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China’s trade surplus with the United States surged by a fifth in the first three months of the year, rising 19.4 percent year-on-year to $58 billion in January-March, with exports up 14.8 percent and imports 8.9 percent higher.…

The US embassy in Cambodia has fired 32 people after they were allegedly caught sharing pornographic material in a non-official chat group, several sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. Four sources told Reuters that…

After accusing Amazon for months of not paying its fair share of postage, President Trump has ordered a review of the US Postal Service’s finances via an executive order issued late Thursday night. The order calls for a task force to…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday said there was no controversy over the lifting of the suspension on trading on Oando Plc’s shares. Its acting Director-General, Dr Abdul Zubair, explained to reporters in Abuja…

•Abductors demand N100m ransom There was pandemonium yesterday in Akobo, Ibadan home of Otun Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Lekan Balogun, as two suspected kidnappers stormed the house and abducted his five-year-old twins, a boy and a…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal office, has arrested the Managing Director of Platinum Multi-purpose Cooperative Society Limited,  Michael Osasogie Obasuyi, for alleged cybercrime and money laundering.…

In its quarterly magazine publication, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, says it hopes to complete the automation of its crude oil sale by the last quarter of 2018. “The corporation at the moment has succeeded in…

Reality show star, Khloe Kardashian who reportedly had contractions earlier today following viral reports of her baby daddy, Tristan Thompson cheating on her with multiple, has welcomed a baby girl. Recall that we reported earlier…

A widow got the shock of her life when she was told that her millionaire husband of 42 years left her nothing in his will. Joan Thompson, 79, had lived in Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, with her husband Wynford Hodge for 42…

The house of representatives committee on emergency and disaster management has summoned Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over the “illegal” suspension of directors at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The committee,…

This is your house, Ooni tells him The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Adewale Akanbi, is presently attending a meeting of the Osun State Traditional Rulers Council Meeting at the palace of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. Oluwo has…

Who are the killer-herdsmen? They are gunmen trained by the late Libyan President Muammar Gadaffi, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday. The President spoke at the Abuja House in London when Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby…

Having spent 11 weeks on the number one spot of the highly rated Billboard Hot 100 Chart, Drake‘s latest single God’s Planhas become his longest to stay on top of the chart. His last single which topped the chart for a lengthy period…

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday said it had the intention of adding value to pension administration in the state. The Speaker, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, disclosed this at a Public Hearing on a Bill for a Law to Amend the…

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has ruled out widespread allegation linking him with a plot to defect to the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) insisting that no forces in that party would trick him to dump the governing…

Ghana owes a total of $160m for gas supplied to its largest power producer, Volta River Authority, from Nigeria through the West Africa Gas Pipeline, our correspondent has learnt. N-Gas Limited, a company owned by the Nigerian National…

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, in Lagos Wednesday said it had seized 98 bags and 570 parcels of Indian hemp with duty paid value at N74.4 million. The agency said the drugs were coming from Togo and Ghana and a…

A lady simply identified as Dara has taken to Instagram to narrate on how she was robbed today on the Eko Bridge. According to Dara, she was mercilessly slapped, beaten and injured in the process just because she refused to hand over her…

Nigerian lender, First City Monument Bank, known for its strong youth empowerment and development drive, on Monday, April 09 2018 formally opened its Flexx Hub in LASPOTECH Ikorodu Main Campus to cater to the banking needs of the…

A Pastor, Joshua Ibeneme, on Wednesday, approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to end his 21-year-old marriage to his wife, Uzoamaka for allegedly having sex with two of his church members. Ibeneme told the court that his wife…

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and chief executive officer of Dangote Group, on Tuesday celebrated his 61st birthday with a private ceremony. The ceremony, which held in his Lagos office, had family and friends in attendance.…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered N28billion from tax defaulters for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Executive Chairman of the FIRS Babatunde Fowler stated this when he led a delegation to…

Adebayo Shittu, minister of communications, says former President Olusegun Obasanjo cannot stop President Muhammadu Buhari from winning in 2019. Speaking in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Tuesday, Shittu described Buhari’s…

A topless protester who charged at Bill Cosby as he arrived at his sexual-assault retrial Monday morning has been identified as Nicolle Rochelle, a 39-year-old actress who appeared in four episodes of The Cosby Show. Rochelle jumped…