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Photo credit:gistreel -The Nigerian Customs Service has stated that non adherence to export guide lines is frustrating trade. -The statement was made by the newly promoted Acting Assistant Controller General, Bashir Abubakar at the handover ceremony at the Apapa Custom Command. -The Nigerian Customs Service as a trade facilitator and revenue generator for the government has over the years bring about improvements in export trade. -even with the huge revenue collection from import duties and levies, export business remains a major money driver. - importers should comply to existing guidelines and desist from getting things done the way they want. - Adherence to export laws will guarantee seamless operations in line with the ease of doing business mandate of the government. -Bashir Abubakar was promoted from Comptroller of Apapa command to Assistant Comptroller General for rejecting N150m bribe offered to him by drug traffickers to import 40 containers of Tramadol.

Photo credit: mirror.co.uk You hear festival, you think of Eyo festival, New yam festival, Egungun festival, Ofala festival and so on with their glitz, glamour and rich cultural display that makes you widen your mouth in awe. Unless you are in Japan in April for the Festival of the Steel Phallus - Shinto Kanamra Matsuri festival with giant and small Penises everywhere, Photo credit: maxim The Shinto Kanamra Matsuri is held annually every first Sunday in April. Come April 7, 2019, Japanese and tens of thousands of tourists from around the world will gather at the Kanayama shrine in Kawasaki, a city in the south of Tokyo to the Penis. The Penis festival features penis shaped decorations, snacks, candies, festival foods and so on. Also a parade of giant phalis - Mikoshi. The festival dated back to 1969. History has it that a demon fell in love with a woman and hid inside her, biting off her lover's penis twice. She then sought help from a blacksmith who made her a metal...

Photo credit: Instagram Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has opened a hair transplant clinic which aims to help the Spaniards and Spanish economy. Helping people to look good and most importantly address the problem of Alopecia. The Juventus forward said everyone likes to take care of their image and he is a clear example of this. He believes the project is going to be a success. The Portuguese attended the inauguration of the company which belongs to the insparaya group but is 50% owned by himself. Insparaya group own 10 clinics in Portugal and have made about 35,000 transplants that cost between 4000-7000 euros.

Transgender man, wyley Simpson, who still has a vagina and female reproductive organs but hadalready removed his female breasts, gave birth by caesarean section after an emotionally draining pregnancy. Wyley is seen growing up as a girl named Whitney during his childhood before he started      transitioning. Wyley Simpson, 28, who lives with finance , Stephen Gaeth in Texas, began transitional process since 21 to male from female. Wyley is seen growing up as a girl named Whitney during his childhood, before he started transitioning. Having really wanting to become a man, nature still had its way of keeping wyley in his place. he was on testosterone and told by the doctors that he could not fall pregnant and he had stopped having periods but surprisingly, pregnancy happened. 'Having gone through the transitioning process since i was 21 years old, having a physical baby bump was something so feminine that it messed with my head' wyley said. According to Wyley, ...

-The central bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday placed foreign exchange restrictions on importers of textiles and clothing materials in the country with immediate effect. Emefiele - The CBN governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele announced on Tuesday at the apex bank headquaters in Abuja, during a textile industry stake holders meeting. - A measure to discourage smuggling . and to revive the textile and clothing industry back to its enviable place where it created jobs for Nigerians and boosted the economy. -Also established a financial support programme for the textile manufacturers with the provision of funds at single digit interest rate; to enable them retool and upgrade their factories in order to produce high quality textile materials for local and export market. -The Bank has begun discussion with Kano and Kaduna state governments to establish textile industrial areas in a bid to guarantee stable electricity in those industrial areas.  -The Bank, as part of its anchor...

            Credit: irinnews Waste business is one of the very few businesses you could start with little or  capital  and make lots of money. waste can be a source of wealth if managed effectively. According to the World Bank, waste generation is expected to rise to 2.2 billion tonnes by 2025 with population growth and urbanisation.  Also, every 2 hours people churn out enough trash to fill the world’s largest container, that is 12 container ships every single day and 4380 container ships in one year; and by 2030 the amount of household waste will almost double to 3 billion tons annually. Every year we dump a massive 2.12 billion tons of waste and if all this waste are put on trucks they would go around the world 24 times.  credit: thenewyorktimes Turning waste to wealth is a very viable area common in countries like Sweden, India and so on. A lot of projects have been embarked upon by these countries. They are using...

- UBA  has  launched Google Station App to boost small and medium enterprises to do business at its comfort zones. -  The  platform, which  began in Lagos last year  provides free, high-speed Wi-Fi hotspots in public places. - T he 52 million Nigerians who have been financially excluded will now have access to data through this collaboration and can carry out their transactions with ease - Nweke. - The new free Wi-Fi launche d by United Bank for Africa Plc, UBA, Google and ISP is all encompassing  as it will reposition SMEs to transact and operate well in the country. This new innovation to launch Google Station in 11 key UBA branches in Lagos State is part of plans to roll out 200 stations in the country.  -  The UBA google-powered initiative would allow the bank’s customers access to internet connectivity within the 11 branches and its environs, thereby facilitating their day-to-day businesses and activities, while ensuring unhind...

-  U.S. commercial crude oil inventories rise by 3.7 million barrels to 454.5 million barrels Energy Information Administration (EIA). - U.S. crude oil production reached 12 million bpd for the first time last week. -   America is the only country to ever reach 12 million bpd of production.   -   U.S. output will rise further and oil firms will export more oil to sell off surplus stocks- Analysts. Oil prices fell on Friday after the United States reported its crude output hit a record 12 million barrels per day (bpd), undermining efforts by Middle East-dominated producer club OPEC to withhold supply and tighten global markets. Read more:  Oil prices fall as U.S. crude output hits 12m bpd

Fellaini is reported to have penned a lucrative contract in China, a matter of months on from agreeing to a new two-year deal at United, but he maintains finances have never influenced his thinking. Every decision one makes should not be influenced by money. The Belgian midfielder says he has headed to China for a new challenge and the desire to make fresh start. Read more  Fellaini claims he didn't leave Man Utd for the money & would likely have stayed under Mourinho

Pulse.ng This election seem to be different in a kind of way as some voters are grumbling because money has not been exchanging hands as usual. Could this be a kudos to the recession and an anti-corruption drive?  There seem to be less money for palm-greasing this time around. Good news that buying of votes and corruption that have long been part of the political game in Nigeria is gradually coming to an end. Read more:  Nigeria's voters ask: where's the money?