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    Sports Inter Milan celebrates Kanu at 42 – – The Sun News

    Serie A giants, Inter Milan has congratulated Nwankwo Kanu as he marked 42nd birthday yesterday. According to a statement by the Milan based club; “the former Nigerian attacker, who won the 1998 UEFA Cup with the Nerazzurri... read more via – The Sun News – https://ift.tt/2v8xBhG Get More...
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    Metro Group Calls for the Removal IG – Thisdaylive

    The Kaduna State chapter of the Igede Nation in Diaspora (IND) wednesday called for the sack of the Inspector General of Police (IG), Ibrahim Idris, accusing him of undermining democracy in Nigeria. Speaking against the backdrop of the recent impeachment notice served the Governor of … Read...
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    Metro Again, Four Killed in Fresh Attack on Plateau Community – Thisdaylive

    Four persons were last Tuesday evening killed by unknown assailants in Rigum community, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to a resident whose son was killed, Mrs. Kogi Audu, the incident occurred at about... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2vukHKf Get...
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    Metro Violence: Red Cross searching for 17,000 Nigerians – TODAY.NG

    The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday that it was currently seeking the whereabouts of 17,000 Nigerians who were missing as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency and herdsmen-farmers’ clashes in the country..... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2AyJjqP Get...
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    Metro Delta community serves criminals quit notice – Vanguard News

    Leaders of Sapele community, Sapele Local Government Area, Delta State, have warned kidnappers, armed robbers, cultists and other criminals to steer clear of the area or they would be hunted and handed over to security agencies to face prosecution..... Read more via Vanguard News –...
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    Politics National Carrier Will Reduce Capital Flight, Says Kalu – Thisdaylive

    A former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has expressed support for the establishment of a national carrier, Nigeria Air, saying the airline would reduce capital flight. In 2017, foreign airlines repatriated about $2.5 billion and Nigeria lost about $4 billion on unserviced bilateral...
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    Politics Appeal Court okays National Assembly’s move to reorder 2019 elections – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    The Court of Appeal has given the National Assembly the go-ahead with a bill seeking to reorder the sequence of the planned 2019 general elections. In a judgment delivered yesterday, the appellate court invalidated... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News –...
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    Politics Quit Now If You Wish, Ganduje Tells His Deputy – Thisdaylive

    Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, wednesday expressed great shock over what it described as unguarded remarks by the state Deputy Governor, Professor Hafiz Abubakar, who alleged that his life and that of his immediate family members are threatened. Ganduje, in a statement signed by...
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    Politics FG Using NBC to Muzzle Us, Daar Communications Alleges – Thisdaylive

    Daar Communications Plc has flayed the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for allegedly becoming a tool used by the federal government to muzzle the communications company from performing its constitutionally guaranteed freedom of expression. NBC over the weekend imposed a fine of N1.5...
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    Politics Court Restrains APC, Oshiomhole, from Dissolving Kwara Exco – Thisdaylive

    A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital, wednesday restrained members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, or any person or officer of the party from dissolving … Read...
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    World Facebook’s security boss to leave firm – BBC News

    Facebook’s chief security officer Alex Stamos has left the company to become a fellow at nearby Stanford University. His departure had been expected following news in March that Facebook was reorganising its security … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2NZEokP Get more World News
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    Entertainment French rappers brawl at Paris airport – BBC News

    Two French rappers have been arrested after fighting broke out at a Paris airport that caused flight delays and the closure of part of the building. Booba and Kaaris were detained along with members of their entourages following … via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2vq3LEB Get more Nigeria...
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    World International calls for restraint in Zimbabwe – BBC News

    A government crackdown in Zimbabwe after Monday’s elections has prompted international calls for restraint. The UN and former colonial power the UK both expressed concern about the violence, in which three people … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2M8EdTz Get more World News
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    World Hundreds protest in Denmark against new ban on face veils in public – Premium Times Nigeria

    Hundreds of Danes rallied in Copenhagen on Wednesday in protest at a new ban on the wearing of face veils in public, accusing the government of infringing on women’s right to dress as they choose. Denmark’s parliament enacted the ban in May, joining France and … Read more via Premium Times...
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    Business NNPC urges RMAFC to help in recovery of excess revenues – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has urged the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), as an independent arbiter, to ensure recovery of … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World...
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    Business ‘How banks, Fintechs can deploy data analytics for sustainable growth’ – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    The Chartered Institute of Bankers Nigeria (CIBN) has said that data analytics will impact the banking sector by creating values in terms of efficiency in how they render services to increase their bottom line. The President and Chairman of Council, CIBN, Uche Olowu.... Read more via The...
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    Business OPEC oil production climbs as Saudi Arabia pumps more – Punch Newspapers

    Crude oil production from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries increased last month as Saudi Arabia pumped near-record volumes to make good on a pledge to consumers that demand would be met. The kingdom’s oil production grew by 230,000 barrels a day in July to 10.65 million...
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    Metro Students Tackle SARS Over Colleague’s Death – Sahara Reporters

    The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is in the eye of the storm again. Students of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic in Owo (RUGIPO) in Ondo State are calling for the disbandment of the outfit, following the death of their final year Accounting colleague, … Read more via Sahara Reporters –...
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    Metro NAFDAC recalls BP medicine linked to cancer – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has joined other regulatory agencies worldwide to recall a blood pressure medication from the market after it was found to contain a cancer-causing chemical. Valsartan, made in China, … Read more via The Guardian...
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    Metro Three INEC Officials Remanded In Prison For ‘Receiving Illegal N22m Cash In 2015’ – Sahara Reporters

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned three Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials at the Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged money laundering and bribery. Gbadegun Abiodun, Oladipo Oladapo and Afolabi Albert were arraigned before...
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