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The United States (US) has disclosed that it would ensure that no stolen funds from Nigeria are laundered through its banking system.

Presidency has denied any affinity between, Zahra, the daughter of President Mohammadu Buahri and an alleged comment from a Twitter handle which made uncomplimentary posts about her “making” some foreign leaders.

Presidency has dismissed insinuations that President Mohammadu Buhari is implementing a northern agenda in his political appointments.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will collaborate with relevant agencies to discipline anybody who is involved in foreign currency trafficking across Nigerian borders.

Sepp Blatter, the head of FIFA which is mired in corruption allegations, told a German newspaper Sunday that he won’t take travel risks until the situation is “cleared up”.

The other day, perhaps seven days back, if you came to this page, you would have come across a wish that at least, as a country, we could remain at a spot for some time rather than always hastening … and eventually sliding. I never really gave that a deep thought until I became more interested in the relationship between the ruling party and the presidency.

When he talks about aviation and tourism, he does so with passion. Dr. Franklin Adejuwon , one-time Commissioner for Home Affairs and Tourism in Lagos State and later Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, in this interview, speaks on what the country needs to do to revive the aviation and tourism sectors.
He also speaks on the purported sale of the National Theatre, the railway and why government should leave pilgrimage in the hands of private tour operators.

The Police in Yobe on Sunday confirmed the killing of six persons in a suicide bomb attack on a church in Potiskum.

My friend, Jacob, a strong member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) almost got me angry a few days ago. What did he do? Although we were seeing for the first time this year, the first thing he said to me was that Chief John Oyegun whom he described as my Edo brother was responsible for the stalemate in their party, which has been crisis ridden for some weeks now. Not even a hello to start with, let alone to ask after my family; I wondered aloud!

A US-led coalition has carried out some of its heaviest air strikes yet on the Islamic State group’s de facto Syrian capital, killing more than 30 people, including six civilians.

The General Overseer, Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi, has charged Nigerians to adopt right attitudes to life in order to get blessings from God.

Alhaji Ado Halilu, the Sarkin Makafi (Emir of the blind) in Kano, has called on wealthy individuals to support the destitute in order to eradicate begging among them permanently.

The Kano State Government on Saturday described as false report in some national dailies and online media that Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje has banned Christians resident in the state from going to church on Sundays.

The Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi, has linked forceful marriage of the girl-child, Boko Haram insurgent and similar social vices in Nigeria to exposure of youths to information technology and social media.