Rampant insecurity and bureaucratic hassles are hindering efforts to rush aid to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN's humanitarian agency said on Tuesday. Decades of conflict have turned the region into one of the world's gravest and most intractable humanitarian crises. But in a report, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…

As the debate over the conduct of the general elections continues, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila said the independent national electoral commission (INEC) and security agencies in the country still deserve to be praised. In a welcome address at the start of the plenary yesterday, he thanked the INEC national…

Sri Lanka must not allow entrenched corruption to undermine a bailout for its bankrupt economy, the IMF said Tuesday after signing off on a $3 billion loan for the crisis-hit nation. The International Monetary Fund approved its long-delayed rescue programme on Monday after China, the South Asian island's biggest bilateral lender, offered debt relief assurances.…

The National Industrial Court has ordered the National Examinations Council (NECO) to reinstate a dismissed member of staff, Malam Ibrahim Musa. The reinstatement of the claimant as ordered by the court, was to the position or rank he ought to be at the judgment date. Delivering judgment, Justice Olufunke Anuwe, also declared that the employment…

The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, says he will host an aviation stakeholders forum on Thursday, March 23, in Abuja. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday by Mr James Odaudu, the Special Assistant to the Minister on Public Affairs. Sirika said the move was in continuation of the established tradition of regular…