The newly-added accounts hold assets of about eight million Swiss francs
(7.4 million euros, $7.9 million), the Swiss Bankers Association said
in a statement. They follow an initial listing in December 2015 of more than 2,600
accounts of individuals or companies without any movements on their
Swiss bank accounts for the past 60 years.The dormant accounts are
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$15 million: Patience Jonathan loses in Court
Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court Lagos, on Tuesday
refused to restrain a fellow judge from taking steps in relation to the
frozen $15.5 million allegedly belonging to Patience Jonathan.
Mr. Idris declined an application by counsel to the former first lady, Ifedayo Adedipe, who sought an order to restrain Justice Babs Kuewumi from taking further steps on
Mr. Idris declined an application by counsel to the former first lady, Ifedayo Adedipe, who sought an order to restrain Justice Babs Kuewumi from taking further steps on
Saudi Arabia requests 1 million goats from Zambia monthly
We have the capacity as a country to supply the one million goats
monthly which Saudi Arabia has requested, says Small Livestock
Association of Zambia vice chairman Trust Chasha.
In an interview in Lusaka yesterday, Mr Chasha expressed confidence that farmers were capable of meeting the Saudi demand for goats and urged the Government to offer livestock farmers an attractive
In an interview in Lusaka yesterday, Mr Chasha expressed confidence that farmers were capable of meeting the Saudi demand for goats and urged the Government to offer livestock farmers an attractive
Two brothers, son of traditional ruler to die by hanging for murder
Two
brothers, Shola and Kayode Oni and one other person, are to die by
hanging for the murder of one Suleiman Afolabi during a fight on
Christmas day in 2012. Also
to be hanged to death alongside the two siblings is Ibrahim Omilade,
the son of a traditional ruler in Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos State, Chief
Bashiru Omilade. The
incident happened at Eyin Ogun Street, Mafoluku, Oshodi,
Protecting Donald Trump and his family is costing NYC more than $1 million a day, according to 3 city officials
Melania Trump and their 10-year old son Barron
expect to stay at their home at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, at
least until the end of the school year. And Donald Trump has indicated
he plans to return home regularly, especially while they're still here.
That's because adding to the expense is the cost of police assigned to Trump's adult children and his grandchildren, who are also receiving Secret Service protection, John Miller, NYPD's deputy commissioner of intelligence &
That's because adding to the expense is the cost of police assigned to Trump's adult children and his grandchildren, who are also receiving Secret Service protection, John Miller, NYPD's deputy commissioner of intelligence &
Separate addresses? Kim Kardashian 'moved into mother Kris Jenner's Hidden Hills mansion when Kanye began his Pablo tour'
Kanye West was handcuffed to a stretcher and taken to UCLA Medical Center for psychiatric evaluation on Monday.
Earlier that day DailyMail.com reported the singer and his wife Kim Kardashian had been 'bickering' and the beauty had become 'fed up' with his erratic behavior.
Now Life & Style Weekly has shed more
Ekweremadu wants Presidential Inauguration shifted to NASS
The first reading of a Bill for an Act to provide for the inauguration
of the President and Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
also known as Presidential Inauguration Bill, 2016, was taken by the
Senate in plenary Tuesday.
The Bill, sponsored by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, seeks to move
The Bill, sponsored by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, seeks to move
Conjoined Nigerian babies separated
The conjoined twin girls, Miracle and Testimony Ayeni, whose case had
raised serious medical concerns about a year ago have been successfully
separated after a surgery at the Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital,
Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
A release issued by the Founder of the Linking Hands Foundation, Efe Farinre said the highly complex and extremely risky procedure which took 18 hours to perform was carried out by a
A release issued by the Founder of the Linking Hands Foundation, Efe Farinre said the highly complex and extremely risky procedure which took 18 hours to perform was carried out by a
President Buhari Departs For Malabo Summit
President Muhammadu Buhari has left Abuja this evening for Malabo,
Equatorial Guinea this evening ahead of the 4th Africa-Arab Summit
scheduled for Wednesday.
NTA reports say that the President was seen off at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by the Minister of the FCT Mohammed Musa Bello and
NTA reports say that the President was seen off at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by the Minister of the FCT Mohammed Musa Bello and
Six Cameroonian Troops Killed In Boko Haram Attack
Boko Haram terrorists launched an attack on an army
base in the Lake Chad area on Monday that left six Cameroonian soldiers
dead, according to a report by AFP.
