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    Sports We will stop the dangerous attacks of Nigeria, says Germany’s Maren Meinert | Goal.com –

    Having stopped the Africans twice at 2010 and 2014 editions, the Germans are aiming to extend their dominance over the Falconets in France Germany U20 women’s head coach Maren Meinert says her side will put up a quality defending to stop the dangerous attacks of Nigeria in their … read more...
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    Metro Bayelsa to establish University of Medical Sciences – BusinessDay News

    Bayelsa State government said on Friday that it had concluded arrangements to establish a University of Medical Sciences with 500-bed hospital, with Yenagoa serving as its main facility. Commissioner for information and orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, who disclosed in a statement...
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    Metro Weber’s puzzle: Why is Nigeria so religious, yet so poor? – BusinessDay News

    A few months ago, the popular American preacher TD Jakes came to the church I attend in London. Preaching on leadership and wealth, he said prayer is not leadership and won’t make anyone rich. “If prayers were enough”, he said, “Nigeria would be one … Read more via BusinessDay : News you...
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    Metro Uncle caught sliding in his teenage niece’s DM to try to date her – Linda Ikeji’s Blog

    The young lady, who just turned 18, is the daughter of the man's brother but this didn't stop him from hitting on her. The 35-year-old uncle started off his.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2AGi6Tn Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Metro ”I ventured into kidnapping after I was told it is lucrative” arrested Mechanic says – Linda Ikeji’s Blog

    A 30-year-old auto mechanic, Sani Mohammed, who was recently arrested by the Niger state police command after a failed attempt to kidnap one Stella Agbachi, along Top Medical Road ..... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2AL2HRT Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Politics Waning Support in Nigeria’s North Poses Election Risk for Buhari – Bloomberg

    Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid is facing a growing challenge as members of his party defect to the opposition and support diminishes in a key region that’s stood by him politically for 15 years.... Read more via Bloomberg – https://ift.tt/2AFdU6e Get More Nigeria...
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    Politics FG, IOM repatriate 9,438 Nigerians from Libya – Dabiri-Erewa – BusinessDay News

    Sequel to the pleas by some trapped Nigerians in Libya via a viral video on July 8, the Federal Government of Nigeria, working with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has identified their detention camps, and offered to bring all the willing Nigerians back … Read more via...
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    Politics Nigeria’s political chess game gets more complex – BusinessDay News

    Nigeria’s political outlook has never been as uncertain as it is currently, as the country’s politicians shift between parties faster than they have ever done in the past. In what looks like the most significant defection that will be hitting the People’s Democratic Party … Read more via...
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    World Why ‘Nigerian Prince’ scams continue to dupe us – The Conversation

    With cryptocurrency fraud and IRS scams making headlines, I had thought Nigerian email schemes were a thing of the past, akin to the bygone days when a scammer might offer to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge. So I was surprised to recently come across an article about a … Read more via The...
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    Business How Jegede built his fashion business with N50, 000 – BusinessDay News

    Access to capital is arguably the biggest challenge facing Nigerian start-ups. Entrepreneurs in the country believe that near absence of cheap funds makes the business environment tough and challenging.... Read more via BusinessDay : News you can trust – https://ift.tt/2vl61xS Get more...
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    Business CBN to stabilise yields in H2 to prevent capital flight, inflation uptick – BusinessDay News

    Analysts expect the Central Bank of Nigeria to stabilize declining treasury yields during the second half (H2) of the year in a bid to prevent continued capital flight and restrict inflationary pressure. This may be achieved by stabilizing the open market operation (OMO) stop … Read more...
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    Business New factories emerge in 2018 as local input sourcing rises to 63% – BusinessDay News

    Poor handling of the Nigerian economy has not deterred manufacturers from expanding capacities and factories this year. Amid factory expansion, manufacturers are also looking more inwards for their raw materials.... Read more via BusinessDay : News you can trust – https://ift.tt/2MaoTsO...
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    World The Wall Street Journal: Pompeo faces criticism at Asian summit over trade, North Korea – MarketWatch.com

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faced criticism from China and skepticism from Southeast Asian powers over U.S. trade policies, as well as a warning from North Korea about Washington’s approach to talks, at a weekend … Read more via MarketWatch.com – Top Stories – https://ift.tt/2MlxupD Get...
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    World Therese Poletti’s Tech Tales: Apple is worth $1 trillion because of Tim Cook – MarketWatch.com

    When Apple Inc. became the first U.S. company to be publicly valued at $1 trillion, Chief Executive Tim Cook sought to minimize the milestone. “It’s not the most important measure of our success,” Cook told Apple employees … Read more via MarketWatch.com – Top Stories –...
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    World President Trump Acknowledges Trump Tower Meeting Was About Information on Hillary Clinton – TIME

    (BRIDGEWATER, N.J.) — President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to change his story about a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that is pivotal to the special counsel’s investigation.... Read more via TIME – https://ift.tt/2M1X9GW Get more World News
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    World The Search Continues for a Sightseeing Plane That Crashed in Alaska With Five Aboard – TIME

    Peering through low cloud cover, rescuers aboard a military aircraft on Sunday were attempting to find a sightseeing plane that crashed with the pilot and four passengers aboard a day earlier in Alaska, high on a mountain ridge in Denali National Park and Preserve. The pilot reported on his …...
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    World Venezuela Detains Six in Failed Drone Attack Aimed At Maduro – Bloomberg

    Caracas, Venezuela (AP) — Authorities detained six people suspected of using explosives-laden drones in a failed bid to assassinate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, officials said Sunday... Read more via Bloomberg – https://ift.tt/2ALrW6k Get more World News
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    Entertainment Demi Lovato vows to ‘keep fighting’ addiction in first post since a suspected overdose – Business Insider

    (Reuters) - US pop singer Demi Lovato spoke out on Sunday about her battle with addiction, saying she needed "time to heal and focus on my sobriety" days after media reports said she was taken to a Los Angeles hospital suffering from a suspected overdose ..... via Business Insider –...
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    Metro Facebook Dating feature enters employee testing, gets early reveal – SlashGear

    Social media titan Facebook is known for “borrowing” from — or flat-out acquiring — it’s largest rivals, including Snapchat and Twitter, and now it appears to be entering the territory of Tinder and OKCupid. Following its first announcement back in May, Facebook’s dating service feature has...
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    Metro ‘Snapchat dysmorphia’ has social media users seeking plastic surgery – CNET

    Everyone seems to look perfect on Snapchat, thanks to a vast array of filters and editing options that can change our real-life appearance in an instant. But … Read more via CNET – https://ift.tt/2LWyyUD Get More Nigeria Metro News
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