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Obi Cubana, Yemi Edun, Drew Uyi cheer Chelsea to victory against Southampton at Stamford Bridge
Top Nigerian billionaire business mogul, Obi Cubana, has been spotted at Stanford Bridge in London, cheering Chelsea football club to victory against Southampton in company of prime London buying agent, Yemi Edun and Top Football Association licensed agent and international brand expert, Drew Uyi. The name Obi Cubana resonates in a positive way globally given
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N300 million Dogara’s biography proceeds to be donated to IDPs, widows, orphans
From Paul Orude, Bauchi About N300 million realised from the proceeds of the biography of the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon Yakubu Dogara, has been spent oncatering to the needs of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), widows, orphans and indigent students. Hon Dogara who made this known in Abuja during the President’s
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FIRS has statutory powers to collect VAT– Maduabuchi SAN
From Godwin Tsa, Abuja As the controversy over the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) rages, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN), Chief Oba Maduabuchi has said the provisions of the 1999 Constitution and the Value Added Tax Act which empowers the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) to collect VAT should be respected. The controversy over
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Maid’s torture: NAPTIP lauds Judge for denying mistress bail
From Okey Sampson, Umuahia National Agency for the prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has commended Justice KCJ Okereke of Abia High Court sitting in Umuahia for denying the bail application brought by Mrs. Ojiugo David Kelechi who was alleged to have severely tortured her maid, 10-year-old househelp, Miss Ifunanya Ede in Umuahia. The maid
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Int’l Day for Older Persons: NASS urged to pass bill on rights of aged
From Okwe Obi, Abuja To mark the 2021 International Day for Older Persons, Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons (COSROPIN), has, once again appealed the leadership of the National Assembly, especially the House of Representatives to speed up passage of the Rights and Privileges of Older Persons’ Bill. The theme for this
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Group to reduce youth unemployment through economic empowerment programmes
From Felix Ikem, Nsukka President of Nsukka Youth General Assembly (NYGA), Mr. Roy Ekwueme has said that the group will organise economic summit to train and empower youths to be self reliance and employers of labour. Ekwueme disclosed this in Nsukka on Monday while briefing newsmen on the preparedness of the group to hold the
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South-South governors in close meeting in Port Harcourt
From TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt South-South governors are currently in a closed meeting at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Among the governors were Chairman of South-South Governors’ Forum, Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Emmanuel Udom (Akwa Ibom), Duoye Diri (Bayelsa) and host, Nyesom Wike (Wike). Absent at the meeting was the Cross River State Governor,
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BREAKING: Panic in Imo as gunmen force Imo residents to sit-at-home
From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri Palpable fear gripped residents of Imo State on Monday as gunmen forcefully enforce the sit-at-home directive of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB). Most residents who had resumed at various places of their establishments before 8 am were said to have been sent back home by the gunmen wielding sophisticated weapons. The
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Court faults CBN on discriminatory bank charges
From Okey Sampson, Umuahia A federal high court sitting in Awka, Anambra state has faulted the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for imposing discriminatory bank charges on some categories of cash depositors from N500,000.00 and above in selected six states and the FCT. The CBN had through two Circulars tagged BPS/DIR/GEN/CIR/04/004 and PSM/DIR/CON/CWO/02/014, published on
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Resident doctors suspend nationwide strike
From Fred Ezeh, Abuja Resident doctors, under the umbrella of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have suspended their nationwide strike embarked upon in August 2, to register their displeasure over unpaid entitlements and unfair labour treatment. The doctors said that six weeks was agreed by both parties as a period within which the government
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Parts of Lagos To Experience power outages For Eight Weeks
There is no doubt that residents living in some parts of Lagos State would have to endure power outages for the next eight weeks. The affected areas, according to the Chief Technical Officer, Ikeja Electric (IE), Jide Kumapayi, to include Oregun axis; Police Training College axis; Anifowoshe; Ojodu; Oba Akran; Magodo; Omole Phase 1
JUST IN: How we feel touch, temperature wins Nobel Prize
Scientists who discovered how our bodies feel the warmth of the sun or the hug of a loved one have won the Nobel Prize. David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, from the US, share the 2021 prize in Medicine or Physiology for their work on sensing touch and temperature, reports the BBC. They unpicked how
JUST IN: S’South Govs meeting in Port Harcourt
Emmanuel Masha, Port Harcourt The governors of South-South states are presently at Government House, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, holding a crucial meeting. Present at the meeting, which started on Monday morning include host Governor Nyesom Wike; Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom State; Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State; Governor Godwin Obaseki
JUST IN: Resident doctors call off strike, to resume on Wednesday
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its nationwide strike — two months after the action began. On August 2, NARD embarked on a strike over “irregular payment of salaries”, among other issues. Efforts of different stakeholders, including President Muhammadu Buhari and the House of Representatives, to ensure the resident doctors shelve
Japan’s new prime minister takes office
Fumio Kishida has formally taken office as Japan’s new prime minister, succeeding Yoshihide Suga who resigned after just one year in office. Kishida, 64, won the race to lead Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) last week, BBC report. He will face a range of tough issues, including post-pandemic economic recovery and threats from
North Korea reopens hotline with South in bid to mend ties
North Korea has restored communication lines with the South, months after it cut a cross-border hotline. The move comes days after the country’s leader Kim Jong-un said he was willing to restore communication as a conditional olive branch. However, Pyongyang also said the restoration of their relationship was dependent on the “attitude of South Korean
Facebook whistleblower reveals identity
A former Facebook whistleblower responsible for a series of bombshell leaks has revealed her identity. Frances Haugen, 37, who worked as a product manager on the vivid misinformation team at Facebook, was interviewed on Sunday by CBS. She said the documents she leaked proved that Facebook repeatedly prioritised “growth over safety”. Facebook said the leaks
Report: Muhammad cartoonist killed in traffic collision
A Swedish cartoonist who sketched the Prophet Muhammad’s head on a dog’s body has died in a traffic accident, according to local media. Lars Vilks was reportedly travelling in a civilian police vehicle which collided with a truck near the town of Markaryd in southern Sweden. Two police officers were also killed and the
Bayern, Madrid, PSG, Barca and Ajax all lose on weekend of upsets
It’s not often Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Paris St-Germain and Barcelona lose a league game. It’s even more rare that two or three of these giants are defeated on the same weekend. So the chances of all four losing on the same weekend are pretty unlikely. But that’s exactly what happened across Europe’s top
4 worshippers electrocuted, while changing church flag in Lagos
Four Christian worshippers were yesterday electrocuted when they tried to change the flag of their church at Abule Egba area of Lagos State. Eye witnesses at the scene said the incident occurred around 7:34am at El-Adonai Evangelical Ministry (Aladura) Church at number 18, Jibowu Road, off Agbe Road, U turn Bus Stop, Abule -Egba.
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