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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode(2nd right); his Deputy, Dr. (Mrs.) Oluranti Adebule; Co-Chairmen, Committee for Lagos @ 50, Prof. Wole Soyinka and Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi during the Vision of the Child 2016 Edition to officially kick off the Lagos @ 50 celebration, at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island, Lagos on Friday, May 27, 2016.

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Psquare’s troubles this year and their subsequent solo movement in opposite directions is the stuff of movies.

Prior to 2016, Peter and Paul have been recording and performing exclusively together for over 15 years. They have hit the lofty heights of African entertainment, conquered different markets and become financially successful.

But now they have plateaued. It’s normal for people who have conquered every stage of their career and experienced success to plateau. Plateaus have always existed – The Plateau Effect is a force of nature as real and fundamental as gravity. Plateaus, such as the force of acclimation, can be healthy and helpful. But career plateau has a devastating effect.




Peter Okoye wanted more for himself and the team, hence his search for new ways of business. Competition is stiff already, and only those who adapt can stand the test of time.

Psquare have split, signed different managers for their individual careers, and taken their life in the direction they want as individuals. Paul Okoye chose to remain with Jude, as Peter clearly wanted none of that. Both acts have settled to return as a group and record Psquare songs, but also have the freedom to pursue solo careers and engagements.

Paul Okoye has acted true to his image as the ‘saner’ one of the lot. He has launched his record label, signed on two singers – Muno and Lucy, and has gone about business like a pro. Two videos have been shot for Muno, and organic growth has started.



For Peter though, it has been the reverse. P-Classic records, his brain child, has been going about their business like a house in disarray. There has been no formal announcement of the record label, no brand introduction, nor press conference to properly intimate the media on their vision and mission. Also, not a lot of press has gone down the line, with Peter Okoye announcing his first artiste in the most simplistic of ways, - social media.

For a man whose main grouse for ditching his previous management was that Jude Okoye has failed to be professional in handling the brand, he is towing similar route with nothing professional about the way he is running his personal business. A little slack can be given for it being a fledgling house, but nothing so far has shown or hinted at the possibility of it running like he preached during his quest for freedom.




Peter needs to go back and listen to his interviews during his squabbles with Paul and Jude, and learn from that version of himself that wanted change. P-Classic Records need the change, so also does it need that earlier Peter who was fired up. Creating a structure isn’t exactly rocket science. He either employs a manager for the record label, or if he has the capacity, take on the responsibility. He should get an office, hire the required hands, set up a structure to make his business flow smoothly, market the brand, and then the artistes signed on to him.
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Music releases should be an event, with plenty of work put into releasing a decent record. He is starting a business, and needs all the press he can get. Interviews and media rounds won’t hurt, neither would press releases.

Right now all his label’s work feels like it is hastily cobbled together with decisions made on the spur of the moment. P-Classic, needs professionalism to thrive, and it is Peter Okoye who must provide it.

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Edo State Government has approved the appointment of His Royal Highness Edaiken N’Uselu, Crown Prince Eheneden Erediauwa as the new Oba of Benin, with effect from 29th April, 2016.

The confirmation was conveyed in a letter dated 24th May, 2016 signed by the Secretary to State Government, Prof Julius Omozuanvbo Ihonvbere, OON.

The Government said: “it is hereby notified for general information that in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 19 (1) of the Traditional Rulers and Chiefs Law, 1979 (as amended) and by virtue of all other laws enabling it in that behalf, the Executive Council of the Edo State Government of Nigeria has approved the appointment of His Royal Highness Edaiken N’Uselu, Crown Prince Eheneden Erediauwa as the Oba of Benin, with effect from 29th day of April, 2016.”

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Today's (23/5/2015) exchange rate of the Nigerian Naira against the Dollars, Pounds and Euros

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President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled his visit to Lagos as scheduled on Monday (tomorrow).


The special adviser to the President on media and publicity,Femi Adeshina confirmed this, the President will be represented by his vice,Yemi Osinbajo.


No reason was given for the cancellation

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Chief Juliana Raimi, the Chairperson, Association of Commodity Market Women and Men of Nigeria, Oyo State Chapter, says the group will not participate in the NLC strike over the increase in the pump price of petrol.

