Below are the headlines found on The Punch Online Newspaper for today, Monday, 21 August, 2017.

Redressing injustice in VAT sharing
Mon, 21 Aug 2017
Figures for this year's Value Added Tax recently released by the government have once again exposed the contradictions in the Nigerian federation, where states that produce the wealth that sustains the country are hardly appreciated. Just as is the case with the country's oil resources, the VAT figures reveal a warped system where some areas []
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Wike, Fayose, Ugwuanyi in Anambra for PDP congress
Mon, 21 Aug 2017
Tony Okafor, Awka Three Peoples Democratic Party governors arrived in Anambra State on Sunday night for the state congress slated for Monday (today). The congress is a build-up to the November 18 governorship poll in the state. The governors are Nyesom Wike, Ayo Fayose and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Rivers, Ekiti and Enugu states respectively. The []
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PDP, APC clash over restructuring
Mon, 21 Aug 2017
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress on Sunday disagreed on the clamour by Nigerians for the restructuring of the country. While the PDP expressed its support for restructuring, the APC accused the former ruling party of stealing its idea. The PDP, in a statement by its spokesman, Prince Dayo []
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Bayelsa PDP warns against ploy to hijack party
Mon, 21 Aug 2017
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Bayelsa State, Cleopas Moses, has warned that the party will resist the ploy by 'anti-democratic forces' to hijack the party structure in the state and impose candidates of their choice. Moses spoke at a news conference in Yenagoa on Saturday after the party's State Executive Committee meeting. []
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PDP believes in restructuring ' Adeyeye
Mon, 21 Aug 2017
The Peoples Democratic Party is in support of restructuring of the country in a manner that will boost the growth, development and prosperity of Nigeria. Dayo Adeyeye, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP National Caretaker Committee, made the clarification in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Adeyeye said the clarification became necessary following []
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Forex: 700 BDCs under threat over low patronage
Mon, 21 Aug 2017
No fewer than 700 Bureau De Change operators have come under threat as purported uncompetitive exchange rate continues to hit their bottom line. The President, Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, said the development had rendered the BDCs inactive at the Central Bank of Nigeria foreign exchange window. This, he []
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Naira reverses gain, closes at 370/dollar
Mon, 21 Aug 2017
Oyetunji Abioye The naira closed at 370 per United States dollar at the parallel market on Friday, reversing the modest gain it recorded on Thursday. The local unit had closed at 368/dollar on Thursday after closing at 370/dollar for most part of last week. Analysts had warned that the naira would weaken against the greenback []
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Developer to showcase Eko Atlantic City in UK
Mon, 21 Aug 2017
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi South Energyx Nigeria Limited, developers of Eko Atlantic City and real estate investment firm, Fine and Country, as well as other stakeholders are partnering to woo investors to Nigeria's real estate market. The Vice-Chairman of South Energyx Nigeria Limited, Mr. Ronald Chagoury Jr, said the Refined Investors Series 2017 scheduled to take place []
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Nine reasons to use direct debit for payments
Mon, 21 Aug 2017
Nike Popoola Personalbanking@punchng.com As a busy person, you want your clients to pay on time, every time. But late payments do happen, and can count and have a serious impact'on your firm's cash flow situation, not to mention wasting hours of credit control time chasing up those late-paying customers, according to www.accountingweb.co.uk. For many firms, []
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Raw materials' imports gulp N19.5tn in seven years
Mon, 21 Aug 2017
Countries such as Nigeria whose economies are based on the exportation of commodities are subject to vagaries of international commodities market. EVEREST AMAEFULE reports that apart from low value addition to exported commodities, Nigeria spends a fortune on the importation of raw materials into the country Although Nigeria and many of the African countries are []
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