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Nigeria Customs impounds over N1.3 Billion worth of contraband goods in six months

  The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’, Owerri has continued to beam its search light on smugglers of contraband goods in the country resulting in the seizure of a total of one hundred and sixty-nine (169) items with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of one billion, three hundred and seventy-nine million, seven hundred and seventy-two thousand, five hundred and (more…)

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TY Bello shares motivating encounter with a soldier fighting Boko Haram in Maiduguri

Celebrity photographer, TY Bello, who just returned from Borno state, shared this photo of an xray showing an anti aircraft bullet lodged in a soldiers throat. She wrote "Soldier X:While I made portraits of our wounded soldiers at the military hospital in Maiduguri, one of the soldiers made a statement that I haven’t been able to shake off, “ one way you know a soldier has been hit is that they suddenly start shouting out names of family members. (more…)

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UFC Sold for $4 Billion USD in Largest Single Deal in Sports History

After weeks of speculation, reports and denials, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) appears poised to announce it has been sold for the hefty price-tag of $4 billion USD making this the largest single deal in the history of sports. The league, which promotes mixed martial arts, is expected to announce as soon as Monday that it has sold itself to a group led by the talent giant WME-IMG. (more…)