Raimi told newsmen in Ibadan on Sunday after the association’s meeting that the strike was belated and a distraction.

“I hope you can see that majority of our traders are not interested in this strike action of the labour union. Why did the labour union wait till now before reacting?

“We, the traders, expect the labour leaders to have demonstrated before now, especially when we were buying the petroleum products at much exorbitant prices which made prices of commodities to skyrocket,” she said.

She also said that the strike action would increase the hardship the people were facing.

` ` We are urging the labour leaders not to inflict more pains on us by asking us to stay at home again, ‘’ she said.

Raimi further advised organised labour to employ other peaceful ways of making government to realise the harsh effects of the hike on the ordinary people.

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Bauchi State Civil Servant have taken to the streets to protest over the non-payment of their salaries and pensions. They started the protest from Games Village and moved to the government house, where they destroyed the banners of Gov. Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, that were located outside. More photos after the cut...
According to reports, the civil serbants are protesting due to time spent by the goverment in conducting verification exercises to fish out Ghost workers. The Government embarked on the verification exercise of its workers four months ago, and since then some salaries have been pending.


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In a joint operation carried out by – troops of 231 Battalion, 331 Artillery Regiment (AR), Detachment of Armed Forces Special Forces (AFSF) 2, Explosive Ordinance (EOD) Team and Civilian Vigilante group, Thursday, May 19, 2016 rescued another Chibok girl, Serah Luka.

The clearance operation was conducted at Shettima Aboh, Hong and Biladdili general area in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.

During the operations, the troops killed 35 Boko Haram terrorists and rescued 97 women and children held captives by the Boko Haram terrorists – one of whom was Serah Luka.

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Here are 6 things we know about the rescued Chibok girl

- Serah Luka is number 157 on the list of the abducted school girls.

- Second Missing Chibok Schoolgirl Found 2 Years After Boko Haram Kidnapping

- Serah is the daughter of Pastor Luka – who hails from Madagali, Adamawa State.

- Serah revealed that she was a JSS1 student of the school at the time they were abducted.

- Serah said she was at the school barely two months and one week before her abduction alongside the other schoolgirls in April 2014.

- She revealed that there are three other girls who fled from Shettima Aboh when the troops invaded the area which led to her rescue.
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The first Chibok girl, Amina Ali Nkek, was found Tuesday after being recognized and identified by a fighter of the Civilian Joint Task Force, a Nigerian vigilante group set up to help hunt down Boko Haram. On Thursday, the 19-year-old was flown to the capital Abuja to meet President Muhammadu Buhari.

Buhari expressed his delight over the return of Amina and said that she would resume her education.

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Today's exchange rate of the Nigerian Naira against the Dollars, Pounds and Euros

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mohammed Babandede as as the Acting Comptroller General of Immigration.

Prior to his appointment, he was the former Deputy Comptroller General (DCG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).

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Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, visited Rivers State today May 19th after inaugurating a 23-Man Presidential Task Team for the clean up exercise of the Niger Delta region. More photos after the cut...

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See the full summary of the 2016 budget as uploaded online by the Federal government.
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​Billionaire Oil Mogul, Femi Otedola's daughter, Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy has successfully completed her Master’s Degree at New York University. She shared photos from her convocation ceremony in NYC today via Snapchat. See more photos after the cut...

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A metronaija reader sent a touching mail on how her brother was machete today during the fight between Igbo traders and thugs at the popular Ladipo market in Lagos.



The reader explained extensively to metronaija that her brother was in their compound this afternoon during the fight when he decided to check what was going on outside. Igbo traders noticed he is yoruba and was chased with broken bottles and cutlass.


Metronaija later called her some hours ago,she narrated that over 20 people have been admitted in a nearby hospital with series of serious injuries on different part of the body (majority on their head) .



www.metronaija.com can authoritatively confirm that a close source informed us on how some Yoruba thugs have planned to burn shops and business outlet owned by Ibo tonight after the Igbo thugs destroyed a mechanic village owned by Yorubas in Ladipo market.


Most residents in Ladipo have decided to not pass tonight in their various houses because they don't know what might happen as Yorubas plan to retaliate.


She also confirmed that 3 people have been declared dead at about 8:30pm .

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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday said that the State Government would explore areas of cooperation with Microsoft International especially in the area of improving security in the State as well as the justice sector reforms so as to boost service delivery to the people.



