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Eminem was questioned by the US Secret Service over “threatening lyrics” towards Ivanka Trump. Records obtained by Buzzfeed News show that the rapper was visited by agents over his 2017 song Framed. In the track, Eminem questions why the daughter of US President Donald Trump was in the boot of his car, continuing the “dumb little blonde girl” was “dumped in the pond”. According to the records, the case was opened after “a concerned citizen” reported the song to the agency. This was, in fact, a reporter from the TMZ website seeking comment over the track’s content. “I want to know if…

Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Tunde Fowler, has stated the the improvement in revenue collection in the country over the last four years is partly due to the adoption of technology, which has made payment process more convenient in addition to providing information to taxpayers. The FIRS Chairman, who was represented stated this yesterday at the inaugural edition of The Nigeria e-Government Conference in Lagos. In a keynote address delivered on his behalf by Dr. Zainab Gobir, Assistant Director, e-Services and PEBEC Coordinator, FIRS, Fowler said the FIRS has automated all its processes. He explained that processes such…

Substitute Nicolas Pepe rescued Arsenal with two sublime free-kicks in the last 10 minutes of their Europa League group game against Vitoria Guimaraes at Emirates Stadium. Arsenal were losing 2-1 when Pepe came on in the 75th minute and he scored five minutes later with a curling effort from 25 yards. He repeated the feat in stoppage time as Arsenal avoided their second straight defeat and retained their place at the top of Group F. Former Tottenham youngster Marcus Edwards had earlier cut inside and fired into the bottom corners to give Vitoria a shock lead, before Arsenal’s Brazilian teenager…

Mr. Kennedy Uzoka, the GMD/CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has won the much coveted  ‘BusinessDay’s Bank CEO’ of the year 2019 award. Uzoka emerged tops based on his sterling achievements since he assumed the position of Group CEO at UBA three years ago. Kennedy Uzoka has been successful in pulling increased financial performances and appreciation of shareholders’ investment. A techie himself, he has ensured massive investment in the digitalisation of the bank’s activities and processes,  particularly the introduction of UBA’s chatbot, LEO which is the first of its kind by any financial institutions in Africa. Uzoka has…

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Russian oil company Lukoil for potential cooperation in oil production, trading and refining, Lukoil said on Thursday. Mele Kyari, head of Nigeria’s state oil firm, signed the memorandum during a visit to the Russian city of Sochi during a Russia-Africa Summit. Completing Ajaokuta will revive automotive industry – DG NNPC also engaged Russian state owned company and private entities to secure development cooperation of mutual benefit. Refinery rehabilitation and gas infrastructure development on the front burner.

Anthony Martial’s first-half penalty proved decisive as Manchester United moved top of their Europa League group with victory at Partizan Belgrade. Martial, making his first start since August, sent Vladimir Stojkovic the wrong way from the spot after United’s 19-year-old defender Brandon Williams won the spot-kick. Williams’ burst forward to draw a foul from Nemanja Miletic was one of the the few bright spots in an otherwise uninspiring United display. It helped ensure that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team won for the first time in 11 attempts away from home with their only shot on target. Williams and 18-year-old midfielder James…

Mr Jelani Aliyu, Director-General, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), on Thursday applauded the Federal Government over moves to ensure the completion of Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Mill. Aliyu made the commendation at the annual conference of Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CICAN), in Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday agreed to put Nigeria-Russia relations on a fast track to ensure the completion of partially completed and abandoned projects initiated by both countries. Buhari’s request for the return of Russia on a government-to-government relationship for completion and commissioning of Ajaokuta Steel Rolling…

A Portuguese doctor has been suspended after a baby was born without a nose, eyes or part of his skull. The parents of baby Rodrigo had not been aware of their son’s severe physical abnormalities until he was born earlier this month. Medical council officials have voted to suspend Dr Artur Carvalho over allegations of negligence. It has emerged that other complaints, dating back more than a decade, have been made involving other babies. Reports of those cases, detailed by Portuguese media, have provoked widespread outrage. Dr Carvalho has not commented publicly on any of the allegations and the BBC…

The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has advised pensioners to be wary of fraudsters who extorts them under the guise of helping to process their benefits. The Executive Secretary of PTAD, Dr Chioma Ejikeme, gave the advice on Thursday in Jos at the ongoing verification exercise for pensioners from states in the North-Central. Ejikeme said the directorate would never demand money from pensioners to process their benefits and warned them to ignore any call from such fraudsters. “PTAD will never take money from any of you to process anything that has to do with your retirement benefits. “The only communication…

Mr Muideen Ibrahim, Managing Director, BAMIB Resources and Investment Company Limited, has called on the Federal Government to support the company to increase its production to 450 million dozens of pencil annually. Ibrahim told NAN in Abuja that the company currently produced 2.4 million dozens annually as at 2019. He also urged the Federal Government to provide facility and enabling environment for the company to expand its production. “You know what we call economy of scale; when we have the facility, we can scale up and that can bring the price down so that we can use that to compete…