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Kemi Adeosun alleges blackmail over import duty waivers

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Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the Minister of Finance, has accused some importers and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) of planning to blackmail the ministry over import duty waivers.This was contained in a statement yesterday by the Director of Information, Salisu Na’inna Dambatta. Dambatta said the “spurious” plot to malign the minister is based on her alleged refusal to grant import duty waivers in respect of drugs, health commodities and related equipment donated by the Global Fund. He explained: “There are laid-down statutory procedures governing the granting of import duty waivers to importers and NGOs,…

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NYSC Maduguri Camp To Re-open Soon – DG

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The Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, has at weekend said plans are underway to reopen the Maiduguri orientation camp for corp members deployed to the state. Brig-Gen. Kazaure disclosed the plan while speaking with newsmen during his inspection tour to the camps of the 2017 Batch ‘B’ Stream I corp members deployed to Katsina state and Borno State currently camping in Katsina as a result activities of Boko Haram. The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) He said relative peace has returned…

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ROTIMI MAKINDE: “I Never Attacked My Former Wife”

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A former member of House of Representatives, Hon. Rotimi Makinde, has denied a Facebook post alleging him to have verbally assaulted his former wife. Makinde, a former NNPC top staff where he reportedly met his first wife with whom he is now separated disclosed that he never posted such a story and did not authorize anyone to do so on his behalf. The said hate post has attracted widespread condemnation from close and distant friends of the theatre practitioner-turned-politician with some positing that such a statement from him could do…

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WIZKID: “Why I Missed Banky W’s Wedding Party”

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Wizkid has been in the middle of a storm after he missed his former Label Boss, Banky W’s wedding party. The situation got really ugly as fans came out in droves to attack him on his page. A lot of people were aggrieved because after missing the traditional wedding, he had gone on his page to apologize and promise to show up at the wedding in South Africa. He didn’t show up and instead shared a picture of he and his lounging at home. This left a bitter taste in…

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Guardiola: ‘Premier League is tough’

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Pep Guardiola has acknowledged that the Premier League is a tough competition after Manchester City scraped a 2-1 win away at Huddersfield Town on Sunday. The Citizens went in at the break a goal down following Nicolas Otamendi’s own goal on the stroke of half time. However, Man City equalised through a Sergio Aguero penalty and, with just six minutes left of the game, struck the winner through a lucky Raheem Sterling deflection. “The Premier League is so tough,” Guardiola told BBC Sport. “We knew they were so aggressive, so…

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Chelsea Snatch A Point At Anfield

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Chelsea substitute Willian scored a late goal to earn the Blues a draw with Liverpool at Anfield. The forward, who scored twice in a 4-0 win at Qarabag in the Champions League in midweek, struck in the 85th minute as what appeared to be a cross looped over Simon Mignolet and into the far corner. It denied Mohamed Salah a dream outcome against his former club after the Liverpool winger had opened the scoring just after the hour with a close-range finish. That was Salah’s 10th goal in just 13…

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Osinbajo celebrates wife in another wedding anniversary

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Vice President Ye mi Osinbajo today celebrated another wedding anniversary with his wife, Oludolapo. Osinbajo took to Twitter to shower Oludolapo his wife, his treasure with romantic words. VP on his Twitter handle wrote: When our worlds collided, it was just a matter of time. Our story began today, many years ago The harmony in the symphony, My treasure! Happy Anniversary Oludolapo Your heart is my home. Share on: WhatsApp

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Tiwa Savage’s outfit at AFRIMA 2017

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Mavin Records first lady, Tiwa Savage has set tongues wagging over her outfit at the just concluded AFRIMA awards. It appears stepping out without underwear has become part of her style sense and she has gradually come to accept it that way. The Kele Kele Love singer stepped out for the Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) at the Eko Hotel & Suites Victoria Island, Lagos in an exquisite outfit that left the cameras clicking at her every move. Hours after the show, the All Over singer took to the Instagram to…

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Jose: Mkhitaryan was disappearing

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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says Henrikh Mkhitaryan will be back in the squad for the Premier League visit of Brighton on Saturday. But Mourinho has warned the Armenian attacking midfielder that he was dropped for recent matches because the manager was not happy with his performances. Mkhitaryan was a regular starter for the first few months of the season, finding the net during a 4-0 win over Everton and a 4-1 Champions League victory at CSKA Moscow. However, having been taken off just after the hour mark during a…

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