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World markets dive as Trump sparks trade, North Korea worries

Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China. Equities were also dented by poor eurozone economic data, and as Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Trump (is) continuing to drive uncertainty over global trade,” said analyst Joshua Mahony at trading firm IG. “European markets are following their Asian counterparts lower, as a pessimistic tone from Trump is compounded by downbeat economic data,” he added. Markets had surged Monday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said they had agreed to pull back from imposing threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, and continue talks on a variety of trade issues. However, Trump has declared that he was “not satisfied” with the status of the talks, fuelling worries that the world’s top two economies could still slug out an economically pain...

PDP governors express disappointment over allegations against FG.

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum has expressed disappointment over what it called series of scandal allegations rocking the administration of President Buhari. Chairman of the forum, Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, who spoke at the ongoing 76th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the PDP held at its national secretariat in Abuja, urged the party to continue to expose alleged excesses of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Fayose charged party members to ensure that the December elective convention succeeds. Also, the eight chairmanship aspirants have promised to remain civil and run an issued-based campaign. They spoke with journalists yesterday in Abuja after a closed door meeting with the Chairman of the PDP National Caretaker Committee, Ahmed Makarfi. Former National Vice Chairman, PDP South-West Zone, Bode George, who spoke on behalf of the aspirants, said: “We had a very useful meeting with the NEC of the party. We agreed that ...

Bravo stars as City see off Wolves in shoot-out.

Manchester City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo was the Premier League leaders’ hero as they beat Championship table-toppers Wolves in a penalty shoot-out to book their place in the quarter-finals of the English League Cup on Tuesday. Despite chances at both ends, the Etihad Stadium clash was still scoreless after 30 minutes of extra time, sending the tie to spot-kicks. Bravo, much criticised after some unconvincing displays last season and making just his third appearance of this campaign, saved successive penalties from Alfred N’Diaye and Conor Coady in a shoot-out where the kicks were taken using the ABBA formula. Sergio Aguero, just one goal away from becoming City’s all-time leading goalscorer, sealed a 4-1 shoot-out success with a cheeky Panenka chipped penalty. But as the Argentina striker’s effort was scored in a shoot-out he remains level with Eric Brook’s City record of 177 goals for the Manchester club that has stood since 1939. “Last season was not easy for Br...

42-Year-Old Man Dumps 52-Year-Old Woman & Married Secretly .

A 42-year old man, Gerald Onuimo who engaged a 52-year old woman, Mrs Christiana Ojukwu as lover for 10 years has landed in trouble after he dumped her and secretly married another woman. The embittered Christiana discovered and insisted that Gerald cannot dumped her at that stage for another woman after she had assisted him with her money to set up his business. She asked Gerald to send the wife away and come back or refund all the money he had collected from her to the tune of N600,000 in 2006 which he used to set up his business. However, Gerald insisted that he had offered her enough services and wanted to start his own family and will not marry her as she requested. P.M.EXPRESS gathered that Christiana got married many years ago but her husband left her and their three children in Nigeria for about 30 years. When her husband left, she was lonely for those years and became fat until she met Gerald at the airport and they later became lovers. According to Gerald, since he entered in...

Photo Of Oritse Femi's Wedding Invitation Card.

his is what Oritsefemi’s wedding invitation card looks like. The events will takes place on Saturday, 25 November, 2017 at The Ark Event Centre, Block 1, Plot 2 Okunde Blue Water Drive, Lekki Right Side, Lagos. but wait are we all invited?  Congrats to the music Taliban.

Pastor Victory Ibe Buys A Car, Flaunts Bundles Of Cash In Rivers (Photos) .

A very young Nigerian pastor based in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state, has taken to social media to flaunt his blessings. The general overseer at Favour of Anointing Ministries, Ibe Victory, from Owerri, Imo state, acquired a new ride yesterday and decided to "share his testimony" online. The young man also shared a footage of him with flaunting bundles of money which he displayed on his bed while claiming to be a "young billionaire". Sharing photos of his new car via his Facebook page, he wrote; " na one life I get I no get another one, I just bought this one now, Grace "...

Association urges Buhari to reshuffle cabinet.

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reshuffle his cabinet.The call followed the controversy generated by the reinstatement of a former Chairman of Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina. The Association’s General Secretary, Mr Alade Lawal, made the appeal in a statement in Lagos. He said it was regrettable that Maina, who was sacked in 2013 for about N2 billion pension funds fraud, was “smuggled back” into the Federal Civil Service by key government officials. “Information made available shows that the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and the Minister of Interior, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahaman Dambazau know about the issue. “The information shows that they cannot be entirely extricated from the conspiracy that led to the illegal re-absorption of Maina into the Civil Service,” he said. Lawal commended the President for sacki...

