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An Islamic cleric identified as Alfa Giga, involved in a tragic incident that claimed the lives of his father and brother, has been apprehended.

Reports indicate that he was arrested on Sunday, September 8, 2024, in the Apete area of Ibadan, Oyo State, after being found with disturbing evidence. It is alleged that the suspect specializes in s+lling parts of his victims.

He was interrogated by eyewitnesses before being handed over to the police for further investigation.

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Vice President Kamala Harris provided additional insights into her tax plans on the campaign trail this week.

During a speech in New Hampshire, the Democratic presidential candidate laid out plans to give tax breaks to small businesses and clarified her position on long-term capital gains taxes. She also reiterated her support for a billionaire minimum tax.

Harris outlined a plan to allow new businesses to deduct up to $50,000 in start-up costs. Currently, Internal Revenue Service rules show start-ups can generally deduct far less—up to $5,000 in start-up costs and up to $5,000 in organizational costs.

Harris' proposal to support small businesses also included plans to help existing small businesses by providing more low- and no-interest loans to those wanting to expand. Her plan will also ease regulations and simplify taxes by creating a standard deduction similar to how individual taxes are typically filed.

Harris also said she supports increased tax rates for millionaires and billionaires, a topic her predecessor, President Joe Biden, also campaigned on.

Harris outlined a plan to increase the tax rate on long-term capital gains for those who make $1 million or more to 28%. Currently, the highest capital gains rate is 20% and applies to consumers who make around $500,000 a year.

This separates her campaign from Biden's—he proposed a tax rate of 39.6% for those who make $1 million or more.

Recently, Harris has been criticized for backing Biden's proposed "billionaire tax." This would apply a 25% minimum tax on the unrealized gains of people who own $100 million in assets or more. Critics, such as the Libertarian Cato Institute, say that the wealth tax would be "economically destructive."

While she didn't get into specific numbers, she did mention she would "support a billionaire minimum tax" to "ensure that the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share." She did, however, note that as president, she would push to "tax capital gains at a rate that rewards investment in America’s innovators, founders, and small businesses."

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Davido has told Wizkid FC, Outsiders and others while drumming up support for his cousin, Tunji Adeleke that the cash cannot finish.

Gu ju Adeleke has said Monday morning, talking about him while he is making money but Davido tweeted that the money cannot finish.

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Oracle (ORCL) is set to report results from its fiscal first quarter of 2025 after the market closes on Monday. Investors will likely have their eye on cloud infrastructure growth.

The software giant is expected to post revenue of $13.23 billion, up more than 6% year-over-year, on earnings per share of 91 cents, up from 86 cents a year earlier, according to Visible Alpha. Net income is expected to be $2.57 billion.  

Oracle shares hit a record high in June when the company announced cloud infrastructure deals with Microsoft (MSFT), OpenAI, and Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google alongside its fiscal fourth quarter results. Shares of Oracle, which edged lower Friday, are up some 35% this year.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) revenue was $2 billion last quarter, and the company has guided for more than 50% growth year-over-year in fiscal 2025. Analysts on average are calling for $2.18 billion this quarter, good for 44% growth year-over-year, per Visible Alpha. Artificial intelligence (AI) hardware scarcity is “driving business” to OCI, Morgan Stanley analysts wrote last month.

Jefferies’ analysts said that Oracle will need to see continued OCI demand and improved OCI capacity if the company wants to hit double-digit revenue growth.

Last quarter, Oracle suggested it could be well-positioned to benefit from the growing data needs of training and running AI models, especially with its contracts with Microsoft and OpenAI.

Mizuho Americas analysts expect the company to add Amazon.com’s (AMZN) AWS to the mix with an announcement at Oracle’s CloudWorld conference Sept. 9-12. The firm also said Oracle could unveil plans for a new AI factory. 

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A Baddie has ends things with her talking stage partner after he sends her a list of rules and regulations for their relationship.

The rule’s goes like this 1. I see you do post different guys on your status and as your bf to be you must not post any guy except me

2. Your Billings must not pass 20k once it’s over 20k call your parent

3. If I call you once you must call twice

4. since you are a virgin you will have to wait till I dis’ gin you before I give you money

5. You must not claim you are single on your status or whatever.

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