Day: March 29, 2018

Donald Trump assails Amazon on taxes, retail competition

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By Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump slammed Amazon on Thursday over taxes and retail competition, sparking fresh worries for the technology sector pressured by Facebook’s privacy scandal. “I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the Election,” Trump tweeted. “Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!” The comments came a day after a report by the news site…

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SERAP asks Nigerian lawmakers to return illegal allowances

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A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has asked Nigerian lawmakers to voluntarily return payments made to them outside the law guiding the salaries and allowances of public officers in the country. In a statement on Thursday signed by its deputy director, Timothy Adewale, the group urged the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to “persuade their members to voluntarily return running costs and other allowances so far collected, and now declared as illegal by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and…

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Delta government approves rehabilitation of four roads in Asaba

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he Delta State Government has approved the construction, rehabilitation and asphalt overlay of four roads, in Asaba, the capital territory. This was part of the decisions taken during the State Executive Council meeting held inside the Government House, Asaba. Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, who spoke after the meeting listed the approvals to include the rehabilitation and asphalt overlay of Ibusa Road (from Nnebisi Road to Benin/Asaba Expressway), and the construction of Ambassador Leo Okogwu Road (from Onwuegbuzie Street junction to Osuzoka Street in Zappa), Asaba. Others are the…

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Easter: Prices of food items increase in Lagos

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Ahead of Easter celebration, prices of some food items like tomatoes, chili pepper, and onions have increased by over 100 per cent in Lagos markets, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A survey by NAN on Thursday at Mile 12, Ile-Epo and Oyingbo markets revealed that a 40kg basket of tomatoes which hitherto sold for N4, 500 in February now goes for N9,500. A 50kg basket of chili pepper increased from N4,500 to N8,000 and a basket of tatashe rose from N4,000 to N8,000. A jute bag of onions…

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President Buhari, Tinubu say they are on rescue mission

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President Mohammadu Buhari and APC leader Ahmed Tinubu have re-kindle hope with assurances that Nigeria is being rescued from wreckage. Buhari, who is in Lagos for a two-day official visit, restated his commitment to implement people-oriented programmes. “Our goal is to bring everybody together for mutually beneficial ethnic, economic, social, religion, political and cultural relationship. “We are determined to invest in people because we depend on people to govern,’’ Buhari said , on Thursday at the 10th Bola Tinubu Colloquium. Buhari, who earlier commissioned the Ikeja Bus Terminal designed to…

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Governor Obaseki expresses shock at killing of APC youth leader

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The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has expressed shock at the news of the brutal killing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) youth leader in Etsako West Local Government Area of the state, Mr. Samson Sedi, who was allegedly shot by armed robbers on Wednesday night in Jattu. “I was shocked on receiving the news of Mr. Samson Sedi’s death. My heart goes out to his family. I have ordered the relevant security agencies to arrest the killers and prosecute them without delay,” Obaseki said. He described the…

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Tonto Dikeh: Reality TV show “KingTonto’’ to hit screens soon

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Controversial Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh says her much anticipated reality TV show “KingTonto’’ will hit screens across the country and beyond soon. The 33 year-old singer and mother of one revealed this on Thursday via her instagram handle, @tontolet with a 30 seconds sneak preview video of herself in different outfits with a crown on her head. “#KINGTONTO THE MOST ANTICIPATED REALITY TV SHOW…I promise you DRAMA, Love, Motherhood in its purest adorable form, work and everything I am made up of and more…Tell your friends to tell their friends…

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Navy discovers six new illegal refineries in Rivers

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Capt. Victor Choji, Executive Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder Port Harcourt, disclosed this while destroying one of the illegal refineries on Thursday in Alakiri, Asari-Toru. The Nigerian Navy says it has discovered six new illegal refineries with combined capacity to refine four million litres of crude oil daily in Alakiri, Asari Toru Local Government Area of Rivers. Capt. Victor Choji, Executive Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder Port Harcourt, disclosed this while destroying one of the illegal refineries on Thursday in Alakiri, Asari-Toru. Choji said: “The refinery…

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