“Boko Haram attacked a base of the Mixed Multinational Force on the
island of Darak (on Lake Chad) at around 22:00 on Monday,” a military
source The UN peacekeeping force in Central African Republic (CAR) said Tuesday one of its bases had come under fire during clashes between rival groups, prompting its troops to respond.
The violence erupted on Monday between rival factions of the
so-called former Seleka Muslim rebel group in the town of Bria, 400
kilometres northeast of Bangui, MINUSCA said in a statement.
“The MINUSCA base was targeted by some elements of the FPRC before they were driven out of the area by retaliatory
“The MINUSCA base was targeted by some elements of the FPRC before they were driven out of the area by retaliatory
Egyptian court annuls ex-President Morsi's life sentence, orders retrial
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Tuesday annulled one of two life
sentences handed down against the former president Mohamed Morsi after
his removal in 2013 by the army.
The court also called for a retrial in the case that revolves around allegations that Morsi was engaged in espionage activities for Palestinian movement, Hamas, AFP news agency reports.
A judicial source and a lawyer of Mr. Morsi told
The court also called for a retrial in the case that revolves around allegations that Morsi was engaged in espionage activities for Palestinian movement, Hamas, AFP news agency reports.
A judicial source and a lawyer of Mr. Morsi told
A Hundred days plan of President Elect Donald J. Trump
Trump
said that on his first day in office, he would issue a notice that the
U.S. is withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, negotiated by
outgoing President Barack Obama involving 12 Pacific Rim nations.
He
said he would scrap
AY’s ‘A Trip to Jamaica’ sets new record
He wrote, “The movie has beaten the box office revenues of all the big budget Hollywood Titles released in 2016 here in Nigeria. This includes Batman Vs. Superman, Captain America, Suicide Squad, London Has Fallen, Gods Of Egypt, Transporter, Doctor Strange, Tarzan, Magnificent 7, and Central Intelligence. Thanks to you all for going to the cinemas to see Nollywood movies.”
According to the Executive Director of Filmone Distribution, Moses Babatope, the movie has raked about N168 million revenue at the box office.
He said that the movie has also set a new benchmark in Nollywood as the first film to hit N35m in its first weekend and the first film to hit N62m in its first week.
“The movie is currently the fastest film to generate N100m in 17 days, and the fastest film to generate N150m in six weeks,” he said.
Mr. Babatope had earlier hinted that Nigerian films have so far performed better in the box office in 2016. According to him, aside from Ay’s, A trip to Jamaica, Omoni Oboli’s Wives on Strike, grossed N67 million from cinema viewings. Other box office Nollywood hits include Kunle Afolayan’s The CEO which made N60 million (includes figures from Ghana.), Fifty – N44 million (January to March 2016 only) and Ghana Must Go – N32 million.
Rivers Rerun: APC alleges PDP, Wike planning to plant incriminating materials in homes, offices of APC leaders
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has
responded to Sunday’s press release by Jerry Needam on behalf of the
State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Felix Obuah in
which the PDP Chairman claimed that the All Progressives Congress, APC,
and some of its leaders in Rivers State are plotting the arrest
1.6bn scam: EFCC re-arraigns Diezani’s associate, Omokore, others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday
re-arraigned a close associate of a former Petroleum Minister, Diezani
Alison-Madueke, Jide Omokore, and others on nine counts of criminal
diversion of about $1.6bn alleged to be part of proceeds of the sales of
petroleum products belonging to the Federal Government. Omokore was re-arraigned before
Presidency blasts Galadima, says Buhari won’t be alone in 2019
The
Presidency last night blasted a chieftain of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), Engineer Buba Galadima for saying that President
Muhammadu Buhari would be alone in 2019.
Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, described
Galadima’s assertion in an exclusive interview
Cultists kill Army officer, Civil Defence Officers, civilian in Rivers
The development is a set back to effort of the newly appointed Caretaker Committee Chairman, a renowned Lawyer, Osi Olisah and the government’s Amnesty Programme to restore
Recession worsens as GDP contracts by 2.24% in Q3
The
economic recession has worsened as the country’s Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) contracted by 2.24 percent in the third quarter from the -2.06
recorded in the second quarter of this year.
This is the third consecutive quarter that the Nigerian economy slumped with massive job cuts across different sectors as oil revenues and
This is the third consecutive quarter that the Nigerian economy slumped with massive job cuts across different sectors as oil revenues and
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