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Nigeria
We’re using recovered looted funds to finance 2017 budget – FG
Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Federal Government is using part of the stolen funds recovered from those that looted the economy to finance the 2017 budget, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Buhari who spoke at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday ...
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Nigeria
Court orders police to produce Evans’ brother-in-law
Oladimeji Ramon The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the police to bring before it one Mr. Okwuchukwu Obiechina said to be the brother-in-law of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans. Justice Mohammed Idris, who made the order, said Obiechina must be brought before him on Thursday, October ...
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Nigeria
AICOM, PenCom, LASG to lead discussions at NAIPCO conference
The National Insurance Commission, National Pension Commission and Lagos State Government are to lead discussions on burning industry issues at the Insurance and Pension Correspondents 2017 Conference on Oct. 25. The National Association of Insurance and Pension Correspondents, in a statement by its President, Mrs Omobola Tolu-Kusimo, said the conference ...
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Nigeria
You have no business being corrupt, Olanipekun tells judges, magistrates
The anti-graft war of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has continued to receive a groundswell of support with a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Wole Olanipekun, urging the bar and the bench to shun corruption and unethical practices. Olanipekun spoke on Tuesday at the Bar and Bench Forum as part ...
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Nigeria
Buhari Writes Senate, Request Approval For $5.5b Foreign Loan
BY SOLOMON AYADO and AHURAKA ISAH, Abuja President Muhammad Buhari today wrote to Senate requesting it to grant an approval for the federal government to secure a foreign loan of $5.5b to finance the 2017 appropriation Act. The loan shall be used to fund projects. Details shortly….. The post Buhari Writes ...
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Qatar Nigeria
Qatar must stop ‘supporting terrorism’ before World Cup, says UAE
Qatar should not host the 2022 World Cup unless it changes it policies “supporting extremism and terrorism,” a United Arab Emirates (UAE) minister said on Tuesday. UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash gave this warning amid the latest attack on Doha in a four-month long dispute in ...
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Senegal
Métiers des énergies renouvelables : une alternative pour lutter contre le chômage des jeunes (ministre)
Dakar, 10 oct (APS) - La promotion des métiers des énergies renouvelables contribue à relever le défi du changement climatique et constitue une alternative dans la lutte contre le chômage des jeunes, a déclaré mardi le ministre de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation, Mary Teuw Niane. - Formation
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Senegal
Déficit de logements : Macky Sall pour la promotion de l'habitat en hauteur
Dakar, 10 oct (APS) - Le président de la République, Macky Sall, a invité, mardi, les acteurs du bâtiment à faire la promotion de l'habitat en hauteur pour résorber le déficit en logements. - Actualités
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Paraguay
El progreso social aún es moderado pese al crecimiento, revela estudio
Se presentó ayer el Índice Nacional de Progreso Social (INPS), herramienta que busca complementar al estudio del PIB. En el reporte mundial, Paraguay está en el puesto 60 de 128 países analizados.
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USA
Pfizer weighs sale of consumer health business
US drugmaker looks at ‘strategic alternatives’ for over-the-counter medicines unit