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North Korea has lounched a missile that landed in the sea of Japan, also known as the East sea- US official said

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South Korea's government has brushed aside US President Donald Trump's suggestion that it should pay for a $1bn missile defence system the two allies are installing in South Korea to guard against threats from North Korea. The first components of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system have already been delivered and set up at a former golf course in South Korea - infuriatingChina - at a time of heightened tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmes. Top US officials have said THAAD will be operational "within days". "I informed South Korea it would be appropriate if they paid. It's a billion-dollar system,"Trump said in an interview with the Reuters news agency. "It's phenomenal. It's the most incredible equipment you've ever seen - shoots missiles right out of the sky," said Trump. "And it protects them and I want to protect them. We're going to protect them. But they should pa

The popular store called THe BIGGERA located at Igboefon lekki Epe express way is on fire and Lagos State response unit are already taking preventive mesure to protect the building and its resident  but the main cause of the fire is yet to be known.

The popular store called THe BIGGERA located at Igboefon lekki Epe express way is on fire and Lagos State response unit are already taking preventive mesure to protect the building and its resident  but the main cause of the fire is yet to be known.

An Executive Management staff, who spoke on condition of anonymity said the retrenchment was their best option towards sustainable growth and return to profitability. 625 members of staff of Sterling bank have lost their jobs as the management of the bank have approved the termination of their appointment.

The widespread insult passed by the popular manarch Oba of Lagos in an event to have rubbish the crown of the Oni of Ife who is the number one citizen of all the Yoruba tribe because he is the representative of Oduduwa according to Yoruba culture. However, Oba of lagos defend his action towards the Oni. According to the Nation: the oba explain the following reason _ “Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu has called on Lagos residents to go for glaucoma screening to prevent blindness. “So, as a person living with glaucoma, I can say for anyone not to go blind, if you are being treated for glaucoma, be sure to take your prescribed glaucoma medicine every day. See your eye care professional regularly. "You can help protect the vision of family members and friends, who may be at high risk for glaucoma, especially those over age 40 and everyone over 60 years and people with a family history of the disease by sharing information as I am doing. “Please encourage them to have a comprehen

The Ooni of Ife attempted to greet the Oba of Lagos,Oba Akiolu who was seated next to the Igbo king but was ignored by the Lagos monarch who simply waved his hand the Ooni. The embarrassed monarch displayed maturity by not losing his cool,rather,he quietly returned to his seat to have a chat with Igwe Achebe at the public function. This incident, however, caused outrage as many commentators took the social medias to condemn the Oba of Lagos for this unbecoming act.  It is yet a mystery as to the cause of this act by the Oba of Lagos as the monarchs were presumably in good terms. Last year, both monarchs attended the birthday celebration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja in the company of each other.

Many escape death as fuel tanker catches fire after crashing into a car at the charity/Ladipo end of Oshodi -Apapa express way Lagos Nigeria.

Born to the family of Senator Ayoola Adeleke and Esther Adeleke in Enugu, on January 15, 1955, Adeleke spent his early years in Enugu city until the beginning of the Nigerian civil war in 1967. Young Adeleke started his primary education at Christ Church School, Enugu before moving to Ibadan, where he completed his secondary education at Ogbomoso Grammar School. An erudite politician, Adeleke holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, and a Master’s degree In Public Administration. As a public servant, Adeleke was a former chairman, Governing Council, Nigerian Export Promotion Council and later Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, University of Calabar, Nigeria. RIP

                          The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the temporary forfeiture of a 12-storeyed building located   at 27, Marine Road, Apapa  belonging to the senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Peter Nwaoboshi, over an alleged contract scam of N1.5bn.                       The EFCC told the judge that Nwaoboshi, through his company, Bilderberg Enterprises Limited, got a N1.580bn contract to supply some construction equipment to the Delta State Direct Labour Agency sometime in 2010. Nwaoboshi’s company was how ever occused to have supplied  second-hand equipment to the agency while he actually collected money to supply new equipment, thereby short-changing the agency. The EFCC claimed that Nwaoboshi later used the proceeds of the alleged scam to bid for and purchase the 12-storeyed building, formerly known as Guinea House, for N805m in the name of his company, Golden Touch Construction Project Limited. Arguing the ex parte applica

