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    Business Adamawa Assembly To Quiz Zenith Bank Over Workers’ Salaries – Leadership Newspaper

    The Management of Zenith bank Yola branch, had left Commissioner of Finance, Mahmoud Yunusa, stranded at the bank premises when he stormed the bank to inquire over non payment of April and May salaries of Adamawa state civil servants. The commissioner collected a letter by Gov … Read...
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    Business GTBank, DBN collaborate on disbursement of N25 billion MSMEs’ fund – The Guardian Nigeria News

    Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) is partnering with the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) to disburse N25billion funding to entrepreneurs in Nigeria’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector. The funding, which id the single largest disbursement by the DBN … Read more via The...
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    Business ‘Why Nigerian capital market fails to drive economic growth’ – The Guardian Nigeria News

    Capital market shareholders have identified low patronage, unfavourable operating environment, lack of incentives, fewer product offerings and inconsistent government policies as factors inhibiting the growth of the nation’s capital market and consequent contributions to the economy. The...
  4. Nigeria World News

    World Facebook facing most probes by Irish data regulator – BBC News

    Social media giant Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp have been the subject of most data investigations in the Republic of Ireland since the European Union’s new data protection regulation came into force … Read more via BBC News – https://bbc.in/2WrXpnO Get more World News
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    World Alibaba reportedly mulling to raise $20B through a second listing in Hong Kong – TechCrunch

    Massive news just dropped for Hong Kong’s capital markets. Alibaba, one of the world’s largest tech companies, is considering raising $20 billion through a second listing in Hong Kong, Bloomberg reported on Monday citing sources. TechCrunch has reached out to Alibaba for comment and will...
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    World White Panda Is Spotted in China for the First Time – The New York Times

    HONG KONG — An all-white, albino panda has appeared in a natural reserve in China, the first of its kind to be documented, an expert said this week. The panda was photographed in April with an infrared camera at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in the … Read more via The New York Times –...
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    World Bannon’s group built the wall — a mile of it, anyway — over the weekend – Yahoo News

    BARCELONA — In what might be seen as a Memorial Day gift to President Donald Trump, residents of a mountain range outside of El Paso today woke up to a new vista—a mile-long wall of metal slats constructed … Read more via Yahoo News – Latest News & Headlines – https://yhoo.it/2JDx8Ne Get...
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    World Fiat confirms Renault merger proposal – Autoexpress

    Discussions for a £33bn merger between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Renault have been officially confirmed by FCA in a statement. The deal would see Fiat and Renault each own 50% of the new car manufacturer and would bring efficiency savings in excess of 5bn euros in addition to …...
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    World Ugandan scientist shortlisted for prestigious conservation award – Capital News

    Ugandan veterinarian and primate expert, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has been shortlisted for the prestigious Tusk Conservation in Africa 2019 awards. The Tusk Awards for Conservation in Africa organised by conservation charity Tusk Trust in association with Investec Asset Management is...
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    World Judge got it wrong in gay sex ruling – Daily Nation

    It is the rampant privilege of the heterosexual class to assume that everyone wants to get married, when in actuality, marriage, even for heterosexuals, is not always a goal. In fact, when one is fighting for the right to be … Read more via Daily Nation | Home – http://bit.ly/2VPqxBa Get...
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    World Police investigating Toronto doctor accused of sexually abusing patients – The Globe and Mail

    Toronto Police have launched an investigation into a prominent pain specialist accused of sexually abusing multiple patients. The Toronto Police *Service* … Read more via “sexual health” – Google News – https://tgam.ca/2Quw0w7 Get more World News
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    World The dark side of kidney trade – The Hindu

    Some time in April this year, T. Pardhasaradhi, a native of Kurnool and a resident of Kukatpally in Hyderabad, approached the MR Peta Police Station in Visakhapatnam seeking to lodge a complaint stating that he was allegedly .... Read more via The Hindu – Health – http://bit.ly/2VStzo2 Get...
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    World Man dies on plane after ingesting 246 cocaine bags – Myjoyonline news

    A Japanese man has died on a flight from Mexico City after ingesting 246 bags of cocaine. The flight, bound for Japan’s Narita International Airport, had to make an emergency landing in Mexico’s Sonora state after he began to have seizures. Authorities said the man, identified as … Read...
  14. Nigeria Business News

    Business Gokada Secures Series A Funding of $5.3 Million – TechCity

    Gokada, the Lagos-based on-demand motorcycle taxi app, has secured a Series A fundraise of $5.3 million. Led by Rise Capital with participation from Adventure Capital, First MidWest Group, IC Global Partners and several local investors, Gokada will deploy its investment to expand its driver...
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    Business Recent innovations in the public transport system may help drive Nigeria’s cashless initiative – Techpoint.Africa

    In 2012, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) started the Cash-less Nigeria Project which commenced with a pilot phase in Lagos State followed by 5 other states in 2013. A year later, the project was implemented on a national scale. A policy was designed for the project, which aimed to reduce the...
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    Business Nigeria earned N289.04bn from VAT Q1 2019 —NBS – The Punch

    Sectoral distribution of Value Added Tax data for the first quarter of 2019 reflected that the sum of N289.04bn was generated as VAT in Q1 2019 as against N298.01bn generated in Q4 2018 and N269.79bn generated in Q1 2018 representing 3.01 per cent decrease … Read more via “nigeria” – Google...
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