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Residents were trapped in traffic gridlock as flood clogged Dubai’s giant highways, forcing the government to urge airport passengers to stay away on Wednesday as the glitzy financial Centre reeled from record rains. Local media…

From the top of the RAK International Corporate Centre, foreign tycoons can catch a glimpse of a city transforming. A long stretch of the desert lies toward the north. Luxury villas dot the Persian Gulf coast to the west. A few miles away,…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a subpoena to compel the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami to appear as a witness in the ongoing trial of the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform…

Dubai is introducing a facial recognition system on public transport to beef up security, officials said Sunday, as the emirate prepares to host the global Expo exhibition. “This technology has proven its effectiveness to identify…

...PDP CALLS ON UAE, FRANCE, SPAIN, CANADA, AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO JOIN SUCCESS NWOGU A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Emeka Ngige and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, said the action by the United States of America…

The General Overseer of Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministry, Prophet Emmanuel Omale, has dragged First City Monument Bank Plc (FCMB) to court for ₦5 billion. Omale, who claims to be the spiritual guide of the suspended acting Chairman…

A 22-year-old Nigerian is on trial at the Dubai Court of First Instance after robbing a Turkish national of about $8,200. According to court records, the Nigerian lured his victim via a dating app, locked him inside a hotel apartment and…

At least 246 Nigerians stranded in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates due to the coronavirus pandemic have returned home. The evacuees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Wednesday afternoon, said the Nigerians…

Minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have agreed to fund part of the evacuation cost of Nigerians from abroad. Mr Onyeama…

In Dubai's ritzy Marina district, white yachts are tethered to docks, standing idle -- like many companies behind a luxury lifestyle industry battered by the coronavirus crisis. The boardwalks that snake around the precinct's artificial…