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HSBC UK (HSBA.L) said on Tuesday some of its customers were struggling … Read more via U.S. – https://ift.tt/2EmNeJe Get more: Nigeria Business News

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl as archbishop of Washington, D.C., the Vatican said on Friday, making him one of the most senior Catholic figures to step down.... Read more via Reuters – https://ift.tt/2pRqlnm Get more World News

Brent crude was trading around its highest in nearly four years on Wednesday, while U.S. crude futures … Read more via Reuters – https://ift.tt/2zuocUi Get more: Nigeria Business News

(Reuters) – Bill Cosby arrived in court on Tuesday to learn whether he will go to prison for sexual assault as his sentencing hearing in a Pennsylvania courtroom concludes, capping a remarkable fall from grace for the comedian once known as “America’s Dad.” Prosecutors have asked that Cosby...

New pledges made last week by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to curb his nuclear weapons program may have opened the door to further talks with Washington, but just how much impact would they have on th.... Read more via Reuters – https://ift.tt/2OHjdEY Get more World News

Gunmen fired on a military parade in southwestern Iran on Saturday, killing 24 people, half of them members of the Revolutionary Guards, state news agencies reported, in one of the worst attacks ever on the elite force.State television said the assault, which wounded more than 60 … Read more...

Islamist militants have killed hundreds of soldiers in attacks in northeastern Nigeria in recent weeks, security and military sources say, forcing a turnaround in the course of an insurgency which the government has frequently claimed to have vanquished. The fatigued, ill-equipped government...

Shares in South Africa’s MTN rose 5 percent on Thursday, after Nigeria’s central bank said on Wednesday that it was reviewing information provided by the telecoms firm and four banks over a dispute on the repatriation of dividends.... Read more via Reuters News – https://ift.tt/2xC2agb Get...

(Reuters) – Nike Inc (NKE.N) has sold out 61 percent more merchandise since the controversial ad campaign featuring former NFL player Colin Kaepernick appeared earlier this month, according to data on the company’s online sales from Thomson Reuters Proprietary Research.... Read more via...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will impose 10 percent U.S. tariffs … Read more via More Top Stories – Google News – https://ift.tt/2QC4T1R Get more World News

LAGOS (Reuters) – Officers from Nigeria’s financial crime agency attempted to arrest an executive at Standard Chartered’s building in Lagos on Friday but left after the executive barricaded herself in an office, sources said.... Read more via nigeria – Google News – https://ift.tt/2xgo20u...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has agreed to plead guilty to two criminal counts in the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to court documents..... Read more via Reuters – https://ift.tt/2Mvngly Get more World News

West African governments should overhaul their drug laws to decriminalize personal use and prioritize treatment as a response to rising substance abuse in the region, former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo said on Tuesday.... Read more via Reuters – https://ift.tt/2CPzGWa Get More...

(Reuters) – A cautious comment by the EU Brexit negotiator that there could be a deal by November if unrealistic demands are taken off the table boosted sterling on Monday amid new optimism among investors....... Read more via Reuters – https://ift.tt/2O0RheK Get more World News

ROME (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is facing a “coup”, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told Reuters, pointing to an anonymous column in the New York Times detailing resistance within the Trump administration... Read more via U.S. – https://ift.tt/2CAQY97 Get more...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s (BABA.N) billionaire co-founder Jack Ma will announce a succession plan on Monday to hand the reins of his sprawling empire to a new generation of leaders but will remain executive chairman for the time being.... Read more via Reuters – https://ift.tt/2M9PlyW Get...

Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday hijacked a commercial bus and kidnapped the passengers on board in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. A relative of one of the kidnap victims, Isa Musa, told Reuters that between 10 and 20 people were kidnapped by the insurgents. It was uncertain of the exact...

NEW YORK (Reuters) – As many as 100 passengers and crew reported feeling ill on Wednesday during an Emirates flight from Dubai to New York, and health workers were evaluating them as the airplane sat on the tarmac of JFK International Airport, authorities said. The emergency services are seen...

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning to Syria not to launch an offensive in the rebel-held enclave of Idlib, saying on Tuesday that the area was a “nest of terrorism”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a news conference of Russian President...

U.S. oil prices rose on Tuesday, breaking past $70 per barrel, after two Gulf of Mexico oil platforms were evacuated in preparation for a hurricane. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were.... Read more via Reuters News – https://ift.tt/2MKsAXq Get more World News