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    Business Nigeria’s economic recovery still challenging – IMF – Premium Times Nigeria

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Nigeria’s economic outlook for 2018 remains challenging as private sector lending remains low and foreign exchange inflows are mostly short-term. IMF in a statement issued in Washington on Friday by Lucie Fouda, the Fund’s Press Officer, said higher...
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    Politics Ekiti Elections: Analysis Of Parties’ Strengths And Weaknesses

    As the D-Day arrives for the much anticipated Ekiti State governorship election, KAMARUDEEN OGUNDELE analyses the strengths of the parties in each of the 16 local governments of the state. All is set for today’s governorship poll in Ekiti State as political campaigns had come to an end on...
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    World Facebook will not remove fake news – BBC News

    Facebook says it will not remove fake news from its platform because it does not violate its community standards. The social network is currently running an advertising campaign in the UK that declares "fake news is not our friend". But it said publishers often had … Read more via BBC News...
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    Business ExxonMobil staff protest sack of 860 spy police – Daily Post Nigeria

    Aggrieved Staff of ExxonMobil in Akwa Ibom state on Friday took to the streets over the sack of 860 spy police in the company without entitlements. The protest which started at about 8 am had the Mobil Housing Estate at Marina road, Eket Local council blocked by … Read more via Daily Post...
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    Metro Cultists gang rape 15-yr old girl in Sapele – Vanguard News

    Some group of cultists, yesterday at the urban axis of Sapele, Delta state, allegedly raped a 15 year old girl multiple times during initiation into their group...... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2ujSgz2 Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Politics Ex-VP Atiku Abubakar: We must reverse negative indices of APC – TODAY.NG

    A former vice-president and frontline presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had recorded only negative indices in every aspect of Nigeria’s economic, social and political affairs and time had come to reverse the trend...
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    Politics Atiku in Umuahia, says restructuring is panacea to Nigeria’s problems – Vanguard News

    Former Vice President and frontline contender for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has restated his commitment to the promotion of a just and equitable federal structure of government, saying that it remains the panacea to reigniting the...
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    World Scarlett Johansson drops out of trans role – BBC News

    US actor Scarlett Johansson has dropped out of a role in which she was going to play a transgender man following a backlash from the LGBT community. The Avengers … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2NeXseq Get more World News
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    World Trump-Putin summit ‘is on’ says White House – BBC News

    A summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will go ahead as planned despite tension over Moscow’s alleged election meddling, the White House says. The pair … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2Jn7vM7 Get more World News
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    Metro LASU associate professor caught in alleged sex scandal – TODAY.NG

    Dr. Sunkanmi Odubunmi, an Associate Professor of Economics in the Lagos State University (LASU), has allegedly been caught in the web of sexual harassment of one his female students..... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2NPCqnD Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Metro Herdsmen/Farmers crisis: NEMA presents drugs worth N40m to Adamawa Govt – Vanguard News

    As part of efforts to ameliorate the sufferings of displaced persons following persistent Fulani herdsmen/Farmers crisis, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has donated assorted drugs worth N42million to Adamawa government for victims of recent … Read more via Vanguard News –...
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    Politics Naira rain as Ekiti people choose their governor today – TODAY.NG

    The people of Ekiti State will vote for their governor for the next four years at 2,195 polling units and 2, 803 voting points across the state today, Saturday... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2JmuYNj Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Politics INEC to release timetable for bye-elections in Kastina, Bauchi, Cross River next week – TODAY.NG

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will release timetable and schedule of activities to fill the existing vacancies in the Bauchi South and Katsina North Senatorial Districts by next week... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2NhtTcj Get More Nigeria...
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    Politics Supremacy battle in Benue between Gov. Ortom, Sen. Akume – Vanguard News

    There is no gainsaying that a political tsunami is currently sweeping through Benue state arising from the rift between Governor Samuel Ortom and Senator George Akume, a former governor of the state..... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2NbalpV Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Politics Why we’re meeting Obasanjo today — PDP – Vanguard News

    Members of the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) led by the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, will meet with the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta today.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2NcgVws Get More Nigeria...
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    Politics Saraki’s Trial: Revelations that could help FG – Vanguard News

    Simon Kolawole, the founder of Cable Online newspaper is usually a jovial and jolly good fellow. He is capable of making jokes out of the most serious issues. As Editor of THISDAY where I … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2KVCgNJ Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Entertainment How I Was Schooled By Wizkid At Starboy Records – Singer L.A.X Reveals (WATCH VIDEO) – Naijaloaded

    Nigerian singer, Damilola Afolabi popularly known as L.A.X has recounted his experience with superstar singer, Wizkid under Starboy Records. While speaking in a recent interview on NL TV Celebrity Spotlight, L.A.X..... via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s Most Visited Music & Entertainment Website –...
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    Metro 17 Boko Haram Members Jailed In Niger Republic – The Trent

    A court in Niger has sentenced over 17 members of the violent Islamist movement Boko Haram to between two and seven years in jail, a senior state prosecutor said Monday, July 9, 2018. “Of 42 suspects on trial, 17 got between two and seven years in prison and … Read more via The Trent –...
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    World 85years Old President Of Cameroon Paul Biya Who Has Been In Power For 36years Seeks 7th Term In Office – Gossip Mill Nigeria

    Cameroon’s 85-year-old president, Paul Biya, announced Friday that he plans to run for a seventh consecutive term in office in the October election “I will be your candidate in the next presidential election,” Biya, who has been head of state in the West African … Read more via Gossip Mill...
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    Sports France will win World Cup – Dwight Yorke – PM NEWS Nigeria

    SuperSport analyst Dwight Yorke, who has been sharing his expert opinion on DStv and GOtv during the World Cup, has put his neck on the line by predicting victory for France in Sunday’s final. The former … read more via PM NEWS Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2uy6Sd7 Get More Nigeria Sports News
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