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Economy
Nigeria Customs Service signs MoU with China Customs to enhance trade
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) to foster bilateral relationships for the enhancement of economic growth. Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Adewale Adeniyi on Wednesday, 8 May 2024, led some of his management team to Shenzhen, where he highlighted the significance of…
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Perspectives
The 2019 Tinubu speech we ignored is biting back, by Farooq Kperogi
At the 11th Bola Tinubu Colloquium on March 29, 2019, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then only a powerful but unofficial pillar of the APC, gave us an ominous presage of his administration that we all either ignored or sniggered at but which is now eerily materializing. “If we reduce the purchasing power of the people, we can further slow down the…
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Lifestyle
Meghan Markle opens up about her Nigerian heritage
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, married to Prince Harry, King Charles II second son has spoken candidly about her Nigerian background. During a speech on women in leadership, the duchess disclosed that her ancestry revealed she was born in Nigeria. “Every single moment that I hear anyone talk about what it means to be a Nigerian woman, it is…
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Economy
Tinubu directs CBN to halt implementation of cybersecurity levy
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a review and requested that the controversial cybersecurity levy policy be put on hold by the Central Bank of Nigeria. This followed the House of Representatives resolution last Thursday, requesting that the CBN rescind the circular ordering all banks to start imposing a 0.5% cybersecurity tax on all electronic transactions made in the nation. Following…
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Perspectives
Ekweremadu: This too shall pass, by Ismail Omipidan
Yesterday was my daughter’s birthday. He was one of the earliest callers when my wife was delivered of a baby girl, in 2012. He jokingly told me we denied him of having a birthday mate in my family. So, I know that today is his birthday. But unlike the previous years, he is not available today. He had fought so…
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Perspectives
Nyesom Wike and Abuja roads, by Is’haq Modibbo Kawu
Today is Saturday, May 4th, 2024. I had an early appointment inside the precincts of Aso Villa. I live in the Gudu District of Abuja, so I came out of my residence and took the turn through the Gudu cemetery, and followed the direction towards Asokoro. That was where my “problem” commenced. I hadn’t driven in that direction for several…
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Politics
Rivers Crisis: I made a mistake, says Wike,
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has stated that supporting Governor Siminalayi Fubara was an error he would correct at the right time. The FCT Minister begged for forgiveness from the political family, claiming he made mistakes in his assessment of Fubara. He insisted that he would keep his critics fuming so they would keep making…
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Across the States
Why we deployed armed officers to Rivers Assembly Quarters – Nigeria Police
The Rivers Police Command has explained its deployment of approximately thirty armed police officers and armoured personnel carriers to the Port Harcourt residences of state House of Assembly members. The deployment has increased political tension in the state amid a standoff between some lawmakers and the governor, Siminalayi Fubara, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The factional Speaker…
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Crime & City Diary
Arrested Lagos gays narrate how they kidnap, extort, rape male victims
These are indeed evil days and strange things are happening. At the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja, eleven suspected criminals who were arrested in the highbrow Lekki area of the state have confessed that they belonged to a vicious gang of homosexuals that kidnap, extort and rape their male victims. Shockingly, they disclosed that their victims were only healthy-looking males…
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National News
Israel to partner Office of First Lady on Women in Agriculture program
The Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Michael Freeman has expressed the readiness of his country to collaborate with the Office of the First Lady. He stated this when he visited the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu at the State House Abuja. Ambassador Freeman commended the various programmes of the First Lady: Women’s Empowerment, Agriculture,…
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