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USA Nigeria
Forex: CBN to inject fresh $350m into interbank market
Gbenro Adeoye The Central Bank of Nigeria is set to pump more United States dollars into the foreign exchange market this weekend, in continuation of its strategy to further strengthen the value of the naira, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. A source at the apex bank told our correspondent on condition ...
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Nigeria
Another 180 Nigerians return from Libya on Tuesday
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Another 180 Nigerians are expected back in Nigeria from Libya on Tuesday. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on Friday while receiving the Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons Commission, Sadiya ...
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Nigeria
Xenophobia: Protesters shut down MTN Lagos office
Saheed Olugbon Protesters under the aegis of the Human Rights Defenders and Advocacy Centre on Friday disrupted business activities at the MTN headquarters at Falomo, Lagos, over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. Business activities were stalled for over three hours at the telecommunications company’s premises, a situation ...
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USA
Stervende vrouw schrijft emotioneel datingprofiel voor haar man
De Amerikaanse auteur Amy Krouse Rosenthal heeft met nog slechts enkele dagen te leven een prachtig eerbetoon aan haar man geschreven in de Amerikaanse krant The New York Times. In haar emotionele brief prijst ze haar geliefde echtgenoot de hemel in en spreekt ze zijn toekomstige partner rechtstreeks aan.
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Uruguay
Mercado Libre reportó uno de los mejores años de su historia
Apostando a fortalecer el ecosistema completo en la región, la empresa tecnológica cerró el año con 181,2 millones de artículos vendido.
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Nigeria
Currency traders in panic sales as CBN pumps in more dollars
Reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to pump more dollars into the foreign exchange market in continuation of efforts to strengthen the naira, have triggered positive reactions causing it to attain a better exchange parity with the greenback. The Nation learnt that the apex bank is in ...
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Nigeria
NAF Gears Up Advocacy, Foreign Collaborations To Fix Gaps
A lot of concerns were generated by Nigeria’s eight – year war against the Boko Haram insurgency. Overwhelmed by several audacious acts of the terrorists, many citizens cast doubt on the capability of the nation’s armed forces to guarantee their security. The concerns were genuine and threw up questions about ...
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USA
Too Short Investigated For Rape
Too Short is the suspect in a rape case … according to TMZ. The alleged victim is a protegee of the rapper who has done videos and other projects with Short. Law enforcement tells us, the woman claims on November 1 she was at an L.A. residence with the rapper ...
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Giappone
‘Premium Friday’ campaign draws little attention in Tokyo
Only 3.7 percent of Tokyo area employees left work early last month to mark the launch of the “Premium Friday” quit work early campaign on Feb. 24, an online survey says. The public-private initiative is designed to prod people to leave the office at 3 p.m. on the last Friday ...
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USA Giappone
Yellen points to March rate hike as Fed signals end of easy money
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s long-stalled “liftoff” of interest rates may finally get airborne this year as policymakers from Chair Janet Yellen on Friday to regional leaders across the United States signaled that the era of easy money is drawing to a close. Yellen capped off a seemingly coordinated push from ...