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European shares rose and Wall Street was set for a stronger open on Tuesday, as … Read more via Reuters – https://ift.tt/2OWt9dy Get more: Nigeria Business News

South Korea and the United States are expected to announce the suspension of “large-scale” military drills this week, with the provision that they..... Read more via Reuters – https://ift.tt/2LVf5iO Get more World News

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Police hunting for a gunman who fled naked after killing four people at a Nashville Waffle House searched public schools through the night to make sure they would be safe when they reopen on Monday. Read more via Reuters – https://ift.tt/2HSIUjg Get more World News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed to hospital on Tuesday, Israeli media reported. Netanyahu was suffering from a fever and coughing, several media reports said. Netanyahu’s office had no immediate comment. READ MORE HERE

Facebook Inc on Friday said it was suspending political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked for President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign, after finding data privacy policies had been violated. Facebook said in a statement that it suspended Cambridge Analytica and its...

The 54-year old king was treated at a Paris clinic after suffering from a “heart rhythm disorder” on Jan. 20, the agency said, adding he had been diagnosed with an “atrial flutter”. The surgery normalized the heart rhythm, and the king would be able to resume his duties without any...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to Panama John Feeley, a career diplomat and former Marine Corps helicopter pilot, has resigned, telling the State Department he no longer feels able to serve President Donald Trump. “As a junior foreign service officer, I signed an oath to serve faithfully...

Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of Christ, “Salvator Mundi”, sold for a record-smashing $450.3 million (N162bn) on Wednesday at Christie‘s, more than double the old price for any work of art at auction. READ MORE HERE

Microblogging website Twitter known for its iconic 140-character tweets, said on Tuesday it would roll out 280-character tweets to users across the world READ MORE HERE

A gunman with an assault rifle stormed a church in rural Texas on Sunday, killing at least 26 worshippers and wounding 20 others in an attack that has been described as one of the deadliest mass shooting in US history READ MORE HERE

Opposition supporters in Kenya have clashed with the Kenyan police as the presidential election rerun holds. Angry youths were reported burning barricades and preventing voting in some towns, seeking to challenge the credibility of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s expected victory. READ MORE HERE

Myeshia Johnson, the widow of a U.S. Army sergeant La David Johnson, killed in Niger this month has revealed that Donald Trump's call to her for condolence made her cry even worse READ MORE HERE

Oil markets jumped on Monday on concerns over potential renewed U.S. sanctions against Iran as well as conflict in Iraq. An explosion at a U.S. oil rig and reduced exploration activity also supported prices hike. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at 57.85...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says he has not thought about running for president in the 2019 election. Professor Osinbajo said this on Monday at the FT Africa conference in London where he is one of the speakers, Reuters reported. This comes amid talks about whether President Muhammadu Buhari...

French businesswoman and mother Samira Amarir struggled to find toys which could help impart her Islamic faith to her young daughter, so she invented her own. Now the Barbie-lookalike “Jenna” doll, which she designed from scratch to recite four chapters from the Quran, has entered mass...

A 23-year-old undertaker won a contest at Japan’s biggest funeral expo on Thursday that tested ancient skills in the ritual dressing of the dead. “I practiced every day to prepare for this competition,” said a smiling Rino Terai after her win over three other finalists. “I took videos and made...

Fed-up with the grind of taking a bus or bike to work every day on congested streets in Munich, Benjamin David started swimming there instead. The burly beer garden worker now packs his laptop and clothes into a waterproof bag which he puts on his back, dons his wetsuit and slides into the...

President Muhammadu Buhari and his loyalists have restrained the acting President, Yemi Osinbajo from performing as the window for the Nigeria's stand-in president to launch bold economic reforms and wrestle the ill-disciplined naira currency into shape is fast closing. President Buhari...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo spent one hour with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in London and then swiftly left to begin the journey home. According to Reuters, Osinbajo arrived in the night at the Abuja House, where Buhari has been living since he arrived 8 May, from Nigeria for...