Hundreds of thousands of people could lose Internet service on today when the FBI shuts down servers from an online fraud ring that allegedly planted a virus among computer users.

The  value of Nigeria’s  nation’s agricultural sector has been projected to hit about $256 billion by the year 2030 up from the current $99 billion, the African Journal, a publication of the Corporate Council on Africa stated in its  July  2012 edition.

The United States (US) recorded another trade deficit with Nigeria in 2011, according to latest information from the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on trade between the two countries.

Nigerian Embassy bankers in Washington D.C,, the Manufacturers and Traders Trust Bank (M & T Bank), United States (US), says  that the  bank accounts of the Nigerian embassy were at no time frozen.

Developing countries should prepare for a long period of volatility in the global economy by re-emphasizing medium-term development strategies, while preparing for tougher times, says the World Bank in the newly-released Global Economic Prospects (GEP) released in Washington D.C.

In brutally poor neighbourhoods and mansions alike, this city choked by military checkpoints seethes with rumors, paranoia and conspiracy theories.

The United States Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) plans to modify the country’s visa to accommodate business travellers. This was disclosed by David Hinson, deputy director, Minority Business Development Agency, United States Department of Commerce at a U.S-Africa Trade Investment conference last week.

At least 40 women from various parts of sub-Saharan Africa are to converge in Washington D.C in June under the auspices of the African Growth Opportunity Act, AGOA.