Governor Ambode who spoke when the President of Microsoft International, Mr. Jean-Philippe Courtois paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja said his administration would take full advantage of the existing cooperation between the State Government and Microsoft and utilize technology to engender more efficient and prompt service delivery to Lagosians.



He said, “I want to let you know that the area that you have spoken about are areas that are of interest to this administration. I am very high on wanting to see major issues that relate to security and judicial sector reforms and again beyond the fact that when you put a whole lot of things in place.



“We are also aware that technology will drive us to the point where we really want to make Lagos a globally competitive city and so for Microsoft to come to partner with us is a thing of joy, I want to commend you for making this visit for also opening up to our officials here, that whatever it is that is in the scale of business here that we have taken, this is the time now to take advantage of this particular visit in the areas of judicial sector reforms, safety and other areas of delivering services to our people in a more faster and efficient way.”



He said the visit by the Microsoft boss and his team was significant, adding that it had gone a long way to show that Nigeria is still a good location for business and enterprise with Lagos at the heart of it.



“Like we said, we need to scale up this relationship and I know that your coming personally is a pointer in that direction. I want to give our commitment to you that whatever it is that we can do together, we would do it, and we would improve on it and also make sure that we deliver it on time so that more people can get our services in a better way and we can become more efficient and we can make the city a more livable city and its only technology that can drive that,” Governor Ambode said.



Earlier, Mr. Courtois said he was in Lagos to improve on the existing relationship with the State Government as well as open up other areas for stronger cooperation in the future in several sectors.

He listed areas including citizens’ engagement, efficiency and transparency across the Ministries Departments and Agencies, tax collection, judicial as well as security reforms.



“I know that you are someone very eager to get the best equipment for police and the people in charge of basically safety, this is one area I would like us to share some best practices we have across the world including the US, Brazil, where we are doing all the work to ensure that people coming for the 2016 Olympics do not worry about security and I think that there is a lot we can share with a very large city like Lagos and hopefully help you achieve some of your goals.



“I want to thank you and your team for the partnership and I want you to really get the confirmation at my level that the Company is very committed to support and help you, lending some of those innovations with your organisation,” the Microsoft President said.



SIGNED

HABIB ARUNA

CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY

MAY 17, 2016

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Umar Aminu Ibrahim shared this opinion on Facebook and itemised 10 things that people would have ascribed to Nigeria if Muhammadu Buhari did not win the presidential election last year.

According to Ibrahim, the followings are what he understand as the benefits of Buhari becoming the president of Nigeria.

Had it been Buhari did not become president:

1. We will think that by now fuel will be N45 per litre.

2. We will think that by now N1 will be equal to $1.

3. We will think that by now three million jobs would have been created.

4. We will think that by now unemployed youths would have been receiving N5,000 stipends.

5. We will think that by now pupils would have been getting at least a meal(including fruits) in school.


6. We will think that by now Buhari would have made his assets and liabilities public.

7. We will think that by now 720,000 jobs by the 36 states in the federation yearly (20,000 per state) would have been created.

8. We will think that by now there would be permanent peace in the Niger Delta and other conflict prone areas such as Plateau, Taraba, Bauchi, Borno and Abia.

9. We will think that by now the government would have started creating additional middle-class of at least two million new home owners in the first year in government and one million annually thereafter.

10. We will think that by now maternal and children healthcare services would be free.

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One year old David Ekpedeme Robinson who was kidnapped by his nanny in Calabar, Cross Rivers state two days ago has been found. He was found today with his nanny at Trailerpark in Onne, Rivers state where she was trying to sell him. He is back to his parents.Thank God! See more photos after the cut..

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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, speaking through his counsel, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has accused President Buhari of hindering his bail application.

Kanu said Buhari’s comments on his release, has made it difficult to get an unbiased hearing, describing it as prejudicial.

The IPOB leader’s lawyer said “The moment the President pronounced to the world that Kanu cannot be granted bail by any court, he made my client a political prisoner, and the media chat inadvertently prejudiced the judge’s mind.”

You will recall that Mr. President, during his maiden media chat, referred to Kanu’s case.

Also, IPOB has filed an N8.5b suit against the Federal Government.

