China Oil Tanker Seen at Iran Port for First Time Since EU Ban
A Chinese supertanker able to haul 2 million barrels of crude sent a signal from Iran’s largest export terminal in what may be the first visit of its kind since...
BRICS Approve Currency Fund as Bank Start-Up Stalls
Leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa approved a $100 billion fund to combat currency crises, while failing to reach agreement on financing for a development bank. China...
Finland: Asset Bubble Tests Sends Nordea Chairman on House Hunt
The chairman of Scandinavia’s biggest bank is putting his money where his mouth is. Bjoern Wahlroos of Nordea Bank AB (NDA) says there’s no housing bubble in Sweden. So he...
Petrobras plans N795bn divestment from Nigerian oil blocks
Brazilian oil major, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Petrobras, yesterday, commenced moves to sell off its stake in some Nigerian oil blocks valued at N795 billion ($5 billion). The sale of the...
japanese Woman jailed for starving kids to death
A 25-year-old mother whose two young children starved to death surrounded by rubbish after she locked them in her apartment has been sentenced to 30 years in jail in Japan,...
Nigerian Women Look Like Apes- Kim Kardashian
It appears that Nigerians will not be forgetting reality TV star, Kim KardashianÂ’s recent visit to AfricaÂ’s most populous country any time soon. From disagreements on her appearance fee to...
NIGERIA: Suspected cultist impregnates 7-year-old
POLICE at Orerokpe, Delta State, have arrested a suspected cultist, simply called Monday, for allegedly raping and impregnating a seven-year-old girl (names withheld). We learnt that the girl was living...
NIGERIA: Boko Haram fighting its last battle – DHQ
Defence Headquarters, yesterday, in Abuja dismissed fears being expressed over the increase in terrorist attacks in the Northern part of the country and the threat to move into the South-West,...
NIGERIA: Customs officer shot dead at Seme border
GUNMEN, Saturday, shot and killed a Customs officer, Mr Musa Bala, a Senior Inspector of Customs, at the Seme border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service. Confirming the development, spokesman...
NIGERIA: Gunmen kill policeman, 27 others in Plateau
A police corporal was among 28 persons killed, yesterday, when gunmen attacked two communities around Ganawuri in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. He was among the security personnel...