Friday 16 September 2016

Does Calvin Harris' new song 'My Way' diss Taylor Swift?

Calvin Harris is pulling a Taylor Swift and slamming his ex in his lyrics.

'Game of Thrones' bids to make Emmys history

Fantasy epic "Game of Thrones" is poised to make television history at the 68th Emmy Awards on Sunday by becoming the most decorated fictional show since the awards began.

Japan to boost South China Sea role with training patrols with U.S. - minister

Japan will step up its activity in the contested South China Sea through joint training patrols with the United States and bilateral and multilateral exercises with regional navies, Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said on Thursday.

Questions arise after excavation of California mammoth skull

Scientists excavating a rare and well-preserved mammoth fossil in Channel Islands National Park, just off the coast of Southern California, say its size raises questions about its species.

Privately Run Mississippi Prison, Called a Scene of Horror, Is Shut Down

A privately operated Mississippi prison that a federal judge once concluded was effectively run by gangs in collusion with corrupt prison guards, closed Thursday, its prisoners transferred to other state facilities, officials said.

Trump concedes: Obama was born in US

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, one of the leaders of the "birther" movement that questioned President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship, believes Obama was born in the United States, the Trump campaign said in a statement on Thursday.

Davido Overthrows Tanzania’s Diamond Platinumz as Africa’s Instagram King

Award-winning Nigerian music craftsman and hitmaker Davido (David Adedeji Adeleke) is Africa’s new king on instagram with a lucky 2.9 million followers which makes him unseat Tanzanian hitmaker Diamond Platnumz, Naseeb Abdul Juma, who commands 2.7 million supporters.

PPP scheme to mass produce fish takes off in Lagos

A Public Private Partnership to mass produce fish for local consumption and export has taken off in Lagos State.

Patience Jonathan accuses EFCC of hiring mercenaries to plead guilty

Former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan has picked holes in the authenticity of the representatives of the four companies who pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of money laundering at a Federal High Court in Lagos, presided over by Justice Babs Kuewumi.

Buhari begs Nigerians for support, cooperation as ministers gear up to fight recession

CABINET RETREAT—From left: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; President Muhammadu Buhari; National Planning Minister, Senator Udoma Udoma and Minister for Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, at the 2016 Cabinet Retreat on the economy at the State House Conference Centre, Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday. Photo: Abayomi Adeshida.

Alarmed by the dwindling fortunes of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, brainstormed with his key ministers and financial experts from the public and private sectors, to find ways of fixing the troubled economy.

Four firms linked to Mrs Jonathan plead guilty to $15m fraud charge

Four companies, Pluto Properties and Investment Company, Seagate Property Development Company, Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Ltd, and Avalon Global Property Ltd, all of which allegedly have links with former First Lady, Dame Patient Jonathan, yesterday, pleaded guilty to alleged $15 million fraud charge brought against them before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.

Biafra agitation beyond Buhari – IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said the on-going agitation for the actualisation of Biafra as a country was beyond both President Muhammadu Buhari and others who pride themselves as fighting for the country’s unity between 1967 and 1970, adding that the indices were no longer the same.

Recession: We must think outside the box-Buhari

Bitten by the bug of recession, President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the nation requires what he calls ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking so as to get out of the economic doldrums.