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Turkey Releases Audio Of ‘Warning’ To Downed Russia Jet

The Turkish military has released an audio recording of what it says were warnings to a Russian warplane before it was shot down on the Syrian border. "Change your heading south immediately," a voice says in English. Turkey said it...

Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh Bans Female Genital Mutilation

The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has banned female genital mutilation (FGM) saying it is not required in Islam. The announcement at a rally was met with a huge applause, AFP reports. Three-quarters of women in the mostly Muslim country have had...

Barclays Fined For Lax Crime Checks In ‘Deal Of Century’

Britain's financial watchdog has fined Barclays (BARC.L) 72 million pounds ($109 million) for cutting corners in checking wealthy customers involved in a huge transaction described by one senior manager as potentially the "deal of the century." Barclays arranged the 1.9...

Big Banks Accused Of Interest Rate-Swap Fixing In U.S. Class Action Suit

A class action lawsuit, filed Wednesday, accuses 10 of Wall Street’s biggest banks and two trading platforms of conspiring to limit competition in the $320 trillion market for interest rate swaps. The class action lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court...

GSK In China: Escaping The Shadow Of A Scandal

GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L) has cut 40 percent of its sales reps in China and axed some units as it eyes a return to growth in 2016, after sales plunged during a bribery scandal that landed it with a record...

HP Inc Plunges After Printer Business Underwhelms

Shares of HP Inc, which houses former Hewlett-Packard Co's legacy hardware business, plunged 16.3 percent on Wednesday after the company's lackluster results fueled concerns about its ability to weather a slowdown in the printer and PC markets. HP Inc's revenue...

Roli Bode-George Takes Over As NDLEA Boss

SAN FRANCISCO, November 26, (THEWILL) – Mrs Roli Bode-George, the wife of a chieftain of the Poeples Democratic Party , Mr. Bode George has emerged as the new head of Nigeria's anti-drug agency, NDLEA following the retirement of Ahmadu...

OPINION: MDAS COMPLIANCE WITH FOI ACT IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING

Last week, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government met in Abuja on increased compliance with Nigeria’s Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. The Roundtable/Training was put together by Justice For All (DFID), in collaboration with: Media Initiative...

OPINION: WHERE THE HECK IS THE MONEY?

Nigeria’s is a fascinating story of a corrupt country without a single corrupt person. In late September 2006, Nuhu Ribadu, the pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), told Nigerian senators that the agency had dossiers...

OPINION: NKEM (JIKA) IBEKWE HAS NO REPUTATION TO PROTECT (3)

In "Ubah, Eluemunor and Jaundiced Writing" Nkem (Jika) Ibekwe wrote: "the media is not the place where my matter with Ifeanyi Ubah will be finally resolved". That was the third silly reason he gave for why he would make...

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