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First Bank’s Bullish trading drives YtD to highs

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First Bank Plc, a leading financial institution, had an upsurge in price appreciation moving 14.6 percent during the week. Many stock analysts believed the bank still holds good fundamentals. By this, Year-to-Date (YtD) returns on investment crossed over the 100 percent leading territory. The movement in YtD was coming after three trading days of lack-luster reaction to the bank’s 9-month financial results which saw the stock price in a temporal 0.8 percent appreciation and it lost the gains the next trading day. However, the bulls took over on Tuesday last…

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Corruption: Aisha Buhari And Her Daughter, Zahra Are Also Wailing – Sule Lamido

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A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has said that the level of corruption in the Buhari-led administration has caused the First Lady, Aisha Buhari and her daughter, Zahra to wail. Lamido, who is aspiring to be president in 2019 told Vanguard that the high rate of corruption is also frustrating the chairman of the Presidential advisory committee against corruption, Itse Sagay. He added that the APC has shown that it is more corrupt than the PDP. In his words; “Thank God, today, because of their high-level fraud, the…

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Cavani, Mbappe net twice in Neymar’s absence as PSG hammers Angers

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Paris Saint-Germain forwards, Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe both scored twice in the absence of record-signing, Neymar as Paris St Germain thrashed Angers 5-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday. Cavani passed 100 goals in the French top flight in a facile victory for the all-star parisians, who were without the Brazilian International, Neymar as he recovered from a thigh strain ahead of the international break. Mbappe put PSG ahead as early as the fifth minute, firing home a sweet first-time effort as Alves’ teasing cross dropped over his shoulder. Cavani…

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Guardiola: City Are Not Barcelona Or Bayern

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Pep Guardiola does not think Manchester City are on the same level as Bayern and Barcelona and says they must win a title before any comparisons. Manchester City continued their dominance in the league, with De Bruyne, Aguero and Jesus securing a 3-1 win against Arsenal. The Citizens are currently on a 23-match unbeaten run in all competitions, dating from last season, but Guardiola does not think comparisons to his former teams are right. “We cannot deny the last two months, it was amazing, we won all the games in…

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Morata On Target As Chelsea Edge Past United

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Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata condemned Jose Mourinho to another damaging defeat against his former club as the champions clinched a crucial 1-0 win over Manchester United on Sunday. Morata rewarded an enterprising display from Antonio Conte’s side when the Spain striker headed home early in the second half at Stamford Bridge. After losing twice at Chelsea in his first season as United boss, Mourinho, who won three English titles in two spells with the Blues, is growing accustomed to leaving west London empty-handed. This was an especially painful setback for…

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How I learnt to speak Igbo for a film – Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi

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Nollywood star, Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi, has acted as a therapist, sex trafficker, nun, lawyer, doctor, scheming lover and spoilt rich kid among others in 21 years of professional acting. A forthcoming film will see her play the mother of a gay child. The Yoruba-born actress will also be speaking Igbo for the very first time. While not giving much away about the project, Funlola said in an interview that she initially rejected the role because she thought she could not speak Igbo the language convincingly. But the producers thought otherwise. “For…

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Gov Ambode allegedly Ejects Lagos Lawmaker Funmi Tejuosho From GRA Ikeja Residence

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Four members of  the family of  Honourable Fumilayo Tejuosho, a member of the Lagos House of Assembly, including an 11 (eleven) year old child are at present at the mercy of the security operatives in Lagos who have held them hostage against their wish for more than 7(seven) hours surprisingly at their 3 Sasegbon Road, GRA Ikeja home. The house of the honourable who is out of the country on official duties was stormed by the police who were more than 20 in number this morning around 11 am on the…

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Why I Turned Down Davido- CDQ

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Rapper, Sodiq Abubakar Yusuf, better known as CDQ in the entertainment industry, insists that he never abandoned Tiwa Savage’s husband, Teebillz, when the latter had marital issues. Recall that in 2016, Teebillz’s marriage to Tiwa was on the verge of collapse following his outburst on social media. In response, Tiwa, granted an interview where she revealed all that went wrong in their marriage. Things seem to be resolved now, however. But according to CDQ, he did all he could to reach Teebillz when he was struggling with his marriage, saying…

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Anthony Joshua retains world heavyweight titles

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In a fourth defence of his IBF belt and first of his WBA title, English boxer, Anthony Joshua maintained his 100 per cent knockout ratio by stopping a bloodied Carlos Takam in the tenth round on Saturday. The English boxer retained his International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Association world heavyweight titles with a devastating display of his punching power to finish Cameroon’s France-based challenger at the Principality Stadium. Takam became Joshua’s 20th consecutive knockout victim in a fourth defence of his IBF belt and first of his WBA title,…

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Morata: Me and Jose message

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Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata has revealed he still “messages” former manager Jose Mourinho. The Manchester United manager was in pursuit of Morata during the summer but opted to sign Romelu Lukaku, while the former Real Madrid striker went to Chelsea and the duo will face off on Sunday as United travel to Stamford Bridge. Morata says he maintains a good relationship with the man who handed him his professional debut while at Real Madrid in 2010 and the pair still “send messages” to each other. “We speak, not only this…

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