To improve trade ties with the United States (US), Nigeria will continue to seek potential and greater areas of cooperation with the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said. He spoke when CCA President and CEO Ms. Florizelle Liser visited him at the State House, Abuja, during her maiden trip to […]
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Anti-corruption agencies in four countries are examining a British firm’s links to a multimillion-pound defence deal involving a former Nigerian warlord, Government Ekpemupolo. Ekpemupolo is popularly known as Tompolo. According to Guardian, Investigators in the UK, the US, Nigeria (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) and Norway are scrutinising Cas-Global, after it was alleged that the […]
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Fifty-one women are vying for the title of Miss USA in a decades-old event that features beauties from each state and the nation’s capital outfitted in dazzling dresses and swimsuits. A new Miss USA will be crowned Sunday during the two-hour event taking place in Las Vegas for the second year in a row. The […]
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“13 Reasons Why,” a hit Netflix show in which a teenager slits her wrists and leaves behind 13 tapes as clues to what made her do it, has alarmed US mental health experts who fear it glorifies suicide. While the show’s creators insist they are performing a public service, they tread a very fine line […]
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U.S.President Donald Trump signed his first piece of major legislation on Friday, a $1 trillion spending bill to keep the government operating through September. The bill cleared both houses of Congress this week and Trump signed it into law behind closed doors at his home in central New Jersey, well ahead of a midnight Friday […]
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The U.S. economy turned in the weakest performance in three years in the January-March quarter as consumers sharply slowed their spending. The result fell far short of President Donald Trump’s ambitious growth targets and underscores the challenges of accelerating economic expansion. The gross domestic product, the total output of goods and services, grew by just […]
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US forces in Afghanistan have struck an Islamic State tunnel complex with the “Mother Of All Bombs,” the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the US military, Pentagon officials said. The bomb, known officially as a GBU-43B, or Massive Ordnance Air Blast weapon, unleashes 11 tons of explosives. When it was developed in […]
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The Nigeria Department of State Security Service has said it has busted a deadly ISIS-linked Boko Haram terrorist gang that had planned to attack the United States of America, the United Kingdom and other western interests in Nigeria. The DSS in a statement by Tony Opuiyo, said it prevented the fatal attacks between the 25th […]
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U.S.-led coalition aircraft struck two locations in northern Syria on Saturday, killing at least 21 people, including a woman and her six children who were on a boat fleeing clashes between the Islamic State group and U.S.-backed fighters, activist groups said. Activist groups that operate in IS-held territory and are opposed to the militants have […]
Read More Oil prices surged more than 2 percent to a one-month high on Friday after the United States launched dozens of cruise missiles at an airbase in Syria, later dropping back as there seemed no immediate threat to supplies. U.S President Donald Trump said he had ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which a […]
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The United States warned Wednesday that it could take unilateral action if the United Nations fails to respond to a suspected chemical attack in Syria that has left scores dead, including children. The warning came from US Ambassador Nikki Haley during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council called by France and Britain following […]
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U.S. consumer spending barely rose in February amid delays in the payment of income tax refunds, but the biggest annual increase in inflation in nearly five years supported expectations of further interest rate hikes this year. The Commerce Department said on Friday consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, edged […]
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