Customs gives all private jet owners up until July 6 to register their aircraft of have them impounded

NIGERIA Customs Service (NCS) has threatened to impound any private jet in the country which does not have unverified documents as from July 6 as part of a clampdown on unregistered aircrafts.

 

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Newly promoted Premier League side Watford reach deal to buy Super Eagles striker Emmanuel Dennis

SUPER Eagles striker Emmanuel Dennis is set to join newly promoted English Premier League side Watford after his Belgian Club Brugges reached an agreement with the Hornets on his sale.

 

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10 things we need to do if we want to recapture the glory of 1949 when our national football team The UK Tourists were feted like royalty across Britain with the red carpet rolled out for them in every city

 

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[1] Increase the size of our gross domestic product to about $5trn

[2] Become the world's largest manufacturer of electronic automobiles

[3] Take a cue from India who pride themselves on being the Pharmacy of the World and become the largest manufacturer of tropical drugs

[4] Overtake Vietnam as the world's largest manufacturer of telephone handsets

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World Bank predicts Nigeria may generate as much as $1.12bn from electronic money transfer tax

WORLD Bank officials have estimated that Nigeria could earn as much as N462bn ($1.12bn) from electronic money transfer (EMT) taxes this year following the introduction of the levy last year and its growing popularity.

 

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Lagos Free Trade Zone and European Business Chamber begin talks about working together

LAGOS Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) officials and the European Business Chamber have begun talks aimed at exploring opportunities for opening up investment in a bid to spur economic development and regeneration.

 

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Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project drags Buhari to court over Twitter ban

CIVIL society group the Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project (Serap) has filed a law suit against Nigeria's information minister Alhaji Lai Mohammed and the federal government over the recent decision to ban the use of Twitter across the country.

 

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Buhari finally agrees to dialogue with Igbo leaders as a means of ending insecurity in the southeast

LABOUR minister Dr Chris Ngige has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted to engage in dialogue with Igbo leaders to help address the ongoing agitations taking place across the southeast geo-political zone.

 

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Rohr finally accepts that Musa is past his best dropping him from squad to face Mexico next month

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has finally come to terms with the fact that skipper Ahmed Musa may be past his best as he excluded him from a list of 22 home-based players called up for a July 3 friendly against Mexico.

 

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As a follow-up to the war on Covid-19, President Buhari should write to the G7 leaders telling them that we have more serious health challenges than coronavirus and this is the course of action he plans to take so will need their support

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[1] 12 specialist hospitals shall be established in Nigeria with two in each geo-political zone. These shall include - Dermatology, optometrics, renal failure, cardialogy, neurology, ear/throat/nose, cancer, Hiv/Aids, orthopedia, rheumatics, tropical diseases and sickle cell anaemia

[2] Pharmaceutical companies will be given 10 year tax holidays if they establish manufacturing facilities in Nigeria

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South East Governors Forum says Ipob does not speak for Igbos with its calls for secession

GOVERNORS of the five state that make up the southeast geo-political zone of Nigeria have distanced themselves from the secessionist group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) saying that it does not speak for the Igbo people.

 

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