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China celebrates 70 years of communist rule
China this week celebrated 70 years of the rule of the communist party. The Chinese Communist Party reached a moment the U.S.S.R. did not: 70 years in power — one more than the Soviet Union lasted. What’s...
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CBN moves the bar higher to 65%
In the game of high jump, the bar is moved higher until a winner emerges, it appears the Central Bank of Nigeria has taken a leaf from the pages of this sport. The CBN isn’t satisfied with the number of...
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Facebook and Amazon are trying to win some back
For the first time ever, Amazon held its annual hardware event the same day as the keynote for Facebook’s Oculus Connect conference. How did it go? Amazon made 80 announcements which...
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Thomas Cooked
After 178 years of operation, British tour operator and of the world’s oldest travel brands with 19 million annual customers, Thomas Cook closed business on Monday. How bad were things? Quite...
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Sowore, FG and the law
It has been 47 days and counting since the publisher of Sahara Reporter, former Presidential aspirant and convener of the controversial ‘Revolution Now’ protest, Omoyele Sowore, was arrested by the...
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More VAT, please
A few weeks ago, The Federal Executive Council (FEC) which is made of the President, Vice president, ministers & representatives of parastatals, agreed to increase the Value-added Tax (VAT)...
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Hurricane Dorian slays 🌊💔
The Story The Island of Bahamas, home to about 395,361 people recently experienced a Hurricane, which caused about 70,000 people to lose their homes and left 30 people dead. The...
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Tensions between Nigeria and South Africa
The Story Earlier this week, people started mass rioting in places throughout South Africa, including Johannesburg and Pretoria. In what people are calling xenophobic (The fear or hatred of something...