up the Tebidaba oil pipeline, belonging to Italian oil giant, Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC), in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa state.

Queues are yet to disappear from filling stations in major Nigerian cities, four days after tanker drivers suspended a three-day strike to press for less expensive diesel, good roads and a pay rise. Motorists are still feeling the pains of that strike by the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG).

The Federal Government has suggested a systematic removal of the huge sum of N1.5 trillion being paid as subsidy for petroleum products on yearly basis, saying the money will be channelled into local production to increase local capacity utilisation in the petroleum sector of the economy.

Hello, who's speaking please? Where do you live? Where do you work? Soon, the identities of every caller will be known across the networks without any hassles as the regulatory authorities move to check the use of mobile phones for crime.

Fourteen nationals of Philippines allegedly arrested while engaged in illegal oil bunkering off the Bayelsa coast in the Niger Delta were yesterday paraded by the security Joint Task Force (JTF) at its headquarters in Warri, Delta State.

The government is scaling down the scope of projects in next year's budget to save cost, Finance Minister, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman said yesterday in Abuja.

The nationwide industrial action embarked upon by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has again taken its toll on vital activities in the education sector.

The International Bank Liberia Limited has launched a new branch at the Caldwell Junction on Bushrod Island. The launching of a news branch is part of the bank's expansion of banking services across Monrovia.

MEMBERS of the Ebonyi state chapter of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), yesterday, marched round major streets of Abakaliki, protesting against the move by some state Governors to abolish the local government system in the country.

THE ASHANTI Regional Road Safety Committee, acting on the directives of the National Road Safety Commission, has successfully embarked on a joint-exercise with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), and the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), to have motorists remove fog and other auxiliary lights.

The Flag bearer of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom has kicked against government's decision to sell Ghana Telecom (GT) to Vodafone International Holding at the cost of $900 million.

Massive awareness campaign against 'fake goods' and other inappropriate business practices are among steps undertaken by the Liberia Crusaders for Peace (LCP) to put a halt to the decades-long national mess.

Former employees of Agriculture and Corporative Development Bank (ACDB) are in discussion with the Liberian government through the Agriculture Ministry for salary arrears and other benefits which according to them, government owes them.

The Minister of Aviation, Hon. Joe Baidoe-Ansah has called on West African states to foster closer and deeper co-operation in order to lift the Aviation Sector in the sub-region to the required standard to stimulate economic growth and social integration.

The Management of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, the leading waste management company in the country has gone a step further in bringing to reality the adage that "what a man can do, a woman can do and sometimes do it better".

Assinman Rural Bank goes Western Union