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Philippine MPs To Vote On Duterte Bid For Longer Martial Rule

The Philippine Congress sits in a special session Saturday to vote on President Rodrigo Duterte's bid for longer...

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Top Philippine Paper In Sale Talks After Duterte Threat

Top newspaper the Philippine Daily Inquirer said Monday its owners are in talks to sell the publication, months after...

Headlines

Trump Finally Emerges In Interview With Pat Robertson

Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Christian conservative broadcaster Pat Robertson on Wednesday amid a...

Headlines

Christian Conservative Robertson To Interview Trump

Donald Trump has agreed to sit down for an interview with Christian conservative broadcaster Pat Robertson on Wednesday...

Headlines

Beaten Pacquiao To ‘think Hard’ About Retiring

Eight-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has said he will "think hard" about retiring after his stunning and...

Headlines

Philippines’ Duterte Threatens Top Newspaper, Broadcaster

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday described two major media outlets as "sons of whores" and warned them...

International

Suicide Bomb Attack Destroys 3 Fuel Trucks In Borno, Casualties Reported

Pictures on social media showed a cloud of smoke from the area A blast has occurred at filling station, opposite...

International

Scores of Inmates Escape In Philippine Prison Break

More than 150 inmates have escaped from a southern Philippine prison in an attack by dozens of gunmen which left one...

Opinion

The Population That Gets Experts Cracked

Odimegwu Onwumere writes that health challenges among Nigerians are increasing as the growth in population is...

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I Threw Suspect From Helicopter

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to throw corrupt officials from helicopters mid-air, saying he has...

International

Nigeria Domestic Airlines Seek $50m Grant From CBN’s Forex Window

Domestic airline operators in the country have appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to allot the local...

International

Former President Jonathan To Testify In $2.2b Arms Deals Corruption Case

Former president Jonathan to testify in $2.2b arms deals corruption case Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo...

International

Nigeria Forex Crisis and Unfinished Naira-Yuan Swap Deal

Barely five months after a currency swap deal between Nigeria and China was enmeshed in controversy, the country’s...

Opinion

Nigerian Banks Suspended From Forex Market, Seek Truce

Lagos (AFP) - Nine Nigerian lenders banned this week from foreign exchange trading for failing to remit some oil money...

International

Nigeria Reserves Fall To $19bn As Non-Oil Exports Drop By 43%

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s portion of the foreign reserves fell to $19.44 billion as non-oil exports fell by over...

International

Economy of Nigeria Is In Comatose

Former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Chukwumah Soludo yesterday said the economy is in deep...