Malaysian central bank intervenes after ringgit falls

Malaysia's central bank intervened yesterday, in an unusual manner according to some bankers, after the ringgit fell sharply against the US dollar in offshore trading, mirroring other sharp falls of emerging-market

5 Big Foreign Policy Challenges For President-Elect Trump

Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the Kremlin in October 2015. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump faces many foreign policy challenges, which will include dealing with the war in Syria and friction with Russia.

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Donald Trump, a neophyte in foreign policy and national security issues, will take office in January facing a world of challenges. The president-elect's campaign trail

Snake on a plane gives passengers a scare on flight to Mexico

NEW YORK — NEW YORK — Maybe the premise of the 2006 movie "Snakes on a Plane" wasn't that ridiculous.

Passengers on an Aeromexico flight from Torreon to Mexico City saw life imitate art Sunday when a snake suddenly dangled from the ceiling of the aircraft behind an overhead luggage

NEWS: I WILL MAKE NIGERIANS HAPPY- MIKEL

SUPER Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi has assured that they will win the battle of Uyo as they confront Algeria Desert Foxes in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo today.

“We all know what this match means, why we have to give every- thing. Yes, we started the race well by winning in Zambia, but we have to approach this match even more seriously. The Algerians will come with determination and they will play hard, but we will play harder.

“The World Cup is the biggest stage; every player wants to be there. I am happy

INFO: Cross section of naija social media users reacted to the purported order

Cross section of Nigerians social media users, Thursday, set the Micro-blogging site, Twitter abuzz, reacting to the purported order, the House of Representatives gave to Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arrest operators and promoters of the internet-based wonder bank, otherwise known as “MMM Nigeria Scheme.” While some social media users lauded the move, saying it was a right step in the right direction to save Nigerians from being scammed of their hard-earned money, many others lambasted members of the Green Chamber, arguing that MMMNigeria was real, truly pays and not a Ponzi Scheme.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/nigerians-react-as-reps-order-arrest-of-mmm-promoters-operators/

NEWS: UNBELIEVABLE!! HUNGER---- Father of 2 steals a pot of soup,fufu and garri.

YENAGOA— For allegedly stealing a pot of soup, wraps of fufu and gari, property of a local food seller, one Kaduna Enatimi, a father of two, has been arrested by members of a local vigilante group at Igbogene community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
The suspect, Enatimi, aged 35, according to community sources, was nabbed at 2a.m., yesterday, while consuming the soup and

NEWS: Nigerian preacher TB Joshua deletes prophecy of Clinton win

A prediction by influential Nigerian TV evangelist TB Joshua that Hillary Clinton would win the US presidential election has been removed from his Facebook account.

Mr Joshua told his congregation on Sunday that he "saw" a woman winning.

JOKES: MY NRIGHBOURS SON IN TROUBLE

Please help me pray 4 my neighbor's son. We are on our way 2 d hospital now. he swallowed Memory Card (8G) & he is singing all d songs on it. We don't know what will happen when he gets to d videos folder coz its full of war films . Don't laugh alone share it