Buffon to retire unless Juve win Champions League.

Italian international goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon said Tuesday he will retire at the end of the season, unless Juventus win the Champions League. The 39-year-old plans to bring the curtain down on his career after the 2018 World Cup, but if Juventus triumph in Europe he could continue on to try to add the Club World Cup to his collection. “There’s no margin (to change mind) because I’m quite convinced of the choices I’ve made,” Buffon, who was named as the goalkeeper of the year at FIFA’s The Best awards on Monday, told Sky Sport. “This is my last season and I’m pretty sure of the choices I make. One or two more years wouldn’t add or take away from what I’ve already achieved.” “The only way would be to win the Champions League,” he continued, suggesting that he would share the role with his understudy Wojciech Szczesny at the Club World Cup. “At that point, to try to win the Club World Cup, maybe Szczesny could play one game and me another,” suggested Buffon, who h...

Exporters debunk yam rejection stories, say export was successful.

Some exporters of yam to UK and the U.S. have debunked certain media reports, purporting that the yams exported after the launch of the initiative were rejected at their export destinations. A statement by Dr Olukayode Oyeleye, Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the Minister of Agriculture, in Abuja on Wednesday said that the exporters stressed that the reports, initially aired by a local television network, were false. Oyeleye said that the yam export initiative, which was launched at Lilypond Container Terminal, Lagos, by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, had attracted widespread criticisms on various media platforms due to the misleading reports “The concerned exporters and other prospective exporters have expressed worries about the potential impact of the negative publicity on their prospects at the export market, in the wake of Federal Government’s initiative on diversification of the economy through agricultural produ...

Tiwa Savage And Wizkid Featured On Billboard (Pictured) .

The Video is yet to be released, but fans are already queuing up to watch, including me lol, Can't wait to see what my boy cooked up with the Diva, *winks'' Anyways the behind-the-scenes photo which broke the internet last week has made it to Billboard already, They featured Tiwa Savage and Wizkid on their #Twosday hottest on IG. Congrats to them, see below!

FFK Reacts To Claims By Gowon That Ojukwu's Lies Caused Civil War - .

he PDP Chieftain and outspoken Former Minister of Aviation, took to his facebook page to react to claims by former Head of State Gen Yakubu Gowon that Late WarLord, Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu lied about what transpired in Aburi,  Ghana that's why the civil war broke out. He further reminden Gowon that he acted otherwise that was why the civil war broke out. He wrote: "Gen. Yakubu Gowon, an elder statesman who I revere, said Ojukwu caused the civil war by lying about what transpired in Aburi. This is false. Ojukwu told no lie. Gowon agreed to all the terms in Aburi but when he got home he reneged on the agreement. this is what led to the civil war."

PDP needs a gentleman with ideas, says Adeniran.

A former Minister of Education, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, says his gentle mien will not diminish his chances of becoming the next national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Adeniran told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Wednesday that being a gentleman, he remained the best candidate in the race for the national chairmanship seat of the party. The party’s national elective convention, which will produce the national chairman and other executive officers, is scheduled for Dec. 9 in Abuja. Apart from Adeniran, former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George; former Minister of Sport, Prof Taoheed Adedoja, and former PDP governorship candidate in Lagos, Mr Jimi Agbaje, are also in the chairmanship race. Former governors of Ogun and Oyo states, Chief Gbenga Daniel and Chief Rasheed Ladoja respectively; media mogul, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, and one-time acting chairman, Chief Uche Secondus, are also eying the pa...

Former US President George H.W. Bush groped actress, reports say.

Former US President George H.W. Bush has issued an apology to an actress who accused him of groping her from his wheelchair while attending a screening, according to reports. Heather Lind, 34, said the incident occurred four years ago at an event to promote the TV series “Turn: Washington’s Spies,” according to the Daily Mail, which saved a screenshot of a lengthy Instagram post she wrote and later deleted. It is the latest in an outpouring of sexual harassment allegations against powerful male figures in entertainment, fashion and finance that followed the downfall of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who stands accused of assaulting and raping actresses. Lind added she decided to share her story after seeing Bush Sr, 93, appear onstage at a benefit concert to raise money for victims of the hurricane-ravaged southern United States and Caribbean. “I found it disturbing because I recognize the respect ex-presidents are given for having served,” she wrote. “But w...