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— Chinua Achebe
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Famine can be a war crime and should be prosecuted - UN rights expert
Source: UN Human Rights Council Country: Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, World, YemenThe UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, urged governments to focus on peace processes and long-term policies that break the cycle of recurring famines.NEW YORK (23 October 2017) – The tragic reality of ...
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Nigeria:Canada Explores Business Opportunities in Rivers
[This Day] Port Harcourt -The Canadian High Commission has expressed interest in opening new relationships and business opportunities in Rivers State for Canadian companies and investors.
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Germany, Nigeria trade volume falls to €3.5bn
The German Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Bernhard Schlagheck, disclosed in Abuja on Monday that the volume of trade between Nigeria and Germany shrank to €3.5bn in 2016. Schlagheck said in an interview that the trade volume dropped by about €2.5bn from €6bn recorded in 2015. The envoy blamed the fall on ...
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Former foreign affairs minister, Akinyemi, loses brother
A former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, has lost his brother, Dr. Akinwunmi Akinyemi. According to a statement made available to our correspondent, the deceased was “a renowned paediatrician who worked at Adeoyo Hospital, Ibadan in Oyo state.” He was a director at the state ministry of health ...
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Evans’ brother-in-law case: Court awards N2m against police
Oladimeji Ramon The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday entered judgment against the Nigeria Police Force in the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by one Mr. Okwuchukwu Obiechina said to be the brother-in-law of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans. Justice Mohammed Idris, in a judgment on Monday, ...
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Nigeria:Investors, Exporters' FX Turnover Hits $1.9 Billion in One Week
[Leadership] Lagos -The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Investors & Exporters Foreign Exchange Window (I&EFX) total turnover rose to $1.9 billion last week as against $921.04 million in prior week, data from FMDQ OTC securities revealed.
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Nigeria:Nigeria Open for Business, Afrinvest CEO Tells Investors
[This Day] Foreign investors have been advised to take advantage of the huge investment opportunities in the Nigerian economy.
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‘We’ll develop Lagos CBD’
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said his administration is keen on developing the Lagos Central Business Districts to an enviable level. Ambode said this at the 2017 Stakeholders Forum with the theme, ‘Revitalisation of Central Business District for Economic Growth,’ at Onikan Youth Centre, Lagos Island. ...
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Nigeria must look beyond oil, says Okowa
Ovie Okpare, Warri Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Sunday called on Nigerians to embrace agriculture and its allied businesses to fully grow the country’s economy. He stated that the country must look beyond oil and gas if the Federal Government and states were serious about diversifying from a ...
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Big banks control 70%
Big banks are dominating the Nigerian banking space, controlling as much as 70 per cent of its market share. The big lenders also have most of the bad loans in the industry. These and more facts are contained in the 2017 Nigerian Banking Sector Report, “Nigeria Reopens for Business”, which ...
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‘How Buhari doused tension between Nigeria, Turkey’
President Muhammadu Buhari employed diplomacy to douse the tension that the issue of the Fethullah Movement would have created between Nigeria and Turkey, Minister of Foreign Affairs Geofrey Onyeama, said at the weekend. He also said the Turkish authorities requested for the extradition of over 1,000 Turkish citizens in Nigeria ...
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Be stubborn about your goals —Chukwuka Nwagbara
32-year-old Chukwuka Nwagbara is the commercial manager in charge of the Sub-Saharan Africa region for General Electric, Nigeria. He speaks about his career What is your educational qualification? I have an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Port Harcourt and an MBA from the Lagos Business School. What stirred ...
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Explore needs of people in your community – Isinguzo
Fashion designer and Chief Executive Officer, Sperie Integrated Services, Franklin Isinguzo, 30, tells ANNA OKON about his business Tell us briefly about your educational background? I attended St. Catherine’s Model School in Lagos and Federal Government College Minna. I graduated from the University of Ibadan with a bachelor’s degree in ...
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Let’s speak with one voice, Buhari tells African leaders
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has urged African leaders to speak “with one voice” independent of foreign influence. He said this was necessary to achieve economic integration, development, peace, and security on the continent. According to a statement on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, ...
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Army promotes Diya, 122 senior officers
The Army Council has approved the promotion of 123 senior officers, including 66 Lieutenant Colonels and 57 Majors to the next rank. Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, the army spokesman on Saturday, said the promotion followed the recommendation of the Army Promotion Board 3 and 4 “as reflected in the 2017 Nigerian ...
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No corps member had twins for me, says Amosun
GOVERNOR Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State yesterday described as untrue a report in a section of the media that a female youth corps member had a set of twins for him. The governor said the rumour gained so much currency that his mother – in-law had to call him to ...
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Dangote, BUA Cement, Others Save Nigeria $2bn Capital Flight
By Jonathan Nda- Isaiah, Abuja and OLAJIDE FABAMISE, Lagos Cement companies in Nigeria save the country’s economy a whopping $2 billion in foreign exchange through local production of the product. The cement sub-sector today represents over 90 per cent of Nigeria’s mining sector and employs about 30,000 people directly and ...
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Take action on NHIS report now, NMA tells Buhari
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof. Mike Ogirima, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to take an immediate action on the report submitted to him by the Ministry of Health following an investigation of alleged fraud involving the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance ...
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I’ll make Nigeria attractive for investment, says Buhari
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday reiterated his administration’s commitment to the creation of an enabling environment and making Nigeria an attractive place for business and investment. Buhari made the pledge, in his statement, at the ninth summit of the D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation in Istanbul, Turkey. ...
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Anti-grazing law: Ortom warns traditional rulers
Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has said traditional rulers found to be constituting themselves into criminal elements to frustrate the implementation of the anti-open grazing law would be removed from office. Speaking while inaugurating local government committees for the implementation of the law yesterday at Benue People’s House, Governor Ortom ...
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North Korea’s nuclear weapons aimed only at U.S – diplomat
A high-ranking North Korean diplomat told a non-proliferation conference in Moscow on Friday that the country’s nuclear weapons were aimed at the U.S. and at no one else. “We believe that the U.S., but not any other country, may mount a nuclear attack,” Choe Hui, the Head of the North ...