Trump nears tax victory as US Senate passes overhaul

The US Senate narrowly approved a sweeping tax overhaul early Wednesday, putting President Donald Trump on the brink of his first major legislative triumph nearly a year after he took office.

Hours earlier, Trump’s $1.5 trillion deficit-busting tax cuts cleared the House of Representatives, but a rare last-minute snag over parliamentary rules will force the lower chamber to vote on the updated package once again Wednesday.

The deepest rewrite of the US tax code in three decades provides dramatic tax breaks to corporations, and families at all incomes levels will see their income tax drop starting next year, with the largest benefits going to the wealthy.

Seven money-saving apps to help you eliminate debt

For a lot of people, budgeting, saving money and tracking their finances is difficult. That’s because we are bombarded with a bunch of marketing schemes every day that makes us want to spend rather than save our hard-earned money.

With these seven powerful money apps listed by www.forbes.com, you will learn to like budgeting and saving. Check out the list below to find an app that suits you best.

Era of endless wait for Nigerian visa over, Consul-General claims

Mr. Tanko Suleiman, Acting Consul-General at the Nigerian Consulate in New York has said that the era of an endless wait to obtain Nigeria visa was over with the biometric system.

Suleiman told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in New York at the inauguration of the Nigerian biometric visa project that it was another achievement of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

The Nigerian official said, “The essence of this new system is to make it easier for Nigerians and other people who have legitimate reasons to visit Nigeria, to obtain Nigerian visa.

Abuja mansion: You’re chasing shadows, Mark tells EFCC

Immediate past Senate President, David Mark, has described the allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that he purchased his house in Apo Legislative Quarters Abuja illegally as “spurious, contrived and baseless.”
Mark, in a statement on Tuesday by his Media Assistant, Mr. Paul Mumeh, said the EFCC or any other agent of government were chasing shadows as the property was duly offered for sale, bided for and he purchased it in line with the Federal Government’s monetisation policy, which was started by the administration of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Anambra Rice, Safe and of Best Quality -NAFDAC

The Anambra Rice brand has been satified safe and of good quality by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) contrary to a sponsored fake and malicious news being peddled by individuals who were out to score cheap political points by demarketing the product.

Mrs Christiana Essenwa, a Deputy Director of NAFDAC had on Monday during a visit to the state Ministry of Agriculture in Awka, warned against the adultration and counterfeiting of the popular Anambra Rice brand by outgrowers and individuals trying to boost sales of local rice during the Christmas holidays.

I love threesome porn — Maheeda

Whenever the name Maheeda is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is controversy, sex and nudity. Maheeda The goddess of X and Naija Bad Girl as she is usually called isn’t afraid to go unclad constantly releasing nude photos of herself online and sexually explicit videos but at the beginning of year 2017 the mother of one promised to sheath her wantonness and be more of a mother figure to her daughter. Whether the Lasgidi Girl has wholesomely kept to her promise is a matter for another day, but her recent post on her Instagram page gives enough hint of her fidelity to her promise as she made public her preference when it comes to pornographic films. In the post,

Davido didn’t sack me via social media- Kamal

In an exclusive chat with Sunday Scoop, Kamal insisted that he wasn’t fired via social media. He said, “Davido didn’t give me the sack via social media. DAVIDO WITH HIS AWARD (PHOTO GETTY) “He was in Gabon when he wrote ‘I am now my own manager’ on Snapchat. Funnily, I was the one who drove him to the airport. “ Before then, we had had conversations about moving forward and I realised that what he wanted was different from mine. I wanted something bigger for him, but he was comfortable with what he wanted to do.” It will be recalled that it came as a rude shock when Davido announced on social media in January this year that he had parted ways with his former

Hip Hop star, Burna Boy docked for robbery, granted bail of N100,000

Hip hop musician, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy was on Monday docked before an Ikeja Magistrate Court by the Lagos State Police, over his alleged role in robbery of his fellow musician, Abiye David Jombo aka Mr 2Kay, last October. Dancehall musician, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, on Friday, December 15, 2017.   Mr 2Kay who was allegedly robbed at gunpoint in his hotel room at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on October 22, during the “Buckwyld ‘N’ Breathless” concert where he also performed, lost some items including Swiss Audemars Piguet wrist watch to the thieves. The police invited singer Burna Boy in connection with the robbery, but only appeared after two months. He was subsequently arrested and detained after he turned himself in. It would be recalled that some suspects including Joel Kantiock, Burna Boy’s road manager, was paraded among the robbery suspects arrested for the robbery

You can’t make decent life in journalism – Osinbajo

VICE President Yemi Osinbajo Monday said journalists in the country with the poor remuneration cannot live a decent life. . From Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Guest Speaker, Mr Tony Elumelu and the Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr Jalal Arabi during the End of the Year Seminar of the State House House Press Corps with the Theme “Journalists and Retirement Plan at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday (18/12/17)
The Vice President also lamented that the private sector in the country does not respect the national minimum wage. He spoke on Monday in Abuja during an end-of-year seminar of the State House Press Corps with the theme: ‘Journalists and Retirement Plans’. The Vice President said that although remunerations were generally poor in the country, including his own and that of the President, the case of journalists was unique because many media owners are making the revenues but simply refuse to pay journalists better as and when due. He noted that while he earns about N1.5m as Vice-President, President Muhammadu Buhari earns about N1.75 million, which was not commensurate with the offices they occupy. The Vice President recalled his brief

Worst US train accidents

Here is a look at the worst train disasters in the United States, after Monday’s deadly accident in Washington state. “Multiple” people were killed when the Amtrak passenger train derailed, sending cars flying off a bridge and onto a busy interstate, officials said. The train, which was carrying 78 passengers and five crew, was part of a newly expanded faster rail service along the route linking Seattle and Portland, Oregon — featuring new locomotives. / AFP PHOTO – 1972, Chicago: 45 dead – The worst rail accident over the past 40 years or so goes back to October 1972 when two suburban trains collided in Chicago, leaving 45 dead and more than 330 injured. – 1993, Alabama, 44 dead – In September 1993, 44 people died near Saraland in the southern state of Alabama when a train derailed as it crossed a bridge over the Mobile River. – 2008, Chatsworth: 25 dead – The worst accident over the past decade took place on September 12, 2008, when a commuter train with 222 passengers on