June 18, 2015 - Page 3

Thailand on Thursday said a 75-year-old man from Oman was confirmed to have MERS in Southeast Asia’s first case of the virus since an outbreak in South Korea that has killed 23

Two Argentine businessmen wanted on US charges of bribing FIFA officials have surrendered, the justice ministry said Thursday. Father and son marketing executives Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, the owners of sports marketing

Supporters of Ugandan presidential hopeful Amama Mbabazi have been jailed for unlawful assembly and violating election rules, days after the former prime minister launched a bid to unseat longtime leader Yoweri Museveni,

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday fixed July 1 for judgment in the money laundering trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia adjourned the case

Prices of tomatoes, pepper and some other foodstuffs have increased in the major cities across the country with the commencement of Ramadan, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has revealed. A market

Oil prices rose Thursday following a mixed US energy report and after the US Federal Reserve signalled it would keep its near-zero benchmark interest rates unchanged for now, analysts said. US benchmark

The EU said Thursday that Hungary’s building of a fence to keep out migrants was not an effective way of halting the tide of humanity washing up on Europe’s borders. Hungary said

Rebel fire killed eight people in Syria’s second city Aleppo Thursday, the latest in a spate of civilian deaths in government-held districts this week, a monitoring group said. “A large rocket knocked

Thirty seven ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other commodities are expected to arrive in Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos, from June 18 to June 30. The Nigerian