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Nigeria
More actresses now trade sex for movie roles –Nollywood actor
It appears that Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu, is better known for his activity on social media than for his roles in the movies. The man is currently carving a niche for himself as the fastest rising critic of the film industry in Nigeria. On Thursday, Maduagwu swung his searchlight on ...
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USA Nigeria
N1.85tn non-performing loans eroding confidence in banking sector – NDIC
Oyetunji Abioye The naira recorded a significant gain against the United States dollar on the parallel market on Thursday, three days after the Central Bank of Nigeria adjusted its foreign exchange policy. Specifically, the local currency jumped from N505/dollar recorded on Wednesday to N495/dollar on Thursday, as the new policy ...
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USA Nigeria
Improving U.S. Anticorruption Policy In Nigeria
Corruption is endemic in Nigeria. It drains billions of dollars a year from Africa’s largest economy and most populous country. Systemic corruption also undermines Nigeria’s ability to combat Boko Haram, the world’s deadliest terrorist movement, which has displaced two million people in the country’s war-ravaged northeast. Although the United States ...
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Nigeria
Tourism Nigeria’s New Oil Well
Tourism has often demonstrated its role as a vital tool in the advancement of economies through direct domestic and foreign exchange earnings and through the employment and investment opportunities it can generate. Most African countries, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, often over-reliant on one or two sectors for economic development, have ...
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Nigeria
NDIC Remits N35.893bn To Consolidated Revenue Fund
As at February 2017, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation(NDIC) has made a total transfer of N35.893 billion into Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) while awaiting the conclusion of its 2016 external audit report before transferring the outstanding balance of N6.882 billion to the CRF in line with FRA 2007. With this ...
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Nigeria
PDP Is Committed To Ideals Of True Democracy – Gov Emmanuel
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is committed to the enhancement of democracy in the country in accordance with the fundamental principles of the rule of law. Governor Emmanue who stated this at the Ibom International Airport on arrival from Abuja ...
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Nigeria
FG Inaugurates Committee On Yam Export Programme
The federal government through the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh on Thursday inaugurated a technical committee on Yam Export Programme. The minister assured that the aim was for Nigeria to take advantage of the global yam market in which she remains the highest producer. According to ...
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USA
Anti-graft War: US Policy Expert Advises On How To Check Movement Of Money
An international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Matthew Page, has advised the President Muhammdu Buhari administration on how to effectively check against the movement of ill-gotten money out of the shores of the country to the United States of America. He said his recommendations, when combined with ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Relief and hope for business as Courtenay Place quake cordon scaled back
A slice of Wellington's party zone is getting ready to rise again, after a stretch of cordoned-off Courtenay Place was freed up on Friday.
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Senegal
Déchets plastiques : Abdoulaye Baldé préconise un renforcement du partenariat entre les acteurs
Dakar, 24 fév (APS) - Le ministre de l'Environnement et du Développement durable, Abdoulaye Baldé, a réaffirmé, jeudi, sa volonté de renforcer le partenariat avec tous les acteurs en vue d'une gestion durable et écologiquement rationnelle des déchets plastiques à travers le territoire national. - Environnement