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« Last post by Rajih on April 04, 2024, 11:21:37 AM »
 Former President Donald Trump tops President Joe Biden in all but one of the crucial battleground states that will likely decide their 2024 rematch, a new polling reveals. With seven months to go until the presidential election, a Wall Street Journal survey released Tuesday indicated Trump with the edge over the president in six of the seven states polled: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina. The survey showed Trump holds a six-point lead over Biden in North Carolina in a ballot that also includes third-party and independent candidates. Trump also has a five-point lead in Arizona, a four-point edge in Nevada, and three-point advantages in Michigan and Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the former president edges Biden by a single point in Georgia, with the two tied in Wisconsin. Trump held similar leads when those questioned were given a head-to-head matchup between the former president and Biden. Recall that Biden narrowly edged Trump in all the battlegrounds tested, other than North Carolina, to win the White House in 2020. However, the new survey revealed that Biden also had a negative job performance rating in all seven battleground states. On the flip side, voters in every state except Nevada had a favorable opinion of Trump’s time in the White House. Respondents who participated in the survey said they trust Trump to handle the economy and immigration over Biden, while the Democrat president, however, was the preferred candidate to deal with the issue of abortion. Recent concerns over Biden’s physical fitness was also mirrored in the polling results as about 48% of voters believe Trump is more fit to serve as president over only 28% who see Biden as having the mental and physical fitness to serve another four-year term as president.
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« Last post by Rajih on April 04, 2024, 11:20:14 AM »
 The arraignment of Binance Holdings Limited and two of its executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, on Thursday, could not proceed due to the inability of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, to effect service of the charge on the defendants. When the matter was called for the defendants to take their plea before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja, only Gambaryan was represented by a lawyer. The News Agency of Nigeria observes that neither the company nor Anjarwalla, who recently escaped from lawful custody, was represented by a counsel. However, Gambaryan’s lawyer, Chukwuka Ikwuazo, SAN, told the court that his client had not been served with the charge, hence, his arraignment cannot proceed. FIRS lawyer, Moses Ideho, though acknowledged that the agency had not served Gambaryan’s with the charge, said all efforts to do so proved abortive because the defendant could not be reached at the EFCC’s detention. Ideho then prayed the court to serve Gambaryan in the open court and the judge directed that the charge be served on him in the dock. The lawyer, therefore, sought a stand-down of the matter or an adjournment to enable Gambaryan consult with his lawyer. Ikwuazo did not object to an oral application for adjournment and the matter was adjourned until April 19 for him to take his plea. DAILY POST had reported that the FIRS said it will arraign Binance Holdings Limited, Gambaryan and fleeing Anjarwalla, on allegations bordering on tax evasion on April 4th. In the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2024, the three defendants will equally be arraigned before Justice Nwite on four counts. The defendants will be arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on alleged tax evasion. In the charge dated and filed March 22 by the FIRS, the defendants were alleged to have committed the offence on or about February 1. Count one alleged that while involved in carrying and offering services to subscribers on their platform, known as Binance, they failed to register with the FIRS, for the purpose of paying all relevant taxes administered by the service. The offences are said to be punishable under Sections 8 and 29 of the VAT Act of 1993 (as Amended), Section 40 of the FIRS Establishment Act, 2007 (as amended) and under provisions of Section 94 of the Companies Income Tax Act (as amended) respectively.
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« Last post by Rajih on April 04, 2024, 11:18:22 AM »
 Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s Head of Financial Crime Compliance, has arrived the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment over allegations of tax evasion. He and fleeing Nadeem Anjarwalla are expected to be arraigned today at the court. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2024, Binance was accused of failing to register with the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, for the purpose of paying all relevant taxes administered by the service. DAILY POST reported that Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, Binance’s Regional Manager for Africa, were detained by the Nigerian authorities on February 28. Although Anjarwalla has escaped from the custody of the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, both executives, alongside Binance, are expected to be charged in court by the Federal Government for tax evasion and money laundering on Thursday. Wearing a black T-shirt on green pants, Gambaryan was brought into the court at about 9:19 am by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
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 Governor Adeleke Expresses Shock and Sadness over Tragic Ilesa Accident, Directs Transportation Commissioner to Investigate. Governor Ademola Adeleke has expressed sorrow and sadness over the tragic death of a female staff of the University of Ilesa. Reacting to the unfortunate incident this evening, Mr Governor charges all relevant government agencies to follow up on the root cause of the accident and ensure that those responsible are brought to book. Governor Adeleke who was briefed about the development this evening said authorities must find out the owner of the said truck, the circumstances of the accident and the question of search and rescue after the accident. The Governor further directed his Commissioner for Transportation to act on the matter including an immediate visitation to the scene of the accident, the University of Ilesa, the family of the deceased as well as new regulations on the usage of the narrow roads by heavy duty trucks. While commiserating with the management of the university of Ilesa and the family of the deceased, Governor Adeleke assured that those culpable will be brought to justice.
