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Nigeria
Nigerian Tech Companies Poised To Go Global
Much has been written in the national press about how Nigeria might recover from the economic crises of the past couple of years. Oil revenues have fallen to historic lows, remittances comprise an ever-smaller portion of GDP, and Nigeria’s main agricultural exports no longer form such an essential component of ...
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Nigeria
NDLEA: Francis Agbo And The War Against Narcotic Drug Addiction
By Andrew Agbese As far back as the early 80s, the boom in the illegal trade in hard drugs, occasioned by the increase in use of narcotics globally, had begun to manifest its ugly features in Nigeria. Youths caught in the frenzy of trending social movements coupled with the increase ...
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Nigeria
Cancer: Medical Experts Charge Women On Early Examination
BY PATIENCE IVIE IHEJIRIKA, Abuja As Nigeria joined the world to mark this year’s international women’s day, medical experts have charged women on early cancer examination and presentation. The experts gave the charge during an outreach organised by Nisa premier hospital in partnership with Soroptimist international, tagged “The effect of ...
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Nigeria
‘Kano-Katsina Rail Line Will be Integrated To DIDP To Boost Trade’
By Blessing Bature-Akpakpan, The Nigerian Shippers Council has said that the construction of the 284km and $1.96bn cross-border Kano – Katsina – Jibia – Maradi rail line will be integrated to the new Dala Inland Dry Port (DIDP) to boost trade and viability of the project. The Executive Secretary, Nigerian ...
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Brasile India
Brazil does not support Indian project to waive vaccine patents at WTO
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After weeks of silence to avoid a clash with India over the covid-19 vaccines, the Brazilian government has again opposed the project presented by developing countries to suspend patents on the products. At a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on Wednesday, March 10th, the situation ...
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Brasile USA
Oxford Economics: New pandemic aid will boost Brazil’s GDP to 3.8% in 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The second round of emergency aid will boost Brazil's GDP growth by 0.2 percentage point to 3.8% this year, writes Marcos Casarin in a note, Oxford Economics' chief economist for Latin America. The company estimates that households will spend half of the R$44 (US$7.6) billion ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Auckland lockdown's impact on Coromandel economy
From booming real estate to fewer snack sales at the corner dairy, Coromandel retailers are reporting there are winners and losers when it comes to the financial impact of lockdowns. Economists confirmed last week's Covid-19 lockdown...
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Senegal
Horizon sans frontières tient un point de presse, vendredi
Dakar, 10 mars (APS) - Horizon sans frontières (HSF) organise vendredi un point de presse sur le thème "HSF face aux menaces sur les équilibres sociaux, fondement de notre démocratie « Affaire Boubacar Seye »", annonce un communiqué reçu à l'APS. Dakar, 10 mars (APS) - Horizon sans frontières (HSF) ...
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Turchia
Turkey urges KRG to correct planned stamp covering Turkish territory
The Turkish Foreign Ministry on March 10 reacted to a stamp planned to be issued by the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) on the occasion of the visit of the spiritual leader of the Catholics, Pope Francis, to Iraq.
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Turchia
No shortage in Central Bank reserves, Erdoğan says
The Central Bank’s foreign exchange reserves incurred no losses as claimed by the main opposition party, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 10 while defending the policies of the former treasury and finance minister and his son-in-law, Berat Albayrak, and pointing out that Turkey has realized many achievements during ...