Last week Friday, the United Kingdom jolted the whole world by its surprise decision to pull out of the European Union, EU a decision that immediately reverberated across the globe. In Africa, currencies, stocks, and bonds tumbled and a few days later, the pounds sterling suffered a fall against the US dollar. In Nigeria, it compounded the woes of the naira which had already been hit by the new CBN policy allowing the market forces to determine the exchange rate of the naira.

The Bangladesh military spokesman, on Saturday confirmed the death of 20 hostages during a siege in Dhaka, when terrorists stormed a restaurant.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Friday encouraged Member States to adopt national and regional plans of action to prevent violent extremism.

Armenian international Henrikh Mkhitaryan became Jose Mourinho’s third signing of the close season for Manchester United on Saturday, the midfielder’s German club Borussia Dortmund announced.

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state and former Governor Martin Elechi seem not to be in the same line of thought following the car gift given to the later by the present administration in the State.

Mr Gideon Aremu, Chairman, Oyo State House of Assembly Committee on Information and Security, has been shot to death by gunmen at his residence.

The Bangladesh military spokesman, on Saturday confirmed the death of 20 hostages during a siege in Dhaka, when terrorists stormed a restaurant.

Abia state Governor-Elect has declared that the consequential declaration of a Federal High Court that he be sworn in immediately as the Governor of the state is a testimony to the majesty of the rule of law upon which constitutional governance is founded and relied on in Nigeria.

Eight years into her marriage, Sophia started to wonder if her husband had lost interest in sex.

World champions Germany play Italy in the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 on Saturday. The Germans have never beaten Italy in eight attempts at a major tournament. Here AFP Sports looks at their previous meetings:

Mavin Records’ pop singer, Di’ja has creatively announced the safe delivery of her son. She made the announcement on instagram through cartoon clips she posted detailing the timelines and milestones of her intimate life.

Tunde Olaniyan, an Ordinary National Diploma, OND student of the Lagos State Polytechnic , can be described as the proverbial cat with nine lives owing to his recent narrow escape from a suicidal act. The 21-year-old Accountancy student who concluded to end it all by drinking a poisonous substance last month , left a suicide note for his parents, notifying them of his action. Reason? His school fees which his family struggled to gather was stolen by suspected pick pockets, while on his way to school penultimate Tuesday, an act he concluded had dashed his hope of furthering his education .

Umuahia— Embattled Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state who was sacked from office on Thursday by a Federal High Court Abuja for alleged tax evasion declared yesterday that democracy was on trial in the state but vowed to challenge the court verdict up to the Supreme Court. Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja had in his judgement on Monday ordered INEC to issue a certificate of return to Ikpeazu’s challenger, Dr Uche Ogah and also ordered Ikpeazu to vacate office.

The economic hardship faced by Nigerians heightened over the last couple of weeks, as the prices of some petroleum products, such as Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas; kerosene and Automotive gasoline Oil (AGO) also known as diesel, recorded significant increase, forcing Nigerians to spend a huge chunk of their earnings on the essential commodities. In spite of several complaints and cries, the Federal Government and its agencies in charge of the sector, had refused to provide any explanation for the rise in the prices of the commodity, especially in the face of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s new foreign exchange policy which had helped narrow down the official and the parallel markets exchange rates.

The Department of State Security Service, DSS, has recorded a major success against criminals posing serious challenges to the nation through attacks on oil installations and kidnap of prominent Nigerians for pecuniary gains. The DSS said last night that it foiled fresh planned attacks on vital oil facilities in the Niger Delta region by arresting the masterminds of the onslaughts before they were able to carry out their nefarious actions. A statement made available to Saturday Vanguard in Abuja by the security agency and signed by Tony Opuiyo, said the DSS also arrested no fewer than 15 kidnap kingpins from various parts of the country, including the man who kidnapped the Personal Assistant to the Transport Minister, Igo Chinda.