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A businessman, Augustine Anyia, yesterday, told an Agege customary court that his wife, Nneka, asked for N5 million, a car, N100,000 monthly allowance as pay off; as he begged the court to dissolve his seven-year-old marriage due to lack of care, lesbianism and threat to his life.

THE total value of capital imported into Nigeria in the first quarter of 2017 (Q1’17) was estimated to be $908.27 million, according to a report released, yesterday, by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

The Acting President , Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday , said no amount of prayer and fast by Nigerians could move the nation forward without hard work.

• Six state govs , Federal Govt team to negotiate with Labour • says 2017 budget undergoing analysis Olalekan Adetayo , Abuja The Federal Government on Wednesday approved a 29 - member tripartite committee on a new minimum wage being clamoured for by the workers .

Twitter Email Google+ LinkedIn Facebook The video begins with a young Caucasian woman walking up a flight of stairs. “Nice bag,” a voice says. “Thank you,” she replies. “Where are your shoes made?” the voice asks another person, a young man this time around. “I think they’re Italian, hey,” he says. Another woman says they are “definitely from Europe.” The voice questions her, “are you sure?” She replies, “Yes, it’s got a European feel.” And then a voice in the background breaks the news to her that her bag is made in Aba, Nigeria. Those words accompany the opening sequence to a series of videos created by the Proudly Made in Aba campaign team and is also featured on their website. The first video, titled ‘Where are your shoes made?’, discusses the huge market that leather shoes, bags, belts and purses made in Aba already have in Nigeria, Africa and the world over. Craftsmen and businessmen based in Aba describe what the market means to them and how they have contributed to building i...

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has contracted by – 0.52 per cent in the first quarter of 2017. This was revealed on Tuesday in a report from the National Bureau of Statistics.  More Images 

A LEGAL expert, Mrs. Omoefe Siakpere, has revealed ways lawyers can create wealth and succeed in corporate law practice.

Emeka Ephraim Ugwuonye, Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer Emeka Ephraim Ugwuonye, Lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has been temporarily banned from legal practice in Nigeria.

Activities at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso were on Wednesday, May 24, paralysed as hundreds of students of the institution took to the streets of Osogbo, the Osun State capital to stage a public protest against non-payment of lecturers and other workers of the university for the past nine months.

By July this year, six winning teams from Middle East and Africa, MEA, will fly the continent’s flag  at the world wide finals of the 2017 Microsoft Imagine Cup competition.