The group is seeking damages from the Nigerian government for allegedly killing over 150 of its members who took part in the Biafran protests that rocked most parts of the South-East.

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During wedding ceremony of the son of Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, at Living Faith Church, Jahi, Abuja, on Saturday, May 14, 2016.

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Luckily, the seven-year old, Chinaza Obidigwu, miraculously escaped death and is now recuperating at Nnamdi Azikiwe Universi­ty Teaching Hospital, Nnewi.



The child and others were innocently playing when gunshots were suddenly heard and Chinaza fell to the ground, in a pool of blood.

Chinaza was allegedly shot by a certain Mr. Dom Nduagu­ba, 72, who was a former United Nations Peace Am­bassador.



The fired weapon was soon recovered, but there is still an uncertainty surrounding the real shooter, as officers of the Nigerian police from Nnewi division are already hard get te shooter.

The suspect, Mr. Dom, who is currently in Police custody, has accused another person, 5-year-old Jacob Nduaguba, of actually doing the shooting.

The boy's father, Mr If­eanyi Okoye, rebutted the accusation, and added: “I was in the neighbourhood when I sud­denly heard gun shots, and thereafter, I heard people crying and screaming for help.

“So, I rushed to their di­rection to find Chinaza (the victim) soaked in blood. I immediately joined the mother and some others who were around to carry her to the nearby St Joseph’s Hospi­tal, Adazi-Nnukwu.

“But because it was a gun­shot wound, she was refused treatment. So we had to rush her to Teaching Hospital, Nnewi.”

The victim’s father, Mr Tony Obidigwu, when interviewed, confirmed that his daughter had been admit­ted at the University Teach­ing Hospital, Nnewi. He added that his wife, who is still in shock, is at the hospital looking after the vic­tim.

The Anambra State Po­lice Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Okechukwu Ali, when contacted, said he was yet to be briefed by the Nnewi police command about the shooting.

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www.metronaija.com reader sent in this photo alleging that an Alfa beat the 13-year-old boy because he missed Makaranta class.

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Prominent human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana has revealed that not less than 162 policemen guard a single governor in the country.

Falana stated this while on Channels Television Sunrise Daily programme.

He said “We used to have 300 policemen guarding a Governor, now Police assigns about 162 officers to guard each State Governor. There's no way you can police 170million people with 130,000 police officers when Police has half of them guarding big men”.

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Top Nigerian pop singer Wizkid Ayo continues to enjoy global stardom.

He was recently at number 11 on itune/Spotify world artistes, but in two days he jumped to the 3rd spot, ahead of well known artistes such as Justin Bieber, Kanye West and Sia.
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Only Drake, at No 1 and Rihanna at No 2 are now ahead of the Nigerian star.

Wizkid Spotify rankingSpotify is a Swedish commercial music streaming, podcast, and video service that provides digital rights management–protected content from record labels and media companies.

It is available in most of the Americas, Western Europe, and Oceania. Music can be browsed or searched by artist, album, genre, playlist, or record label.

Spotify operates under a freemium business model, with two music streaming tiers: Spotify Free and Spotify Premium. Benefits of the Premium subscription include the removal of advertisements, improved audio quality, and the user can download music to their device for offline listening.

Spotify was launched in September 2008 by Swedish startup Spotify AB. As of June 2015 Spotify had more than 75 million active users, including about 20 million paid users. The amount of paid subscribers reached 30 million in March 2016.

Spotify was founded for two reasons: to bring all the music in the world to all the world’s music fans in a fun, easy and affordable way – and to create real value for the music industry again, including labels, publishers and the terrific songwriters and artists who create and perform the music we love. We’ve paid well more than $3 billion in royalties to date, including $300 million in the first quarter of this year alone.


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One of our core commitments is making sure that everyone involved in the creation of music is paid fairly, rapidly, and transparently. Unfortunately, when it comes to publishing and songwriting royalties, especially in the United States, that’s easier said than done because the data necessary to confirm the appropriate rightsholder is often missing, wrong, or incomplete.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the government “change agenda is real and that Nigerians will get the change they voted for’’.

The minister stated this at a meeting with the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) on Thursday in Lagos

He said the administration had been keeping its campaign promises which centred on three broad areas – tackling corruption, ensuring the security of lives and property and the economy-.

