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South Africa company exits Nigeria over ‘economic crisis’

Truworths, a South African retail company, has pulled out of Nigeria due to prevailing economic realities in the country. According to Reuters, Michael Mark, the company’s chief executive officer’s comments about the economy show a sign that President Muhammadu Buhari’s attempts to boost local industry are hurting foreign investment. “We were unable to operate the stores properly any longer because we were unable to send merchandise to the stores because there’s regulation preventing that,” Mark told Reuters. As well as being unable to fill its shelves, the clothing ret

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Donald Trump fires back at pope Francis for saying he’s not a Christian

Donald Trump has fired back after Pope Francis suggested he is "not Christian," if some of the things he's said on immigration are true.When asked by a reporter if a "good Catholic" could vote for Trump, the pope told reporters traveling with him back to the Vatican at the conclusion of a trip to Cuba and Mexico. "A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not of building bridges, is not Christian. This is not the gospel," As far as what you said about whether I would advise to vote or not to vote, I am not going to get involved in that. I s

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EMoney discovers a ‘Shoe – Rack’ hawker, gives him a brand new car & N300k! (photos)

Five star music president Emeka Okonkwo popularly known as 'EMoney' is a year older today and to celebrate it, he decided to give back to the street. To do this, he flashed back to sometime last year when the label's front line act Kcee was on the street of Lagos hawking recharge cards. Kcee had met Promise, a 'shoe - rack' hawker from Ebonyi state who has been hawking for over 6 years and promised to help him. (more…)