World Bank chief unopposed for 2nd term
American president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim stands unopposed for a second term, with an invaluable endorsement...
Drones ground flights at Dubai airport
Drones temporarily grounded flights at the world’s busiest Dubai International Airport on Friday morning, a spokesperson said. The suspension...
Trump shelves building two new hotels
The company overseeing President Donald Trump’s business dealings has dropped plans to develop two new lines of hotels, citing...
Ghana’s “Alomo Bitters’’ sold 580,000 cartons in Nigeria
Alomo Bitters, a herbal alcoholic drink produced by Kasapreko Ltd., a Ghanaian-owned company based in Ghana, sold 13.9 million...
Police raid homes in Indonesia to stop Valentine’s Day celebrations
Authorities in Indonesia have conducted raids in Surabaya, and Makassar city on Sulawesi island to snuff out couples indulging...
NCS siezes $900m worth of Pangolin in 2018
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says that more than 900 million dollars’ worth of Pangolin for illicit trading were...
US fails to halt Iran bid to free frozen billions
An international court Wednesday ruled Iran can proceed with a bid to unfreeze assets in the United States, rejecting...
Another U.S. shutdown looms as border deal talks collapses
Talks on border security funding collapsed after Democratic and Republican lawmakers clashed over immigrant detention policy as they worked...
Oil prices fall as U.S. increases drilling
Oil prices fell by more than 1 percent on Monday as U.S. drilling activity picked up, even as a...
British PM May lands in Brussels over Brexit demand
British Prime Minister Theresa May was in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday to plead with EU leaders to change the...
Trump to pitch optimism, ‘greatness’ in State of Union
US President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech will urge optimism, pulling back from Washington’s current climate of...
Trump surrenders over government shutdown
Without getting money for his Mexico border wall, President Donald Trump said on Friday he has reached a deal...
Nigeria, Turkey Hold Joint Trade Mission In July 2019
Nigerian and Turkey will be making a huge move to strengthen bilateral trade between them in July as they...
Man stabs nephew’s dog for killing his chicken
A man from Texas, U.S., Owen Jay Petitt , has been arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing his...
Court approves Trump’s transgender ban
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration’s restrictions on transgender military service to take effect while arguments in the...
13 die as overloaded boat capsizes in Indonesia
Rescuers have retrieved 13 corpses after an overloaded wooden boat capsized in a River in Central Indonesia, Senior Rescuer...