The 27-year-old Algerian computer science graduate had been sentenced on Tuesday in a US court for using a computer virus to steal money from more than 200 American banks and financial institutions. He then reportedly gave millions of dollars to Palestinian charities. Bendelladj , who is alleged to be the co-creator of a banking trojan horse called SpyEye, was indicted in absentia by US authorities in 2011. The program - a malware toolkit that saw its popularity peak between 2009 and 2011 - is believed to have infected more than 1.4 million computers in the US and elsewhere, according to Wired, a San Francisco-based technology magazine. The software enabled users to steal login information for online financial accounts, which they then pillaged. On Tuesday,  Bendelladj , who hails from Tizi Ouzou in Algeria, will be sentenced in court in the US state of Georgia. He has already pleaded guilty and faces a prison sentence of more than 65 years and up to $14m in fines, accordin

T he Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday, suspended the nationwide implementation of the cash-less policy indefinitely. In a circular signed by Dipo Fatokun, Director, Banking and Payments System Department of CBN,, the apex bank instructed banks to revert to old charges and refund customers who had been debited. CBN had earlier announced new charges on deposit and withdrawals  above a threshold of N500,000 for individuals and N3 million for corporate. The apex bank had directed banks to charge 1.5 percent and 2 percent for deposits and withdrawals ranging from N500,000 and N1 million in the individual category; 2 percent and 3 percent for amount above N1 million to N5 million; and 3 percent and 7.5 percent for amount above N5 million. For corporate, CBN fixed 2 percent and 5 percent for deposit and withdrawals between N3 million and N10 million respectively; 3 percent and 7.5 percent for above N10 million to N40 million; and 5 percent and 10 percent for amount above N40 millio

The children died after the vehicle burst into flames following a collision with a truck just north of the capital. There were understood to be both primary and secondary school-aged children on board. Panyaza Lesufi, the official responsible for education in Gauteng province, has said it is a "dark day". The minibus collided with a truck on the single carriageway R25, between Verena in Mpumalanga and Bronkhorstspruit in Gauteng. It is not yet known what the cause of the accident was, but pictures show the minibus entirely burnt out. Image caption At least 20 people died in the accident, emergency services said In a statement, emergency medical service ER24 described arriving at the scene, where fire-fighters were tackling the flames. A number of children had already been pulled out by "members of the community", the statement said. "Once the flames had been extinguished, paramedics found that approximately 13 children lying trapped inside

Journalist Ahmed Abba  A military court in Cameroon has convicted Ahmed Abba, a journalist for Radio France Internationale's Hausa service, on charges of "non-denunciation of terrorism" and "laundering of the proceeds of terrorist acts", according to his lawyer and employer. Abba's lawyer, Clement Nakong, told the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) that Abba, who has been jailed since July 2015 in relation to his reporting on the regional armed group Boko Haram, could face the death penalty on the first charge and a maximum of five years in prison on the second charge at a sentencing hearing scheduled for April 24. Nakong said Abba would appeal to have the conviction overturned. Radio France Internationale reported that the military tribunal acquitted the journalist of the charge of "apologising for acts of terrorism" The CPJ called on Cameroonian authorities to release Abba without delay and not to contest the journalist's ap

The Federal Government says it is anchoring Nigeria’s exit from recession on the possibility of diversifying its mono economy as to have non-oil sector cater for 90 per cent of revenue drive very soon. Minister of Finance Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who stated this on Thursday to CNBC Television, admitted that Nigeria is on the verge of exiting recession, though the battered economy is yet to be fully back on track. According to Adeosun, there is going to be a policy trust aimed at making non-oil sector compete with oil and gas, “There are two main planks upon which the country is planning to enjoy a more robust economy, and it is good to state here that the government has already gone deep into them, and they are to open up more sources of revenue from other sectors of the economy and there is no relenting on intensifying the ongoing war against corruption”, Adeosun stated. However, she refused to react on the recent ranking of Nigeria as being lower by Amnesty International, made wor

The US military has used its GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed “the mother of all bombs,” for the first time in combat. The US Air Force used it in Afghanistan to target Islamic State tunnels and personnel. The 21,000-pound (9,525 kg) bomb was dropped in the Achin district of the Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan. The Pentagon has confirmed the use of the MOAB, and is currently assessing damage. General John Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, signed off on its use, CNN reported. Authority was also sought from General Joseph Votel, commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM). The Air Force developed the MOAB in 2003, but it had never been used in combat until 7pm local time on Thursday. The use of the bomb comes as the US involvement in Afghanistan heads into its 16th year in the fall, and days after a US Special Forces operator was killed in the same region. "The soldier was mortally wounded late Saturday during an operation

According to the official EFCC Page, yet Again, a whistle blower has just helped EFCC recover $38million, N23million and £27million from an apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos. Men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have discovered another large sum of money in a house in Ikoyi, Lagos. The large amount of money was discovered by operatives from its Lagos Zone during a sting operation. According to Punch, the operatives uncovered about $38m, N23m and £27,000 from the apartment.