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0.08% stamp duty on securities takes effect Monday
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Win an All Expense Paid Holiday to Dubai when you register for the Launch of Herconomy!
Finally!!! 6th of December! Herconomy is coming!!!! We are launching a Mystery Product!!!!! Wow, it’s taken a whole year or more for this to come to life!!!! Can you guess what it is??? Register here to attend the launch where we’d be announcing this amazing product! Once you register, you can participate in a competition to win an all expense paid trip to Dubai this Christmas! Whoopsss! To participate in the competition, please follow the steps below.
Step 1: Register to attend the launch of Herconomy at https://www.agstribe.org/herconomy/
Step 2: Once you register, you’d receive an email. Follow the steps in the email to receive your personalized flier for you to post on your page.
Step 3: Upload poster created from the above link on your Instagram page and use the hashtag #Herconomy and #AGSTribe so we can track your post.
Step 3: Tell us under the Instagram post one way you’ve have been able to contribute to the Economy and why you deserve a holiday.
Step 4: Tag 3 of your friends on the post
You must be following @agstribe and @dndtravelsandtours to participate. Make it fun!!! We look forward to reading from you! 2020 has been hard enough, we all deserve some fun! Terms and Condition apply.
Business
CBN: Banks to begin paying remittance inflows in forex from Friday
Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says deposit money banks will begin remittances from international money transfer operators (IMTOs) on Friday, December 4. A statement released by the apex bank on Thursday quoted Emefiele as saying the bank has engaged banks and IMTOs to ensure that recipients of remittance inflows are able to receive their funds in the foreign currency of their choice. Read more
#EndSARS: Sanwo-Olu gifts families of slain police officers N10 million each
The Executive Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has brought respite to the families of police officers killed during the violence witnessed in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests. According to the disclosure on the Twitter page of the Lagos State Government, the families were handed a cheque of N10 million each and the children of the slain officers awarded scholarships by the government. Read more
Reps summon Ahmed, Emefiele over $21bn NLNG funds, N1.2tn proceeds
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele; and the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, over alleged illegal withdrawal of $21bn from the Nigeria Liquefied and Natural Gas Limited’s Dividends Account between 1999 and 2020. Read more
0.08% stamp duty on securities takes effect Monday
The Nigerian Stock Exchange has announced the revision of stamp duty on securities transactions to 0.08 per cent from 0.075 per cent, effective December 7, 2020. It said the change was necessitated by the classification of contract notes as an ad valorem tax by the Federal Inland Revenue Service. Read more
Stripe plans corporate banking services for merchants, vendors
Stripe Inc, one of the most valuable start-ups on this planet, is partnering with American elite banks such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc. in offering corporate-banking services. This is as the fast-rising startup, known for simplifying payment, seeks to diversify its business offering, amid a competitive ecosystem that includes PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, Adyen. Read more
Engineer Sanusi Garba assumes office as Chairman of NERC
Engineer Sanusi Garba, today, December 3, 2020, formally assumed office as the Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). This is according to the statement issued by the media team of the NERC via the official Twitter handle of the Commission. Read more
Twitter Confirms Trump Could Be Banned After Inauguration Day For Repeated Violations
Warning labels and fact checks have not stopped President Trump from continuing to spread conspiracy theories and use violent rhetoric on Twitter, but after Inauguration Day, those kinds of tweets could land the outgoing president in hot water, and eventually cause him to be banned by the platform, a Twitter spokesperson told Forbes Thursday. Read more
Social
Duncan Mighty accuses wife and her family members of allegedly plotting to kill him and take over his properties
Nigerian singer Duncan Mighty has accused his wife, Vivien, and her family of plotting to kill him and take over his properties. In a lengthy post shared via his Instagram page late Thursday, November 3, 2020, the music narrated how his wife openly confessed to him about how they planned to kill him via fetish means and take over his properties. Read more
Stella Damasus remembers late husband Jaiye Aboderin 16 years after his death
Nollywood veteran Stella Damasus has remembered her late husband, Jaiye Aboderin who passed away 16 years ago. The movie star took to her Instagram page on Thursday, December 3, 2020, where she paid tribute to her late husband. Read more
‘Driver Get Levels’ – Reactions As Davido Reveals He Will Be The Best Man At His Driver’s Wedding
Nigerian superstar musician, David Adeleke, popularly known by his stage name, Davido has disclosed that he would be the best man at his own driver’s wedding. He made the disclosure in a tweet on Thursday morning but didn’t disclose the driver’s name, date, or location for the wedding. Read more
BBNaija: Why I Rejected Ned Nwoko – Princess
Former housemate in the Big Brother Naija reality show, Princess, has disclosed why she turned down, Billionaire, Ned Nwoko‘s offer while she was younger. The reality star, stated this in a post on her Instagram account while replying a fan about her recent post. Read more
AGS Quote of the day
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
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