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    Business FG N1.02trn bailout galore fails to impact power sector – BusinessDay Newspaper

    The Federal Government has committed the sum of N1.023 trillion in bailouts in the form of low interest loans and grants to Nigeria’s power sector within the last three years yet the country is unable to move the needle on stable power supply. … Read more via BusinessDay : News you can...
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    Business GreenTree organises Pitch Day, set to fund promising startups – Nairametrics News

    GreenTree Investment Company, a venture capitalist firm based in Lagos, organised a Pitch Day for promising Nigerian startups; many of whom could potentially receive thousands of dollars in funding for their businesses. The Pitch Day, which held at the Co-Creation … Read more via...
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    Business Zinox boss to FG: use technology to eradicate corporate debtors, boost economy – Nairametrics News

    Africa’s leading technology entrepreneur, Leo Stan Ekeh has charged the Federal Government to leverage technology in reducing to the barest minimum the growing incidences of corporate debts and usher in an era of unprecedented boom and sanity in the Nigerian economy. He made … Read more via...
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    Business Be More Diligent In Data Authentication, Economist Advises NBS – Leadership Newspaper

    The Nigerian government will send a plane to repatriate the 200 defrauded Nigerian citizens currently stranded in Russia. Steve Ugbah, Nigerian ambassador to Russia who made this known while addressing a news conference on Tuesday, said”“my foreign minister and I spoke yesterday. “The foreign...
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    Entertainment Simi Slams Lady Who Said All Adekunle Gold’s Songs Sound The Same – INFORMATION NIGERIA News

    Nigerian singer “simi” took to her twitter page to defends her colleague in the Nigerian music industry “adekunle Gold” after being called out by a lady who said all his songs sounds the same. The lady Wrote: No shade but Adekunle Gold’s songs all sound the same to me. Same … via...
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    Entertainment Davido Covers Glam Africa Magazine (PHOTOS) – 360Nobs.com News

    Award winning Nigerian singer, Davido is the cover star on the latest edition of Glam Africa Magazine. The superstar singer made several revelations as regards his journey to stardom, challenges of his career, relationship with fellow music star, Wizkid and love life with girlfriend, Chioma...
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    Metro Boko Haram Terrorists Regrouping In Borno – Army – Channels Television

    The Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, the military squad fighting insurgency in the northeast, has admitted that some Boko Haram members are regrouping around Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. Major General Rogers Nicholas told journalists in Maiduguri, on Monday, that …...
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    Metro Shocking: Baby Boy Dies After Sucking His Mother’s Breast Milk Which Was Laced With Drugs – Tori News

    A little baby boy has ended up dead after he sucked on his mothers breast which was reportedly laden with drugs. Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2NTQqNv Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Sports EPL: Wenger reveals his greatest mistake at Arsenal – Daily Post Nigeria News

    Former Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger has admitted that he stayed at the North London outfit for too long. He described his two-decade stay as the biggest mistake of his career. Wenger left the club after 22 years and was replaced by Unai Emery, having failed to finish … read more via Daily...
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    Sports Arsenal sponsorship deal ‘hit by Chinese fraud’ – TODAY.NG News

    English Premier League club Arsenal has launched an investigation after it was caught up in an alleged fraud involving its sponsorship deal with Chinese carmaker BYD. Arsenal said the deal, which was launched with great fanfare in May, was among those affected after BYD revealed what it...
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    Sports Rooney chooses ‘greatest ever’ between Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi – Daily Post Nigeria

    Manchester United legend, Wayne Rooney has picked his ‘best player’ between Juventus star, Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona ace, Lionel Messi. Rooney played with Ronaldo during his time at Old Trafford, but has now chosen Messi as his greatest ever footballer on the planet earth. The D.C...
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    Sports Nigeria to bring back stranded football fans from Russia – The Independent Uganda News

    Nigeria’s government has stepped in to repatriate scores of its nationals who were tricked into buying football World Cup passes to travel to Russia, the president’s spokesman said on Monday. Some of the visitors spent days sleeping at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport while others … read more via...
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    Metro Nigerian model stabbed to death by rival in Instagram feud over a girl – Punch Newspapers

    A Nigerian model, Harry Uzoka, 25, was stabbed to death by a rival model, George Koh, after being taunted that his killer had slept with his model girlfriend, a court heard. Uzoka was stabbed in the heart after the IMG model, Koh, 24, boasted in Instagram messages that he had … Read more...
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    Metro Police Boss Reacts To Threat By Robbers – P.M.EXPRESS News

    The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Imohimi Edgal, has promptly responded to the purported threat by armed robbers to the residents of Egan, Akesan, Igando and its environs following the notice issued by robbers in the area. The police boss had ordered his men to … Read more via...
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    Metro 124 M.Sc, 77 Ph.D students receive PTDF overseas scholarship – TODAY.NG News

    Dr. Aliyu Gusau, the Executive Secretary of Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), on Monday said 201 students were successful for the 2018/2019 Overseas … Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2LslIcn Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    World Putin: US-Russia ties should not be held hostage to Mueller probe – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    Russia’s President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks during a joint press conference with US President after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. The US and Russian leaders opened an historic summit in Helsinki, with … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...
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    World Warren Buffett donates $3.4 billion to 5 charities – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, pauses while playing bridge as part of the company annual meeting weekend in … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2mnL8wT Get more World News
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    World Obama speech to mark 100 years since Mandela’s birth – Punch Newspapers

    Former US president Barack Obama will deliver a speech to a crowd of 15,000 people in South Africa on Tuesday as the centrepiece of celebrations marking 100 years since Nelson Mandela’s birth. Obama has made relatively few public appearances since leaving the White House in 2017, but he …...
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    World North Korea announces amnesty for political prisoners – TODAY.NG News

    The Communist Leadership in Pyongyang would grant amnesty to those convicted of crimes against the state in light of North Korea’s 70th anniversary, the state-run KCNA reported on Monday. Similar to other instances in which amnesty has been granted, it remained unclear exactly which groups the...
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    Politics Dasuki Fulfills Bail Conditions, Finally Set To Be Released Today – Lawyer – Tori News

    The detained former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki is set to be released by the Department of State Security Services after meeting all the bail conditions. Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2JuMZJq Get More Nigeria Political News
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