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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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For Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman says she will stand for House of Commons speaker

FORMER British Labour Party deputy leader and the member of parliament for Peckham Harriet Harman has confirmed she will run to become the next House of Commons speaker when the incumbent John Bercow stands down.

 

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Rohr hopeful that tonight's game against Ukraine will unveil a few gems ahead of qualifiers

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr is confident tonight's friendly match against Ukraine will produce one or two players that will go on to become the mainstay of the team when it commences the 2020 World Cup and 2021 African Nations Cup qualifiers.

 

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Why has state capitalism failed so abysmally in Nigeria but worked elsewhere

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) One good thing to have come out of Nigeria’s 2019 elections is that a few governors have woken up to the realisation that they need to work on their state’s internally generated revenue (IGR). It is crystal clear to them that you simply cannot provide good governance or any kind of infrastructural development when your running costs are about four times the revenue you generate

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