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A prosecution witness in the on-going trial of a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal, Mohammed Dikko Umar (rtd), told a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, that former Senator Victor Ndoma Egba and Kano lawmaker, representing Kiru/Bebeji federal constituency and former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin rented apartment belonging to the former ...

According to Wiki, Eid-El-Kabir (Sallah) also called the Feast of Sacrifice is the second of two religious holidays celebrated by Muslims worldwide annually. It honors the willingness of Abraham (Ibrahim) to sacrifice his son, as an act of submission to God’s command, before God then intervened, through his angel Jibra’il and informed him that his sacrifice has already been accepted. ...

  A research note has said that a strong UAE dirham helps imports and reduces imported inflation but can affect trade competitiveness by making exports more expensive. The month-to-month consumer goods prices in Abu Dhabi went up 1.1 per cent in June on rising housing and utility costs, according to data issued by the Statistics Centre Abu Dhabi, or Scad. ...

Proposals to give houses to Emiratis regardless of their marital status, making the last 10 days of Ramadan a holiday and the issue of domestic violence are on the agenda for the Federal National Council session on Tuesday. The UAE Cabinet has approved the FNC’s recommendation on housing, which called for every Emirati, married or unmarried, male or female, to ...

Property developers in the United Arab Emirates are offering potential new home owners passports for Antigua and Barbuda when they buy a villa, opening up fresh avenues for visa-free travel to a wide array of countries for Emirati citizens. Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday that Sweet Homes – a company based in the emirate of Ajman – has incentivised its ...

Dubai Investments, a diversified company, has formed a joint venture with the Saudi-Lebanese firm Red House to manage and develop a property project in Saudi Arabia. This will be the company’s first foray outside the UAE. The developer of the Dubai Investments Park will have a 50 per cent stake in a joint venture to develop the Riyadh Investment Park ...

Three-hundred-thousand Nigerians spent about N310 billion on vacation in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in December, 2014, more than the annual budgets of a majority of the states in Nigeria. BusinessWorld Intelligence reveals that they spent about N60 billion on flights, N9 billion on visas, N120 billion on accommodations and N110 billion on shopping. A source in The First ...