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    Politics Festus Keyamo Replies Okonjo-Iweala’s Tougher Times Ahead Warning… – Stella Dimoko Korkus.com

    The trading of words sometimes gives headache……I dont know if i got this right but why is Keyamo replying her? He tweeted ”Exposure No 5: Don’t let them deceive you. This is when our movement to ‘extreme poverty’ began, and not today. Their own appointees warned them, but … Read more via...
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    Politics Wow! Tunde Bakare says he gave El-Rufai N160m during Campaign – Olisa.tv

    The Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has made the shocking revelation of how he lent N160 million to Mallam Nasir el-Rufai when the latter wanted to contest for the position of Kaduna governor in 2015. Bakare made this known while addressing the Nigerian...
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    Politics Money won’t determine PDP presidential candidate – Makarfi– The Sun News

    Former National Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has said integrity and capacity, not money would determine who emerges presidential candidate of the party for the 2019 general elections..... Read more via – The Sun News –...
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    Politics DON’T Welcome Kashamu To APC, Group WARNS – Ladun Liadi’s Blog

    The Ogun Youth Consultative Vanguard has warned the ruling All Progressives Congress against welcoming into its fold the Peoples Democratic Party senator, Buruji Kashamu, representing the Ogun East Senatorial District. The youth claimed to have got wind of a move by Kashamu to defect to …...
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    Politics Leave Us Alone, We’re Not Answerable To You – Wike government in “fraud” battle with EFCC – OluFamous.Com

    Detectives are probing about N117b suspicious transactions by the government of Rivers State in the last three years. The huge cash was intermittently withdrawn over the counter by a state official designated for the purpose, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) sources revealed...
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    Business New investments show manufacturers confident of Nigerian economy – BusinessDay

    A number of new investments in the manufacturing sector indicate that real sector players are confident of the Nigerian economy despite age-old challenges that have refused to go. This year alone, new factories and production lines have opened, and many manufacturers are entering into …...
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    Business MoneyGram revenue up 21% from new customer acquisition – BusinessDay

    In the first quarter of 2018, digital payments contributed 16 percent to MoneyGram revenue, just as total revenue of the firm rose 21 percent, primarily on ack of new customer acquisitions following the successful business expansion into Spain and France. According to World Bank’s … Read...
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    Business ABC Transport returns to profitability, amid challenges – BusinessDay

    ABC Transport Plc, one of the foremost land transport companies in the country, has returned to profitability after recording profit before tax of N105.31 million in 2017, as against a loss before tax of N258.11 million in 2016. In like manner, its profit after … Read more via BusinessDay ...
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    Business Highs, lows of Nigerian drug makers – BusinessDay

    Nigerian drug makers are pushing on with investments and expansion but key challenges remain unresolved in the industry. Even the acquisition of the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s prequalification has not helped some of them as expected, as exchange rate exposure and policy issues dog …...
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    Politics Anxiety as FIRS moves to ‘manage’ defaulting taxpayers’ bank accounts – BusinessDay

    In what shows that Nigeria’s tax landscape is changing, if not rapidly, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has directed banks to freeze the accounts of defaulting taxpayers to prevent them from drawing funds, and lately the FIRS appointed agent banks for collection of … Read more via...
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    Politics Who is really in charge in Nigeria? – BusinessDay

    Sometime in March, it emerged that for two months, the president did not know that the Inspector General of Police disobeyed his direct orders for him to relocate to Benue state to stop the killings by herdsmen in the state. The IGP stayed only … Read more via BusinessDay : News you can...
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    Business Analysts Express Fears Over CBN’s Single Digit Lending On Agric, Real Sectors – Leadership Newspaper

    As the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) last week released the guidelines for the disbursement of the single digit interest rate as well as issuance of corporate bonds particularly to critical sectors of the economy such as manufacturing, agriculture and other foreign exchange and employment...
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    Business $3.3bn Egina FPSO Departs LADOL For Offshore Oilfield After Integration – Leadership Newspaper

    After seven months of fabrication and integration of modules, the $3.3billion Total Upstream Nigeria Limited’s Egina Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) platform has finally departed the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL) base to the Egina deep-water oilfield yesterday. The Egina...
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    Business 14 Listed Firms Yet To File Audited Results To NSE – Leadership Newspaper

    The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced 14 listed firms yet to file in their audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015. This was contained in the X-compliance report of NSE for the period ended August 24, 2018... Read more via Leadership Newspaper...
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    Business KPMG Seeks Extension Of FIRS Reconciliatory Window – Leadership Newspaper

    Partner and Head of Tax, Regulatory and People Service (TRPS) Practice at KPMG, Wole Obayomi, has raised concerns over the time frame given taxpayers by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for withholding tax reconciliation. The FIRS in its continued drive for the digitization of tax...
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    Business Tier-Based Recapitalisation: Insurance Agents Seek Deadline Extension – Leadership Newspaper

    Following the recent introduction of tier-based recapitalisation for the insurance industry of which the deadline to comply is January 1, 2018, insurance agents are pleading that the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) should extend the deadline. Speaking on behalf of insurance agents at a...
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    Politics Estu Kwali Urges Ethnic Chiefs To Uphold Mandate – Leadership Newspaper

    The Estu Kwali, HRH Audu Shaban NIzozo(III),has charged traditional rulers in Kwali area council to live up to their responsibilities and to assist in maintaining peace at their various domains. Nizozo, who gave the charge during the coronation ceremony of ethnic chiefs in his palace, at the...
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    World Neil Simon, Preeminent And Prolific Playwright And Screenwriter, Has Died At 91 – NPR News

    Neil Simon, the enormously productive comic playwright who often adapted his work into screenplays, died on early Sunday morning. He was 91. The cause of death was complications from pneumonia, according to Bill Evans, his longtime friend and publicist. ... Read more via NPR News –...
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    Metro S.African farmers ‘furious’ over Trump land reform tweet – The Independent Uganda

    South African farmers have demanded Donald Trump “leave us the hell alone” after the US president criticised the country’s land reform plans, accusing him of trying to deflect attention from his own scandals. “The people were furious about … Read more via The Independent Uganda: –...
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    World War Vets Slam Mugabe for Sending Daughter Bona to Inauguration – AllAfrica News

    WAR veterans have dismissed former President Robert Mugabe’s half-hearted congratulatory message to newly inaugurated President Emmerson Mnangagwa, slamming the former state leader for sending his “innocent” daughter to take his place at the Sunday event. In an interview with NewZimbabwe.com...
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