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		<title>First HoldCo shares hit a 52‑week high following ₦323 billion block trade</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Temitope Nlewemchi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 10:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>First Holdings Plc, popularly known as First HoldCo, witnessed its share price climb to a 52‑week peak after an off‑market block trade valued at ₦323 billion rattled investor confidence and sparked speculation about strategic shareholding changes. The transaction, one of the largest in the company’s recent history, saw approximately 1.8 billion units of the company’s securities [...]</p>
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		<title>I Had Billions Before I Became Governor &#8211; Samuel Ortom</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2019 07:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said he did not getinto politics for money, as he was already a billionaire becoming a politician. This had to be his reponse to Senator Akume who had accused him of using his respected office to make himself rich. Akume had said, “Today, there is one governor in the [...]</p>
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		<title>I Only Date Guys With Billions &#8211; Bobrisky</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2019 16:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Bobrisky has said he is not cheap, and that the only people who can date him are billionaires. The controversial guy or girl shared a video alongside these words: “Only billionaire date me. Look at my house so classy and neat.” So there you go, if you want to date the cross-dresser, ensure you are [...]</p>
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		<title>Wizkid, Tony Elumelu Hang Out In Mali</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 05:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Billionaire businessman, Tony Elumelu has flaunted photos of himself and starboy himself, Wizkid in Bamako, Mali. The duo stroke big men poses for photos at the launch of UBA group in Mali on January 3. Fans were pleased to see these two rich, famous and successful Nigerians unite for a cause. It is surely photos [...]</p>
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		<title>Nigerians Spend Billions On Importation Of Cars &#8211; Yemi Osinbajo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2018 21:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Yemi Osinbajo said in Abuja that Nigerians spent about 8 billion dollars, annually, on importation of vehicles. Osinbajo, who was represented by the Director-General, National Automotive Design and Development Council, Jelani Aliyu, disclosed this at the 19th Abuja Motor Fair on Tuesday. “The government is fully committed to industrialisation and the mining sector to enable [...]</p>
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		<title>Billions Of Public Funds Are Being Squandered In Nigeria &#8211; Odoh Chima</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A civil society group, the Nigerian Youth Impact Movement, has condemned recent comments credited to Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state. Tambuwal, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives had blamed the killings in some parts of Nigeria on the failure of leadership. “The growing spate of mindless shedding of innocent blood has brought [...]</p>
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		<title>We Spending Billions To Encourage Girls To Go To School &#8211; Atiku</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 19:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Atiku Abubakar has blamed the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for the abduction of the 110 Yobe schoolgirls. Atiku said he is disappointed that the Federal Government could not use the 150,000 policemen attached to VIPs to protect vulnerable schoolchildren in the North-East. &#8220;Let me paraphrase Oscar Wilde and say that to lose one set of [...]</p>
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		<title>PDP Should Contradict The Billions Recovered From Its Members &#8211; Bolaji Abdullahi</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2017 13:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The All Progressive Congress, APC, has given what they consider the perfect comeback to the Peoples Democratic Party on the allegation that the ruling party has destroyed EFCC and other anti-graft agencies. In a telephone interview, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi of APC, said: “Instead of saying our party has destroyed EFCC’s independence, they should contradict the [...]</p>
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		<title>I Am Not Spending Billions On A New Lodge &#8211; Udom Emmanuel</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2017 12:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Gov Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has refuted the allegation that he plans to spend a whopping N9.1 billion to build a new governor’s lodge in Lagos. Emmanuel denied the allegation in Uyo on Saturday while answering reporters’ questions on the controversy surrounding the lodge. He said that the allegation was the plan of some [...]</p>
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		<title>FG Appropriates Billions Of Naira To Mines, Steel Ministry</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2017 07:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development is to spend about N12.9 billion for capital expenditures in 2017, against N7.3 billion appropriated for similar projects in 2016. This is part of its fiscal allocations approved by the Federal Government in the year’s budget. According to the 2017 Appropriation Act concerning the ministry, obtained by [...]</p>
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		<title>We Have Recovered Billions Of Naira As Loots &#8211; Babachir Lawal</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2017 20:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Secretary to Government of the Federation, (SGF) Engr. Babachir David Lawal has said the FG has recovered billions through anti-corruptiom fight. Lawal made the call in Owerri on Friday, at the 5th convocation of Imo State Polytechnic, Umuaghor. Lawal said the current administration was working round the clock to fix the economy. He asked for [...]</p>
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		<title>Looters Buried Billions In Farms &#8211; Yakubu Dogara</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2016 18:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara has said that some persons who looted public funds buried the money in farms. Dogara also said that one such farm, located near Abuja, was currently being evacuated. “If you look at the massive looting of the treasury, actually, I have been in government for quite some time, I [...]</p>
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		<title>Fraudsters Make Bayelsa Lose Billions Annually &#8211; Seriake Dickson</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2016 01:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Tuesday says that the state government loses about N24 billion annually to the activities of payroll fraudsters. This is contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Iworiso-Markson, in Yenagoa. The statement described the activities of the fraudsters as &#8220;massive problem’’. The statement also said that [...]</p>
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		<title>MSN Worth Billions To Manchester Clubs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The whole world will have noted in recent months that much speculation has focused on Barcelona, and whether the Spanish giants can afford to keep their ridiculously talented trio of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez at Camp Nou given their financial constraints. The Blaugrana have repeatedly said they do not intend to sell any [...]</p>
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