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Ghana Dissolves Football Association Amid Corruption Claims

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Ghana has dissolved its national football association after its president was filmed apparently accepting a “cash gift”. Kwesi Nyantakyi was pictured taking $65,000 (£48,000) from an undercover reporter pretending to be a businessman keen to invest in Ghanaian football. He has not commented on the allegations. Sports Minister Isaac Asiama said the association had been “dissolved with immediate effect”, GhanaWeb reported. Correspondents say the undercover investigation by controversial journalist Anas Aremayaw Anas has raised questions about the nature of football in Africa. His documentary, entitled When Greed and Corruption Become…

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Miss America Ends Swimsuit Competition

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For the first time in nearly a century, Miss America contestants will not strut onstage in swimsuits this year, the organizers announced on Tuesday, as the pageant tries to redefine its role in an era of female empowerment and gender equality. Miss America and swimsuits have been synonymous since its first contest in 1921 on the Atlantic City boardwalk. But what started as contestants wearing one-piece bathing suits, conservative by today’s standards, became women in revealing bikinis and high heels parading around for a leering television audience. Now under mostly…

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“Buhari Not A Man” – Ahmad Lawan

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The Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan says President Muhammadu Buhari is not a man, but a phenomenon. Sen. Lawan, while hosting members of the North East Youth Coalition for President Buhari (NEYCPB) in his office, said Buhari is a phenomenon because his persona is now a movement and not a single personality. He stated that Buhari didn’t come into government for personal enrichment, thereby urging Nigerians to join him to help solve problems facing Nigeria. Lawan said, “Buhari is a phenomenon; it’s a movement. What I mean here, let me not…

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20 billion cigarettes consumed yearly in Nigeria -Health Minister

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Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has said that over 20 billion sticks of cigarettes are consumed in Nigeria yearly, and 4.5 million adults in the country currently use tobacco products. This is as about 82 per cent of the entire population are exposed to second-hand smoke when visiting bars or nightclubs and 29.3 per cent (6.4 million) when visiting restaurants The minister who disclosed this yesterday at the event to commemorate the 2018 World No-Tobacco Day in Abuja, stated that Nigeria is on its way to ratify the protocol…

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Delta monarch abducted, N15m ransom demanded

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The traditional ruler in Ogodor Kingdom, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Sunday Olisewokwu, has been abducted by suspected herdsmen. The monarch, who is in his 40s and is the Chairman of Aniocha North Local Government Traditional Rulers’ Committee, was kidnapped by herdsmen numbering about seven between Ezi and Onicha-Olona communities last Sunday evening. The abductors, who asked for N15 million ransom, have threatened to kill the monarch if the ransom was not paid at 6p.m. yesterday. Family sources confirmed the incident, disclosing that two guards…

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Fidelity Bank MD assures stakeholders on increased returns

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  Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, Managing Director/Chief Executive, Fidelity Bank, has assured shareholders that the bank will capitalize on growth opportunities in the Nigerian economy, to deliver better returns in 2018. Speaking at the bank’s 30th Annual General Meeting, AGM, in Lagos, Okonkwo said the bank would continue to focus on redesigning its systems and processes to enhance service delivery, just as it will deepen cost optimization initiatives to reduce operating expenses and cost-to-service. While shedding light on the evolving dynamics in the financial services industry, Okonkwo noted that the bank…

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Police invite Saraki, Kwara governor for questioning over Offa bank robbery

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President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Kwara state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, were yesterday invited by the Police Force headquarters in Abuja to answer questions rela noting to what the Police referred to as allegations indicting them from confessions of five gang leaders arrested for participation in the April 5 Offa bank robberies and killings of 33 innocent persons. The Police said the five gang leaders in the Offa bank robbery which left a bloody trail, that claimed the lives of nine (9) police officers, volunteered statements that they…

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Economy experiences remarkable improvement since introduction of Import & Export Forex Window -FirstBank CEO

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Mr. Adesola Adeduntan, the Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has said that since the introduction of the Importers’ and Exporters’ (I and E) foreign exchange (FX) window, the economy has witnessed remarkable improvement in FX inflows and an upsurge in capital importation. This, he said has also strengthened the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) capacity to maintain naira exchange stability. Adeduntan, who disclosed this in Lagos at the Financial Times Nigeria Summit tagged: “Dispelling Uncertainty and Building Resilience,” stated that in the last one year, I&E FX window has played an instrumental role in stabilising…

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Lady strangled to death for refusing sex with driver

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Abiodun Idowu, a 40-year-old driver in a pure water factory, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly strangling to death a female accountant in the same factory, Abimbola Hamzat while attempting to rape her. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State,Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement, said the incident occurred on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Oyeyemi said the Police got hint of the incident following a complaint by one Owolabi Moses at Onipanu divisional headquarters that the suspect had been disturbing the deceased for love…

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FG approves upward review of Excise Duty on alcoholic beverages, tobacco

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The upward review of the excise duty on tobacco and alcoholic drinks has been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari to take effect from Monday, 4th June, 2018. The President has also granted a grace period of 90 days (three months) to all manufacturers before the commencement of the new excise duty regime. There is however no increase in excise duty of other locally excisable products. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who disclosed this in Abuja, stated that the new excise duty rates were spread over a three-year period…

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