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USA Nigeria
Saraki, US ambassador, others meet on Nigeria’s economy
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday stated that one of the primary objectives of the 8th National Assembly was to increase private sector participation in all spheres of the economy in order to make the country viable. Saraki, according to a statement by his ...
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Nigeria
Don’t expect commodity shake-up next year, W’Bank tells Nigeria
• Bank rules out major oil price increase in 2018 Oyetunji Abioye with agency report The World Bank says the big drop in export commodity prices that led to significant economic shocks last year in commodity exporting countries including Nigeria may not occur in 2018. According to the World Bank, ...
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Nigeria
Meadow Hall partners Lagos govt on youth empowerment
The Meadow Hall Group has indicated that it will partner the Lagos State Government to train 200 final year students of tertiary institutions on employability skills during the second edition of its entrepreneurship programme tagged ReadySetWork. The group, in a statement, said it would do this through its subsidiary, the ...
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Nigeria
INTERPOL, court issue fresh warrants for Maina’s arrest
• We have extended probe to foreign countries –Presidency • AGF, security agencies make presentations to Buhari Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Thursday said an Abuja Magistrate’s Court as well as the international police popularly called the INTERPOL had issued fresh warrants for the arrest of the embattled former ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria saves N216bn from rice importation – BOA
Nigeria has saved over N216 billion from the importation of rice alone from Thailand and other countries since the nation’s domestic mass production flooded the markets under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). Prince Niyi Akenzua, the Executive Director, Risk Management and Finance, Bank of Agriculture (BOA) disclosed on Thursday in ...
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USA
US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin lands in Israel
"We don't have a better partner in the region," Steven Mnuchin told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Senegal
Le projet "WISE" pour moderniser le secteur de la pêche artisanale
Dakar, 26 oct (APS) - Le projet "Wireless Solution" pour la pêche au Sénégal ou "WISE", lancé en 2014, est "conçu" et "réalisée" pour améliorer l'avantage concurrentiel des pêcheurs artisanaux et des transformateurs de produits halieutiques, a indiqué, jeudi à Dakar, Gallo Sow, conseiller technique numéro 1 du ministère de ...
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Senegal
La Maison de la presse et l'OCI signent un accord de partenariat
Dakar, 26 oct (APS) - La Maison de la presse du Sénégal a signé une ''convention de mutualisation'' avec le Comité permanent pour l'information et les affaires culturelles (COMNIAC) de l'Organisation de la coopération islamique (OCI), en vue d'une meilleure ''vulgarisation'' des activités des deux parties, a constaté l'APS, jeudi, ...
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India USA Indonesia Etiopia Nigeria Pakistan
Measles continues to kill 90,000 people annually despite global decline
Source: World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UN Children's Fund, GAVI Alliance Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, World20.8 million children are still missing their first measles vaccine dose. More than half of them live in Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and DR ...
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Uruguay Nigeria
La ONU lanza plan para proteger a las personas defensoras de derechos humanos en América Latina
Source: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Government of Uruguay, UN Human Rights Council Country: Brazil, Honduras, WorldDos tercios de los homicidios contra defensores de los derechos humanos se efectúan en América Latina. Frente a esta realidad, se presentó el plan de acciones conjuntas para la protección de las personas defensoras de ...