Day: May 29, 2017

Navy charges Niger Delta communities on oil theft, sabotage of oil facilities

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The Nigerian Navy on Saturday advised the people of the Niger Delta to desist from illegal activities including piracy, vandalism, kidnapping, oil theft and other criminal activities that will bring the region into ridicule. The Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base, Formoso in Brass, Bayelsa, Captain Mayowa Olukoya, gave the advice during a free medical mission to Odioma community in Brass area of the state. The free medical service was held in the community as part of activities commemorating the 61st anniversary of the Nigerian Navy. Flagging off the free medical…

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Messi loses supreme court appeal of tax-fraud conviction

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MADRID — Professional soccer player Lionel Messi has lost his Supreme Court appeal of a tax-fraud conviction in Spain. The court confirmed the 21-month prison sentence handed to Messi for defrauding tax authorities of 4.1 million euros ($4.6 million) in 2007-09. He is not expected to go to prison because sentences of less than two years for first offenses are usually suspended in Spain. The court maintained the 2 million-euro ($2.24 million) fine handed to the Argentina player in last year’s trial. Messi’s father, Jorge Horacio Messi, also was convicted of…

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Weak economy a threat to Democracy-Saraki

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Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called for concerted and united effort by all Nigerians to build a strong economy as a means of sustaining the nation’s democracy. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, to commemorate the 2017 Democracy Day celebration, said the real challenge to the sustenance of the democracy which the country has experienced in the last 18 years was the need for a solid economy that will ensure that the citizens enjoy high standard of living…

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