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 Following a nice performance on SNL, 21 Savage has shared the music video for his song ‘should’ve wore a bonnet’. The Brent Faiyaz-assisted single is taken from his chart-topping latest album American Dream. 21 and Brent perform the track in presence of beautiful ladies in the video filmed in VHS-style with sepia tones. Watch it below.
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 Nas returns with another music video, this time for the song ‘Sitting with My Thoughts’. The song is taken from his latest album Magic 3 which received video treatment for ‘I Love This Feeling‘ just about 10 days ago. Directed by Leff, the video goes behind the scenes of the second Leg of his widely successful NY State of Mind Tour with Wu-Tang Clan, and special guest De La Soul. Watch the clip below. The legendary rapper has plenty of upcoming live shows for rest of the year, starting with Lovers & Friends Festival on May 4 in Las Vegas and Roots Picnic Festival on June 01 & 02 in Philadelphia.
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 Barring any change, the Abuja Federal High Court has scheduled the arraignment of two Binance executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla for Thursday. Gambaryan and Anjarwalla will be charged before Justice Emeka Nwite on two separate charges. The one filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which bothers on money laundering, has five counts. The other, by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has four counts, in which they were accused of sundry tax infractions. Anjarwalla who escaped custody on March 22 will be arraigned before Justice Nwite in absentia. The EFCC, in its charge filed on March 28, accused Binance executives of laundering about $35,400,000. In count one of the charges, the defendants are alleged to have, between January 2023 and January 2024 in Abuja, carried out the specialised business of other financial institutions without a valid licence The EFCC said the act constitutes an offence contrary to Section 57(1) and (2) of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) 2020 and was punishable under Section 57(5) of the same Act. In the charge by the FIRS, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2024 filed on March 22, the defendants were alleged to have committed the offence on or about February 1 this year. In count one, the defendants are accused of failing to register with the FIRS to pay all relevant taxes while carrying out and offering services to subscribers on their platform (Binance). The FIRS said the act constitutes an offence punishable under Sections 8 and 29 of the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act of 1993 (as Amended), Section 40 of the FIRS Establishment Act, 2007 (as amended) and under provisions of Section 94 of the Companies Income Tax Act (as amended). On March 18, Justice Nwite had ordered Binance to provide the EFCC with a comprehensive data or information of all those trading on its platform from Nigeria. The judge granted the interim order in a ruling on an ex-parte motion filed by EFCC’s lawyer, Ekele Iheanacho. The judge said the interim order was to enable the EFCC to investigate its claim that money laundering and terrorism financing activities were being allowed on Binance’s platform.
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 A fire outbreak that began in the early hours of Tuesday engulfed several shops at Owode Market in Offa, Kwara State. A video of the incident seen by SaharaReporters captured the moment some of the shop owners were mourning as they watched their property destroyed by the fire. “This fire is too much. This is not caused by electricity. Maybe some people were cooking and the fire started from there because this fire is much,” one of the traders said in the video. A source from the town on Tuesday morning said the fire was eventually quenched by personnel of the Federal Fire Service and Kwara State Fire Service. The source added that no fewer than five shops were affected by the inferno. “The authorities are still assessing the situation, but personally, I know at least five shops were affected. The worth of goods and property destroyed can’t be said now until the assessment ends. Meanwhile, barely eight months ago, there was a report about a midnight fire that razed a residential building in the town and destroyed property worth N6.5m. The incident that occurred at about 1:05am at Kowope compound, Olorunkuse area, Offa, affected a two- bedroom flat and four shops. In December, no fewer than 14 shops were reportedly razed by fire in two incidents that occurred in the Tanke area of Ilorin in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State. At least, seven shops at Zion Overcomer, Opposite Duro Suleiman house, University Road, Tanke, were reportedly burnt while the second incident also occurred at Tanke Oke-Odo area on University Road at about 1.30 a.m.where another seven shops were destroyed by fire. Punch
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 Travis Scott Releases Video For ‘FE!N’ Feat. Playboi Carti — Watch. 'FE!N’, the collaboration between Travis Scott and Playboi Carti, ended up being one of the biggest songs on UTOPIA. It gets a crazy reaction at shows and was even performed at this year’s GRAMMY Awards. This afternoon, Trav has dropped a video for the record. It’s an interesting visual that sort of matches the energy of the song in a weird way. You can watch it below.
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« Last post by Rajih on April 01, 2024, 03:40:13 AM »
 Paul O’Grady massages elephant with arthritis during visit to animal sanctuary in Thailand
Paul O’Grady treated an elephant with arthritis during his visit to an animal sanctuary in Thailand. The star comedian joined the sanctuary's vet team to give the elephant a Thai massage. The animal was wounded from burns to force her to work carrying tourists. Paul O’Grady’s Great Elephant Adventure debuted on ITV on Sunday, 31 March, which is the comedian's final TV documentary before his death. The 67-year-old died on 28 March last year from sudden cardiac arrhythmia. The series was filmed abroad for a month in December 2022 but had only finished production weeks before Paul passed away.
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