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Election petition tribunal dismisses Atiku's suit declaring Buhari Nigeria's duly elected president

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's election in Nigeria's last general elections have been upheld by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal today after it dismissed an appeal filed by his challenger former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

 

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Katsina State government enters into a deal with bandits swapping gunmen for kidnap victims

KATSINA State government has entered into a peace deal with bandits terrorising eight local government areas in the state involving the handing over of some of their arrested members in exchange for the release of kidnap victims.

 

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Britain changes its Draconian anti-student law after suffering a huge drop in the number of foreign pupils

BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson has reversed one of the immigration policies of his predecessor Mrs May announcing a return of the two-year post-study work visa for international students.

 

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First batch of Nigerian evacuees arrive in Lagos from South Africa aboard Air Peace flight

NIGERIA has received the first batch of its citizens evacuated from South Africa in response to the ongoing xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals when 84 Nigerians landed at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos this afternoon.

 

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Election tribunal rules that Atiku is a bonafide Nigerian and eligible to run for president

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has been confirmed as a bonafide Nigerian after the Presidential Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja dismissed a challenge from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) claiming he was a Cameroonian.

 

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Nigerian Luxury Consumer Goods Bill 2019

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) A database will be drawn up to determine what are luxury goods. This will include designer clothing, jewellery, automobiles, footwear and fashion accessories. All such items will be subject to a 20% luxury goods tax at the point of purchase

(2) All private jets will be subject to an annual tax worth 40% of their value

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Eagles throw away two goal lead to draw 2-2 in Ukraine conceding handled equaliser

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles were held to a 2-2 draw by Ukraine tonight after they conceded two quick goals within 45 seconds in the last quarter of the game throwing away what looked like an unassailable lead.

 

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IMN defy police ban and hold their annual Ashura religious march in Abuja

MEMBERS of the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) defied a police order today and embarked on their annual Ashura mourning procession in Abuja daring the authorities to arrest them.

 

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South Africa's defence minister says her government is powerless to stop xenophobic attacks

SOUTH Africa's defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has declared that the government is powerless to stop the ongoing xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals because they were planned by criminal gangs.

 

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Lagos high court grants order for permanent seizure of Diezani's jewellery said to be worth $40m

FORMER petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has list her legal battle to keep hold of 2,149 pieces of jewellery valued at $40m after an Abuja high court ruled that she had failed to show why the items should not be permanently forfeited to the federal government.

 

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