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Tier two lender, Diamond Bank Plc has confirmed that the sum of N250 million has been deducted from its account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The bank sent a notice to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) after trading hours…

A former advisor to US President Donald Trump whose contacts with Russians set off the investigation into possible collusion with Moscow was jailed on Friday for lying to the FBI. US District Judge Randolph Moss sentenced…

The Senate president and presidential aspirant, Bukola Saraki, has appointed a lawyer, Ilemona Onoja, as the official spokesman for his 2019 election campaign. The director general of the Bukola Saraki Campaign Organisation, Mohammed…

Paris Saint-Germain forward Timothy Weah revealed his mother played a big part in convincing him to remain with the Ligue 1 champions, though he may reconsider going out on loan in January. The 18-year-old United States international…

Ahmed Abdulfatah, Governor of Kwara State, has picked up the nomination form for the Kwara South Senatorial District. He is seeking to contest on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a tweet via his handle on…

Owolabi Salis has emerged the governorship candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) for the 2019 elections in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Salis emerged by consensus through a voice vote at the party’s…

Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, says he will no longer contest the 2019 presidential election because the All Progressives Congress (APC) rigged the last governorship election in the state. Fayose had declared interest in…

Opeyemi Bamidele, a former member of the house of representatives, says the doctors who treated him in London became born again due to his miraculous healing. Bamidele returned to Nigeria last week after two months treating gunshot…

Two married women reportedly stripped themselves naked in a brawl over the ownership of a widower in Okpoko, Ogbaru local government area of Anambra State. The women, a civil servant and a petty trader (names withheld) were said to had…

A 28-year-old man, Kelvin Michael, who allegedly raped a woman to death, was yesterday arraigned in Ota, Ogun. Michael Tunde Akinola,  of  No. 21 Abebi St., Sango-Ota, is facing murder charge at an Ota Magistrates’ Court. A state…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday offered former governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, the senatorial ticket for Kano Central District in next year’s general elections. The offer was part of the terms reached by…

Comedians, Bovi Ugomma and Francis ‘IGoDye’ Agoda, are in the middle of a war of words over the bid of Emmanuel Uduaghan to contest for the senate in 2019. The former Delta governor recently moved to the All Progressives Congress…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has started work on a petition linking Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, to a contract scam. The Spokesperson for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said…

A faction of the Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the national working committee (NWC) led by Adams Oshiomhole that going ahead with primary elections in the state “will spell doom for the party and expose…

Donald Trump’s tariffs against China are not yet quenching America’s appetite for Chinese goods as China’s trade surplus with the United States ballooned to a new record $31 billion in August. The official data was released hours…

Heads of State, Governments and delegations from 52 African countries, including Nigeria and the People’s, Republic of China met in Beijing, under the auspices of the Forum on China and Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). The tri-annual…

The London-based professor, Joseph Misfud who told former Donald Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos that Russia had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton is missing and he may be dead. Professor Mifsud contacted George Papadopoulos(…

Bobrisky has finally opened up on what really went wrong with his recent UK trip and reports of his deportation from the country, According to him, he wasn't deported from UK, rather he was only asked to go and get the right visa for…

A matron at a private hospital on Shibiri Road, Ajangbadi, Lagos State, Mrs. Victoria Ukwu, has been arrested in connection with a mutilated body of a one-year-old twin, Favour Orogbu. Two nurses at the hospital, Navico Clinic and…

On the defensive over damning accounts of the inner workings of his administration, Donald Trump, set out Friday to discredit the testimony that cast doubt on his ability to lead the United States. A book by investigative journalist…

A former National President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and Senatorial aspirant for Benue South Senatorial district, Daniel Onjeh, has said that former Senate President David Mark, lacks the capacity to be…

Alibaba co-founder and chairman Jack Ma plans to retire from the Chinese e-commerce giant on Monday to devote his time to philanthropy focused on education. Ma was an English teacher before starting Alibaba in 1999 and built it into…

Recently calculated total exports to Nigeria from China amounted to about $75 billion while on the Nigerian side, total export to China was about $9.6 billion. This took the total trade volume between the two countries, as at July…

The Central Bank of Nigeria, on Friday, injected the sum $303.91m into the interbank retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales segment of the foreign exchange market. The CBN said in a statement that it also sold CNY 46.58m in the spot…