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Public primary and secondary schools in Bayelsa have yet to resume for the 2016/2017 session because of the failure of the state government to settle their seven months salary arrears. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the teachers...

SAN FRANCISCO, October 03, (THEWILL) - Former Lagos governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has drawn a parallel between President Muhammadu Buhari’s time as a young military head of state and now that he is the president of the country. The national...

The Turkish government has agreed to extend its state of emergency as Turkey fights to wipe out "terrorist organizations" following July's attempted coup, deputy prime minister and government spokesman Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday. Speaking at a press conference following...

Deutsche Bank (DB.N) shares resumed falling on Monday after recovering from a record low at the end of last week, as hopes faded of a swift deal with U.S. authorities over a multi-billion dollar penalty. The German lender is throwing...

Massachusetts' top securities regular on Monday charged Morgan Stanley (MS.N) with "dishonest and unethical conduct" for having run high-pressured sales contests in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin charged that Morgan Stanley brokers pushed so-called "securities...

Oil prices drifted on Monday after Brent crude hit $50 a barrel and U.S. crude reached three-month highs as traders weighed weaker stock markets and a strong dollar against OPEC's first planned output cut in eight years. Brent rose 9...

U.S. stocks started the fourth quarter on a subdued note, weighed down by healthcare and consumer stocks. The S&P 500 healthcare index .SPXHC fell 0.7 percent, the most among the 10 major S&P indexes that were lower, due to declines...

Russia has suspended an agreement with the US on the disposal of surplus weapons-grade plutonium, the latest sign of worsening bilateral relations. In a decree, President Vladimir Putin accused the US of creating "a threat to strategic stability, as a...

Facebook has announced a "slimmed down" version of its Messenger app for countries where older smartphones and slower net speeds are more common. The company said Messenger Lite had the "core features" of the full app such as the ability...

World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury says he has retired from boxing in an expletive-laden message on Twitter. The Briton, 28, withdrew from a rematch with Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko, scheduled for 29 October, because of reported mental health issues. Fury, who holds...