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Diezani

Order EFCC to release my $40m jewellery ― Diezani tells Court

Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, has filed an appeal at the Federal High Court Lagos for the reversal of an interim order secured by the EFCC for the interim forfeiture of her 2,149 pieces of jewellery and a customised gold iPhone all valued at $40m, seized by the antigraft agency last month.

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Babatunde Fowler

Babatunde Fowler not under probe, says Presidency

The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, is not under any investigation, the Nigerian presidency said ‘categorically’ today, denying the imputations spurred by a query issued by Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. Some reports claimed that the query meant that Fowler’s tenure would not be renewed. His first term expired on Saturday.

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Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart tops Forbes list of highest-paid comedians

American stand-up comedian and actor, Kevin Hart, is now the highest-paid stand-up comedian of 2019, Forbes report. Hart raked in $59 million between June 1, 2018, and June 1, 2019, earning him the No. 1 spot on Forbes’ list of the highest-earning stand-up comedians for the second time. Although Kevin Hart stepped down as host

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Anambra

7-year-old Ogun boy sold for N1m recovered in Anambra after 2 years

The police in Ogun State have narrated how a seven-year-old boy, Joshua Joseph, who was declared missing two years ago, was found with his ‘adopted mother’, Blessing Ozor, in Anambra. It was gathered that Ozor allegedly paid N1.05m for Joseph’s ‘adoption’. Ozor claimed to have paid the N1.05m to a level-13 civil servant in the

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Babatunde Fowler

Presidency issues Fowler query over differences in tax collection figures

Mr Tunde Fowler, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has received a query from the Federal government over what has been described as the variance in tax collection figures since he assumed office in 2015. In the query titled “Re-Budgeted FIRS Collection and Actual Collections” and personally signed and dated August

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