“This Administration has been working round the clock to provide good governance and put the country on a sound footing, economically, socially and otherwise.

“We know that the past few months have been challenging for Nigerians. We are working hard to ease their pains”



Mohammed said that the administration had designed strategy to lift millions of Nigerians out of poverty.

He said the strategy would be carried out through six social intervention areas that would greatly impact on the economy as well as on lives:

- 500,000 graduates would be employed and trained as teachers while 370,000 non-graduates (artisans, technicians) would be trained and employed

- one million people (Farmers, market women, etc) would be granted loans to set up small businesses.

- Conditional Cash Transfer would be made available to the most vulnerable people (not unemployed graduates)

- school feeding would target 4.5 million school children

- bursaries scholarships would also be provided for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics students

- Rallying regional and global support for Nigeria’s efforts and boosted the morale and fighting capability of armed troops

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As the fight against terrorism continues, the Federal government is presently in talks with the US government for the acquisition of 12 specialized attack planes known as Super Tucano planes.

Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, confirmed this. The Super Tucano is a propeller-driven plane that can carry a range of weapons and can be used for attack and surveillance.

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Today, 5th May 2016 marks 6 years since Nigeria’s former President Umaru Musa Yar’adua passed away.

Yar’ Adua was succeeded by his then Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan who would later rule till 2015 before loosing election to frmer military Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari.

Here are 7 of his achevements Jonathan never achieve and Buhari may never attain:

1. Yar’adua initiated the Niger-Delta Amnesty Programme which saw hundreds of youth, particularly those that took arms against the state going abroad for studies and professional training.

2. Yar’Adua initiated the Abuja-Kaduna rail route due for launch this month.



3. Dredging of River Niger, which was abandoned for decades.

4. Reversed some of ex-president Obasanjo’s decisions considered to be against the national interest such as the sale of three refineries.

5. He released the N10 billion Lagos State local government councils’ funds withheld by Obasanjo.

6. Yar’adua deconstructed power because he was not intoxicated by it. He did not pay lip service to the rule of law and due process he preached.

7. Under his watch, the courts regained their freedom. They handed down verdicts that cancelled political victories even though his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was the victim.

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The 156 Task Force Battalion of the Nigerian Army yesterday launched an attack on the Ngula and Kukuruk villages in Alagarno general area where Boko Haram terrorists dwell.

Army Spokesperson, Col. Sani Usman, in a statement said the troops encountered and engaged Boko Haram terrorists in a gun battle. They also recovered some items in the process:


1. 6 motorcycles

2. 2 bicycles

3. 4 machine guns

4. 1 power generating set

5. 3 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) Tyres

6. 10 bags of assorted foodstuff

7. 4 different vehicles radiators and 11 car batteries

8. A wheel chair, 2 clutches, 1 Stretcher

9. 3 gas cylinders, 2 stabilizer 1 welding machine

10. 3 motorcycle batteries and 4 gallons stuffed with grains.

11. 1 Toyota Buffalo engine, 1 Toyota Hilux engine

12. 1 blanket, 1 Megaphone, 1 Escola’s box, 4 motorcycle wheels

13. 1 grinding machine, 1 vehicle gear box

14. Military uniforms, an unserviceable laptop, 2 wheel barrows and 3 vehicle jacks.

Others are:

15. 3 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition

16. 31 IEDs Primers

17. 2 Flash Drives containing vital information

18. Surgical Gloves and urine bags

19. Other items recovered include bandages

20. 2 tyre pumps

21. 50 inch browning machine Gun parts

22. 60mm mortar bomb

23. Sphygmomanometer

24. Anti-Tetanus

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Nigerian troops of 7 Division conducted a special operation at Chingurimi, Walasa and Masa villages in Borno which were believed to have large concentration of abducted women and children were held hostages by the Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday 4th May 2016.

The troops killed quite a number of Boko Haram terrorists and rescued 17 women, an old man and 24 children at the area. They also recovered 1 AK-47 rifle, 6 rounds of 7.62mm, 295 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO), 12 Dane Guns, 21 unserviceable mobile telephone handsets and one serviceable as well as150 different SIM cards.

The Army acting Spokesperson, Col. Usman Sani said the troops rescued over 400 persons held hostage by Boko Haram terrorists were freed by the troops.

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