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BRITAIN has recently returned a sum of £70m seized from a Nigeria fraudster after he was convicted of theft by an Italian court as part of London's ongoing commitment to help with the war against corruption.

GOVERNMENT ministers have questioned the authenticity of a statement reportedly made by US President Donald Trump describing President Muhammadu Buhari as a lifeless leader who he found boring when they met earlier this year.

PRESIDENCY officials have confirmed that they are in receipt of a video recording made by captured Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) pupil Leah Sharibu in which she urges President Muhammadu Buhari to secure her release from Boko Haram.

BRTISH prime minister Theresa May will be leading a powerful trade delegation to Nigeria when she visits the country this week in what is expected to be the start of an aggressive post-Brexit trading programme aimed at boosting commerce with former colonies.

GOVERNOR Nasir El-Rufai has vowed to do whatever it takes to prevent Kaduna Central Senatorial District's lawmaker Shehu Sani from returning to the senate next year despite attempts by their party to reconcile the two of them.

FORMER Kano State governor Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso set to formally declare his presidential bid this Wednesday at the Eagle Square in Abuja where he will officially become an aspirant seeking to become the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer.

MUSICIANS Tekno and Flavour survived a near-plane crash over the weekend when an aircraft flying them to Accra from Lagos developed a fault eight minutes into the trip and had to return to the Murtala Mohammed Airport.

LABOUR minister Senator Chris Ngige has revealed that Anambra State's Governor Willie Obiano plans to dump the All Progressives Grand Alliance (Apga) and join the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the end of his tenure in 2020.

HUNDREDS of Nigerians in the UK surprised Nollywood legend Julius Agwu yesterday when they organised an emergency contribution for him at his show in London to help cover the costs of his recent surgery to remove a brain tumour.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure from his kinsmen loyal to the former head of the Department of State Security (DSS) Lawal Daura to sack his national security adviser General Babagana Monguno and the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu.