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USA
Trade minister considering ‘all possibilities’ before US FTA talks
South Korea's trade minister said Friday that he will consider all possibilities when renegotiating the terms of the fre
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Cina
Lotte Mart's sales in China plunge 65% amid THAAD row
Sales of Lotte Mart, the discount store chain of South Korean retail giant Lotte, in China dropped nearly 65 percent in
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Nigeria
Minimum wage: Reps recommend N30,000 to avert looming strike
John Ameh, Abuja Members of the House of Representatives warned on Thursday that a nationwide strike by workers over low wages could force the country’s economy back into recession. They urged the Federal Government to consider an increase in wage to N30,000 as the new National Minimum Wage to avert ...
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Nigeria
Buhari reappoints Orji NSIA boss
• Chiroma emerges Law School new DG Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Mr. Uchechi Orji as Managing Director of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority. Orji was first appointed in October 2012 for an initial term of five years, renewable for another term of five years. A statement ...
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Nigeria
Falae: FG trains armed rangers to protect farms
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Federal Government has said it is training 3,000 farm rangers who will be armed to protect major farmlands across Nigeria from invasion by herdsmen. It said the move became necessary after the repeated attacks on a former Minister of Finance and ex-Secretary to the Government of ...
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Nigeria
AFRIFF strikes partnership with French Embassy, British Council
Akeem Lasisi Plans are in top gear for the 2017 edition of the Africa International Film Festival, holding between October 29 and November 4. The organisers disclosed the date at a programme held at the British Council, Ikoyi, Lagos, last Tuesday night. Now in its seventh edition, the festival will ...
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Nigeria Regno Unito
I approved NNPC loans not contracts, says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday said he did not sign N640billion oil contracts when the President was in London on medical leave. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande said the VP only gave approval for financing arrangements for the ...
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Nigeria
House Committee Summons Adeosun, Emefiele over N13.4bn Stamp Duty Revenue
By ADEBIYI ADEDAPO, Abuja The House of Representatives Committee on Telecommunications has summoned the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele and the Post Master General of Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST), Adebisi Adegbuyi to explain why the over N13billion generated ...
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Nigeria
el-Rufai Presents N216bn Budget To Kaduna Assembly For 2018
By MSUE AZA, RAHILA ABDULLAHI, Kaduna Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, has on Thursday presented 2018 budget estimates of N216.55bn to the State House of Assembly for accelated passage into law. Presenting the budget, El-Rufai, who described it as a ‘Budget of Consolidation’ said it structured to complete the ...
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Nigeria
Senate Quizzes Minister, Perm Sec, Directors, Demands 2016 Budget Implementation in Works, Power, Housing
BY SOLOMON AYADO, Abuja The Senate Committee on Lands, Housing and Urban Development has disagreed with the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing over differential in the release of funds and implementation of the 2016 budget in the sectors. The Senate committee claimed the ministers of finance and that ...