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Naija Bet: “We mean no disrespect to Buhari”

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Claims of disrespect to Nigeria’s ailing president Muhammadu Buhari has been dismissed by a Nigerian sports betting firm who claims they are only trying to voice the yearning of the people via thier little platform. Muhammadu Buhari is currently in London undergoing treatment for an undisclosed ailment. “We would just like to put this on record, Nigerians want their president back, we are only trying to voice the yearning of the people via the little platform we have,” Naija Bet tweeted on Thursday. The president’s return to Nigeria has been…

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Diamond Bank reward Customers with DiamondXtra Bonanza

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Diamond Bank Plc has set aside N600 million ‎to reward its loyal customers in the DiamondXtra Season 9 bonanza. Activities planned for the season include extra ordinary draws that will produce 3164 lucky winners throughout Q3 2017. According to information made available to the press, the Bank stated that in the months of July, August and September, N137 million will be given out to lucky customers that will emerge from the draws: 8 millionaires in July and September while 24 millionaires will emerge in August as N1 million will be won by…

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Despite Signs of Relief, Nigeria’s Economy Remains Challenging -IMF

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Despite some signs of relief in the first half of 2017, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has declared that Nigeria’s economic backdrop remains challenging. It also noted that near-term vulnerabilities and risks to economic recovery and macroeconomic and financial stability remained elevated. These were part of the preliminary findings following the visit of an IMF staff team to Nigeria. According to a statement by the IMF Press Officer, Mr. Andrew Kanyegirire, the staff team led by Amine Mati visited Nigeria between July 20 and 31, 2017 to discuss recent economic…

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Man arrested for selling two-year-old son for N150,000

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Udoh Abraham, a 52-year-old man, has been arrested by the Cross River State Police Command, for allegedly selling his two-year-old son for N150,000. Parading the suspect in Calabar, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa, said the suspect was arrested on July 24 after the wife, Esther Abraham, reported the matter to the police. Inuwa explained that Udoh sold the child without the consent of his wife. He said upon interrogation, the suspect revealed that he sold the child to an unidentified woman residing in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.…

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Elephant tusks, pangolin scales worth almost $1m sent from Nigeria, seized in Malaysia

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In two separate raids in the cargo terminal of Kuala Lumpur’s main international airport on Sunday, Malaysian officials have seized elephant tusks and pangolin scales from Africa worth almost a million dollars. In the first raid, authorities found 23 ivory tusks, weighing 75.7 kilograms (167 pounds) with an estimated value of 275,000 ringgit ($64,150). “Customs officers seized two boxes which contained a large quantity of elephant tusks,” senior customs official Pudzi Man said in a statement. The tusks had been sent from Nigeria, and the cargo was listed as food…

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Generator fume kills family of four

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Four members of one family have reportedly been killed by fumes from a generating set discovered in their apartment in Obajana area of Kogi State. The bodies of a man, identified as Mr. John Oluwasegun Ayodele, 35, his wife, 30 and two children, aged four years and three months respectively, were found in their building. The late Ayodele was reportedly last seen on Friday July 28, 2017. His neighbours, worried over the continued stay indoors of the family till Saturday evening made several calls on Sunday to his mobile phone,…

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Finance Minister reveals that more than half of Nigeria’s VAT comes from Lagos

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At the parley between the Federal Government and Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, in Abuja, Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, said that more than half of Nigeria’s value added tax, VAT, comes from Lagos State alone. Adeosun said 87 percent of Nigeria’s VAT was derived from four states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. She noted also that only 13 percent of Nigeria’s VAT came from 32 other states in the federation. According to her, no country in the world with high tax compliance rate is poor, and no rich country has…

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Nigerian allegedly dies aboard Ethiopian Airline of high grams of drug in body

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One Mr. Sylvanus Amachukwu Godwin, a Nigerian national with Passport Number A06011089 aboard an Ethiopian Airlines Flight 606 en-route Addis Ababa to Guangzhou, China allegedly slumped and died of high grams of drug in body. Indications are that the late Godwin may have died of some drug in his body system but the airline authorities are yet to conclude investigations as to the proper cause of his death. Godwin’s death was announced when the aircraft landed at the Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, China. Godwin was said to have collapsed while in…

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Aregbesola’s mum buried amid tributes

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Governor Rauf Aregbesola has laid the remains of his late mother, Alhaja Saratu Aregbesola to rest yesterday in Ilesa, in accordance to Islamic rites.The burial was delayed until Governor Rauf Aregbesola returned from a trip to Kebbi State where he was attending a meeting of All Progressives Congress (APC) governors. Aregbesola arrived Ilesa, to the welcome of his family members, Deputy Governor, Titi Laoye-Tomori and members of APC who had gathered to pay their last respect to the deceased. Chief Imam of Osogbo, Sheik Musa Animasaun led other Islamic clerics…

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32 children rescued from child traffickers in Ekiti

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The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested two alleged child traffickers, Stephen Udoh and Ede Thomas, for trafficking 32 minors to Ekiti for a yet-to-be ascertained purpose. They were arrested for allegedly engaging in the trafficking of the underage from Benue to Ekiti and other southwestern states for child labour and prostitution. The NSCDC Commandant in Ekiti State, Mr. Donatus Ikemefuna, who briefed newsmen in Ado Ekiti yesterday, said the suspects were fond of trafficking the children who are within the ages of five and 18 to those states for illicit business…

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