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Nigerians living outside the country have so far remitted over $35 billion back to the country this year,  the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora matters, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said. Speaking in Abuja yesterday when she paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Chairman, …

The Nigerian government on Wednesday released the postings of the 47 career Ambassadors recently appointed by President Buhari. The lists of the Ambassadors, who are currently undergoing a four-day induction in Abuja, are as follows: Abia: Obinna Chukwuemeka Agbugba (Togo), Adamawa: Salisu Umaru (Senegal), Paragalda Ilyasu Audu (Turkey), Akwa Ibom: …

  Next time you’re at the Taj Mahal, find yourself standing on a precarious cliff or see an approaching train, maybe just enjoy the moment rather than trying to capture the perfect selfie. These are just three of the ways that 76 selfie-takers in India have lost their lives, according …

US President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be his powerful national security advisor is a former military intelligence chief who sees militant Islam as the biggest threat to global stability. The retired three-star general, a veteran of America’s recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has courted controversy with extreme statements that …

As the pro-national sovereignty movement continues to surge in Europe following the historic British “Brexit” vote to exit the European Union, a growing push for a United States “Amexit” from the United Nations and other international institutions is gaining steam.     After the Brexit, Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie (shown being …

American tycoon Frank McCourt on Monday officially completed his purchase of French Ligue 1 side Marseille, his communications office confirmed. The 63-year-old former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers signed the necessary paperwork in Paris having entered into exclusive discussions to buy Marseille from owner Margarita Louis-Dreyfus on August 29. …

Barack Obama will on Friday veto legislation allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, risking public outrage and the first congressional override of his presidency. The White House confirmed Thursday that Obama would veto the legislation — unanimously passed by Congress — allowing 9/11 families to launch civil suits against …

Federal authorities on Sunday detained five people with possible links to the New York bombing, local media reported, citing unnamed law enforcement sources. The FBI’s New York branch tweeted that no one had been charged in connection with the blast in the city’s Chelsea neighborhood, which injured 29 people — …

The Federal Government has secured the imprisonments of 269 persons who trafficked humans in Nigeria since 2003, the acting Director-General of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Abdulrasak Dangiri, said on Monday. He also hinted that cases of human trafficking from Nigeria across overseas, especially Europe have …

13 people have been confirmed dead on Wednesday, a local official said, after they apparently drank toxic homemade liquor in India’s eastern Bihar, despite a state-wide ban on alcohol. At least 18 people were taken to hospital late Tuesday due to severe stomach ache and vomiting. “Thirteen people have died …