President Trump on Sunday dismissed a New York Times investigation that found he paid $750 a year in income taxes in 2016 and 2017 as “fake news.”
Read More »Donald Trump ‘paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016’ – New York Times
The New York Times alleges that Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income tax in 2016, the year he won the US presidency.
Read More »Airspace to be shut as aviation unions back labour strike
Four aviation unions have backed the Organised Labour nationwide strike expected to commence on Monday.
Read More »UK to seize $39 million from lawyer who helped James Ibori
The United Kingdom authorities on Thursday moved to seize more than $39 million from a convicted lawyer who it said helped James Ibori laundered government funds.
Read More »Kano-Niger Republic rail line: PDP, CSOs, others attack FG as FEC approves $1.96bn project
248-km rail to link Kano, Katsina, Jigawa states to Maradi, Niger Republic It’s a misplaced priority amid fuel price, electricity tariff hikes – PDP, others By Olalekan Adetayo, John Alechenu, Friday Olokor, Samson Folarin and Joseph Olaoluwa The Federal Government on Wednesday approved a $1,959,744,723.71 contract for a rail line that would link Nigeria to Niger Republic.
Read More »Uncle Ben’s Rice to change name to Ben’s Original in move to avoid racial stereotypes
The previous branding was seen by many as helping to perpetuate notions of formerly enslaved black people as contented servants.
Read More »Revealed: Roman Abramovich had secret stakes in rival players
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich held secret investments in footballers not owned by his club, an investigation has discovered.
Read More »JP Morgan, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank, Bank of New York ‘allowed criminals to launder dirty money’, leaked documents allege
Thousands of documents obtained by journalists allegedly reveal trillions of dollars of dirty money being moved around the world. Some of the biggest banks in the world have been accused of allowing criminals to launder dirty money, according to an investigation based on leaked internal reports.
Read More »International flights: FG bars Emirates Airlines
The Federal Government says Emirates Airlines has been included in the list of airlines not allowed to operate in Nigeria as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country.
Read More »WTO retains Okonjo-Iweala, evicts three candidates
World Trade Organization members removed three candidates from the race to be the next director-general of the body and plan to reduce the contestants to two final candidates in the coming weeks.
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