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Nigeria
Solidaridad Partners Agric Ministry To Improve Productivity In Nigeria
By Blessing Bature-Akpakpan, Solidaridad West Africa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to improve agricultural productivity and ensure Nigeria’s self-sufficiency in agriculture and divestment of the economy from dependency on crude oil. The Solidaridad Senior Climate Specialist, Africa and Country ...
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Nigeria
IWD: TUC Seeks End To Gender Violence Against Women
By Michael Oche, Abuja The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has urged women to take advantage of the International Women’s Day (IWD) to challenge all forms of inequalities perpetrated against them. Speaking during the 2021 IWD celebration organised by the TUC, comrade, Shaibu Afusatu, the Chairperson of the TUC Women Commission, ...
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Nigeria
Rules Of Origin May Make Or Break AfCFTA -Mene
By Kingsley Alu, Abuja Secretary-general of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat Wamkele Mene, has said the Rules of Origin – the criteria needed to determine the nationality of a product – could make or break the AfCFTA if not appropriately designed and enforced to support preferential trade ...
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Nigeria
Nigerian-Dutch Centre Partners FMARD, CBN In Achieving Sustainable Dairy Sector
By OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos The Centre for Nigerian Dutch Dairy Development (CNDDD) has announced that it will host a webinar in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to enable a sustainable national dairy sector and value chain in ...
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Nigeria
IWD: Actionaid Nigeria Calls For Investment In Public Services, Healthcare
ActionAid Nigeria, a social-justice Non-Government Organisation, has called on government at all levels to scale up investments in public services, including healthcare services. Mrs Ene Obi, Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday to commemorate the 2021 International Women’s Day Celebration. Obi ...
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Nigeria
Man In Court For Allegedly Stealing N28,000
A 36-year-old man, Timothy Ibe, on Monday, appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court, for allegedly stealing N28, 000 cash. The police charged Ibe with theft under section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecutor, ASP. Victor Eruada, told ...
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Brasile Colombia USA
Colombia fiscal revisions spark market concern, up risk of rating loss
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia’s plan to finance its fiscal needs this year with ever-swelling debt has sparked market concern and may herald the loss of the Andean country’s investment-grade credit rating, analysts and investors say. The Finance Ministry last week revised 2021 fiscal targets, deepening its prediction for ...
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USA
Vývoj české vakcíny má smysl, nepůjde o vyhozené peníze, říká garant projektu Petráš
V ideálních podmínkách bychom za osm až deset měsíců mohli vyvinout vakcínu, která postoupí do klinického hodnocení fáze jedna, v níž se testuje na dobrovolnících, říká v rozhovoru pro server Lidovky.cz Marek Petráš, který byl loni vědeckým garantem projektu české vakcíny proti covidu. Rozhodnutí vlády o obnovení výzkumu však rozvířilo ...
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Svizzera
Greensill files for administration and warns of GFG ‘defaults’
Finance group has ‘no conceivable way’ of repaying Credit Suisse loan, lawyers say
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USA
The Covid entrepreneurs: Americans start millions of new businesses
The ‘side hustle’ and hobby venture go mainstream as lockdowns and technology upend the US economy