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Kenya
Kenya: MPs reject changes to sex offences law
Legislators have rejected a bill that contained radical proposals to tame sexual harassment of girls and women.
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Cina
Prices Surge in China, Causing Concerns about Inflation
China’s producer price index for January 2017 marked the largest gain in five years and five months, leading to an analysis that the Chinese economy escaped the phase of deflation, entering the phase of reflation. Reflation refers to a situation where the economy moved out of deflation but has yet ...
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Cina India USA
APTA Rises amid the Collapse of TPP
The Asia Pacific Trade Agreement, a new trade framework led by Korea, China, and India, will launch additional tariff reduction negotiations from the latter half of this year. In a situation where the United States declared its withdrawal from the Transpacific Partnership Agreement, with the momentum to promote multilateral free trade ...
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Nigeria
Fayose at finance ministry, demands payment of N1.1bn allocation
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday visited the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Finance and demanded the release of the state’s N1.1bn budget support facility for the month of January. Fayose visited the ministry and requested to see the Minister of Finance, Mrs. ...
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Nigeria
AGF Malami queries Emefiele on alleged Forex fraud in CBN
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said there are corruption allegations in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s foreign exchange allocation and transactions. Malami added, on Wednesday, the fraud allegations were “supported by several documents.” The PUNCH sighted a ...
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Angola India Nigeria
Nigeria’s oil export to India falls by 54%
’Femi Asu with agency report Nigerian oil supplies to India fell by 54 per cent last month from a year ago, following the militant attack on the Trans Forcados Pipeline. Reuters reported that the development forced key Indian clients of Nigeria, mostly state-run companies, to turn to Angola with imports ...
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Nigeria
Ladoja’s trial for alleged N4.7b theft aborted
The trial of former Oyo State Governor Rashidi Ladoja was aborted on Tuesday after Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos insisted that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) must comply with the law. Eight years after he was first arraigned, EFCC re-arraigned Ladoja for allegedly ...
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Nigeria
Workers shut CAC over poor welfare
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja Business activities were on Wednesday grounded at the headquarters of the Corporate Affairs Commission in Abuja following a protest by the workers over poor welfare conditions. The workers, under the auspices of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service, Technical and Recreational Services Employees, carried placards ...
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Cina USA Vietnam
China Warns US Against Fresh Naval Patrols In South China China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday warned Washington against challenging its sovereignty, responding to reports the United States was planning fresh naval patrols in the disputed South Ch
China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday warned Washington against challenging its sovereignty, responding to reports the United States was planning fresh naval patrols in the disputed South China Sea. On Sunday, the Navy Times reported that US Navy and Pacific Command leaders were considering freedom of navigation patrols in the busy ...
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I Want To Be Youngest Member Of Eagles’ Squad At 2018 World Cup, Youngster Roars
While Super Eagles’ handler, Gernot Rohr, has been visitng strategic leagues in the world where players of Nigerian descent ply their trade, an 18-year-old, Ademola Kuti, a striker for Fujairah SC of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has stated his desire to be the youngest member of the national male senior ...