The Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Tuesday forwarded names of three commissioners-designate to the state House of Assembly for consideration and confirmation.

Friends and colleagues of Nigeria's music producer, Don Jazzy, threw him a surprise birthday party last night at Escape. The guest list included Iyanya, Dr. Sid, Reekado Banks and more.

A former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has said the Federal Government does not need to amend the constitution before commencing the restructuring of the country.

Ohaneze Ndigbo inaugurates Igbo-Etiti Chapter By Amaechi Ugwele The Enugu State wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has inaugurated its Igbo-Etiti local government chapter in a well-attended ceremony held at Ogbede, the council headquarters.

The majority of Nations Cup players come from European clubs and increasingly found themselves drawn into a club versus country tug-of-war. The majority of Nations Cup players come from European clubs and increasingly found themselves drawn into a club versus country tug-of-war. The African Nations Cup finals are set to be expanded to 24 teams and moved to dates in June and July but will continue to be held every two years after recommendations on the tournament at a symposium in Morocco on Wednesday.

Centenary Bank and Mastercard have today announced at the Annual Bankers’ Conference their multipronged approach to digitising Uganda’s economy in support of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy. Following the recent signing of a strategic partnership agreement focused on boosting financial inclusion in the East African market, the two partners today further strengthened their partnership by signing a Commercial Banking Agreement (CBA) which will see the rollout of a broad suite of digital payment solutions.

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai condemned China's treatment of her fellow peace prize-winner Liu Xiaobo following his death of liver cancer in custody last week. Liu, 61, was jailed for 11 years in 2009 for "inciting subversion of state power" after he helped write a petition known as "Charter 08" calling for sweeping political reforms in China.

 By Henry Samuel France has launched a special smartphone application to track a rocketing plague of ticks, which cause over 30,000 cases of Lyme disease par year and pose a threat to thousands of British holidaymakers who take to the French countryside in summer.

By Alexandra Klausner A 4-year-old girl from England is losing her ability to walk and speak due to a rare disease damaging the white matter in her brain.