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Russia
Lawyer: Proposal to build Trump Tower in Russia during GOP primary was dropped for ‘business reasons’
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer is acknowledging that the president’s company considered building a Trump Tower in Moscow during the Republican primary, but the plan ...
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Kenya
Ordinary Kenyans not initially targeted in Sh4m plastic bag penalty
Kenya's law which sets a record Sh4 million or four-year jail term for those who violate the plastic bag ban passes as one of the toughest punishment globally.
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Nigeria
Nigeria’s economy picking up, says Buhari
• Adeosun, Udoma, Emefiele brief President President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday received briefings from some ministers and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on the state of the economy. Buhari, who was in the United Kingdom for 103 days on medical vacation, expressed delight that the economy ...
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Nigeria
Boko Haram: Escapee recounts orderal in Sambisa forest
A 25-YEAR-OLD housewife and mother of five, Aisha Bukar yesterday recounted her ordeal in the hands of Boko-Haram insurgents, saying she, her husband, mother-in-law and children, fed on ‘weeds’ to survive. Mrs. Bukar, one of the captives of the insurgents, escaped from their enclave after a military war plane bombed ...
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USA Nigeria
Fed Govt, U.S. congressmen discuss security, humanitarian issues
EIGHT United States congressmen arrived in Nigeria yesterday for talks with the Federal Government on security and humanitarian matters. The delegation began their four-day visit with a meeting with National Assembly members led by Senate President Bukola Saraki. Senator Christopher Coons (D-Delaware) is leading the team. Coons is a member of the ...
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Nigeria Regno Unito
iSON chief: Africa’s $32b ICT market skewed
The Founder/Chairman, iSON Group, Ramesh Awtaney, has said the $32billion market value ascribed to Africa’s information communications technology (ICT) market is skewed. In a presentation on: Bringing Intellectual Property to Work: Create Onshore Model, Target Offshore Opportunities, at the 2017 London Business School’s Africa Business Summit, he said in a ...
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USA Nigeria
Idris: When Crime Fights Back – By Philip Agbese
Nigerians, I plead your indulgence to engage ourselves in a dispassionate discussion as insightful patriots! None of us can really say, a nation such as Nigeria would have known peace without a law enforcement security agency like the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Some of us acknowledge their positive roles in ...
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Brasile
Moradores impedem volta de travessia Mar Grande-Salvador
Apesar de a travessia Mar Grande/Salvador ter sido liberada para lanchas e outras embarcações nesta segunda-feira (28/8), pela Marinha e pela Agência Estadual de Regulação de Serviços Públicos de Energia, Transportes e Comunicações da Bahia (Agerba), uma manifestação promovida por moradores de Mar Grande, no Terminal Marítimo de Vera Cruz, ...
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Cina
China orders videotaping of retail investment sales
Move aimed at protecting banks from charges of mis-selling if people’s bets turn sour
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USA
Leonard Green to buy CPA Global for £2.4bn
US buyout group digs deep to acquire patent services business from Cinven