Miss Colombia isn't holding a grudge against Steve Harvey, despite his mortifying flub a month ago mistakenly naming her the winner of the Miss Universe pageant. She says she isn't even going to sue him, as some lawyers have suggested.
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“What if he sent a congratulatory message and they go to court and the election is overturned, will he call back the congratulatory message?
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The National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, has been granted bail in the sum of N400 million, with two sureties in the sum of N200 million each
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Janet Hubert is the latest celebrity to speak out about the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, but she is aiming her thoughts at two people in particular: Jada Pinkett and Will Smith.
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Following the receipt of the president’s letter, the Senate adopted a motion reversing its earlier decision that it would only work on the document presented by Buhari on December 22 and resolved that it would now consider the corrected version
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In the days of the commodity boom a few years ago, oil-rich nations and their petrodollar wealth were the darlings of the World Economic Forum. A panel that included Kuwaiti, Saudi and Russian sovereign-wealth fund officials was one the hottest tickets at Davos in January 2008, just before oil prices surged to $150 a barrel. It was a time when crude producers were accumulating billions of dollars in debt and equities, plus real estate, sports teams and other trophy assets. So influential were the fund managers that a group of bank chiefs told them behind closed doors at the Swiss resort to become more transparent, or risk antagonizing American legislators.
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The Minister of Health, Prof. Issac Adewole, who disclosed this, yesterday, in Abuja at the Emergency National Council on Health meeting with state Commissioners of Health and other stake- holders in the health sector, said the current out-break was a national embarrassment.
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A lack of funds may have severe consequences for more than 23,500 refugees at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi, the United Nations World Food Programme and the UN Refugee Agency said.
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There is a strong indication that the federal government may summon a meeting of capital market stakeholders over the consistent decline in the stock market. A combination of factors, such as political risk, currency volatility, and uncertainty in global crude oil prices have affected the stock market performance. The market dipped by 17.4 per cent in 2015 and 21 per cent so far this year.
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In line with the federal government’s drive to shore up non-oil revenue, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks as well as other financial institutions under its regulation, to with immediate effect commence charging N50 per eligible transaction in accordance with the provisions of the Stamp Duties Act and the Federal Government Financial Regulations 2009.
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