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    Politics Obasanjo, Babangida, Danjuma Have Rejected Buhari – Fani-Kayode

    Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has claimed that former Nigerian presidents, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, have rejected President Muhammadu Buhari. Fani-Kayode was reacting to Bill Gates’ statement, where he said he “could not keep silent” about the...
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    Politics 2019: We’re Now Happy With PDP – APC - Daily Post Nigeria

    The All Progressives Congress, APC, has reacted to the apology tendered by the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday for failing Nigerians for 16 years. The PDP, through its National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, had apologised to Nigerians for failing them. READ MORE HERE
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    Sports Super Eagles’ Opponents, Iceland Announces Boycott Of 2018 World Cup - Daily Post Nigeria

    Iceland on Monday announced it would stage a diplomatic boycott of the 2018 World Cup in Russia over the poisoning of a former double agent in Britain. “Icelandic officials will not go to the FIFA World Cup in Russia this summer,” a statement from the foreign ministry read. READ MORE HERE
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    Politics Igala Man Appointed As Commissioner In Anambra State - Nairaland

    The Anambra State Governor, His Excellency Dr. Willie M. Obiano has made history by appointing into office Bonaventure Enemali the first honorable commissioner of Igala origin and extraction. 33-year-old Hon. Bonaventure Enemali, the second youngest in the cabinet of the Youth and Sports...
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    Metro Nigerian Investors' Plight As MMM Founder Mavrodi Dies - Punch Newspapers

    Russian businessman, Sergei Mavrodi, whose MMM pyramid scheme deprived millions of Russians of their savings in the 1990s, has died of a heart attack. Reports said the 62-year-old was rushed to a hospital late on March 25, following complaints of chest pain. He died several hours later...
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    Politics MT Mbu’s Book Accuses Obasanjo of Giving Bakassi Away for Nobel Prize – Thisdaylive

    In a posthumous book titled, “M.T. Mbu: Dignity in Service,” slated for public presentation in Abuja on April 10, the late Ambassador M. T. Mbu has alleged that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s ceding of the Bakassi Peninsular to Cameroon was not done in the public interest, but for personal...
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    Business Sub-Saharan Africa remains the dominant force in mobile money – BusinessDay

    Mobile money has not just changed the economic and social fabric of Africa. It has changed the world. Latest research shows that in 2017, the mobile money industry processed transactions worth USD$1 billion dollars a day, generating direct revenues of over $2.4 billion. Read more via...
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    Business Buhari government makes U-turn on APCON council appointment – BusinessDay

    Advertising practitioners in Nigeria must be popping champagne for victory in their continuous stand against illegality. This is as Buhari government has seen reasons to reverse itself on the appointment of politicians and non-advertising practitioners into APCON council against the law. In...
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    Business N650bn subsidy: FG finally seeks approval from national assembly for payment – BusinessDay

    A major relief may have come the way of the troubled downstream sector of the petroleum industry as there are indications that the Federal Government has finally sent a document to the national assembly seeking approval for payment of N650 billion subsidy arrears owed oil marketers. Read...
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    Business NEXIM supports Edo, Ondo exporters with N5bn Niger-Delta Development Fund – BusinessDay

    The Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) is supporting exporters in Edo and Ondo States with N5bn under the Niger-Delta Development Fund. The Bank and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is implementing N500bn Export Stimulation Facility and the N50 billion Export Development Fund. As part...
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    Business UBA’s consistent earnings growth validates diversified operations – BusinessDay

    United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has been growing earnings over the last 5 years, leveraging on scale and scope of operations as well as geographic diversification. The Pan-African Bank, with operations across 19 key African markets, London, New York and Paris, posted net Read more via...
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    Politics How Factional APC Chairman Was Abducted, Forced To Sign Documents – Leadership Nigeria Newspapers

    The leadership of the factional All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State has narrated how its Chairman, Alhaji Danladi Wada was abducted and forced to sign documents before being released. The APC’s factional chairman who was reported missing last Saturday by his family members, was found...
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    Politics Amaechi ignores presidential directive on NPA, NIMASA dollar charges – The Sun News

    Despite a presidential directive to Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to suspend further collection of petroleum products imports charges in dollars, Daily Sun findings have revealed the two agencies have continued to disregard the...
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    Metro Fulani Herdsmen Attack Farmers In Taraba Today, Brutalise Many (Graphic Photos) - Nairaland

    Despite series of meeting held by stakeholders to bring total peace in the Mambilla Plateau, Fulani hired killer machineries (Bodabe) today attacked Mambilla people at Yerimaru village of Kakara ward while working in their farms. READ MORE HERE
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    Metro My Husband Starves Me Of Sex – Pregnant Wife Cries Out - NAN

    A pregnant woman, Lauratu Abdullahi, 30, has asked a Sharia Court at Magajin Gari in Kaduna State to dissolve her marriage because her husband has not been performing his sexual duties to her. Abdullahi also told the court that her husband, Yahya Tanko, was always assaulting her and was also...
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    Sports Manchester United Block Wonderboy Kehinde From Training With Eagles – Leadership Nigeria

    Manchester United teenage prospect Tosin Kehinde who recently pledged his allegiance to Nigeria ahead of England will not honour coach Gernot Rohr invitation to train with the Super Eagles. read more via Leadership Nigeria Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2umbAxT --------------- Get More...
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    Business AfDB to boost SMEs in Nigeria’s agric sector, others – Vanguard News

    Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2GhHNYw THE African Development Bank, AfDB, is set to support Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs, in the agricultural sector in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi and Mozambique with 12 new projects. The 12 projects which will be launched...
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    Business Thousands of jobs at risk as oil firms, workers’ crisis worsens – The Guardian Nigeria

    Oil. PHOTO: FinancialTribune There are indications that thousands of jobs may be lost as the confrontation between Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) and petroleum industry service firms worsens. Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspap – https://ift.tt/2Gfn2gg...
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    Politics Osinbajo still didn’t get it – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    The federal government’s economic team, led by the National Economic Council (NEC), has once again received a hard knock for its poor understanding of how to grow a national economy. Bill Gates; yes, Bill Gates of the Microsoft fame, who came calling a couple of days previously, was reported to...
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    Metro Military aiding herdsmen against us, Taraba residents allege – Vanguard News

    On a day mixed reactions continued to trail the advice of former Defence Minister, Lt. General T.Y. Danjuma (retd), to Nigerians to defend themselves against herdsmen to avoid what he described as ethnic cleansing, some Taraba residents, yesterday, alleged that operatives of Ayem A’Kpatuma (Cat...
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