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Cina
China GDP grows at slowest pace in more than four decades in 2020
BEIJING - China's GDP grew at the slowest pace in more than four decades in 2020, official data showed Monday, but it was still expected to be the only major economy to grow at all after a strong rebound from the coronavirus crisis.
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Cina
China’s growth beats forecasts, aiding global economic rise
China’s economy exceeded its pre-pandemic growth rates in the fourth quarter, propelling it to a stronger-than-expected expansion of 2.3% for the full year and making it the only major one to avoid contraction in 2020.
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Corea del Sud
Samsung chief jailed for 2.5 years over corruption scandal
SEOUL: The de facto chief of South Korea's Samsung business empire was convicted Monday over a huge corruption scandal and jailed for two and a half years, in a ruling that deprives the tech giant of its top decision-maker.
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Nigeria
Panam Percy, Zeal, Liz Ameye, Eddy Madaki, Others In “Still Falling”
By Anthony Ada Abraham, Valentine, a season of love, friendship and emotion has continued to be part of the world. What better way to relax with your partner than a thrilling and captivating movie with a love story that would make the season worthwhile. “Still Falling”, a movie that stars top notch ...
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Nigeria
Marwa Resumes At NDLEA, Pledges Efficiency
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has promised to reposition the agency for efficient fight against illicit drug trafficking. Marwa said this during his inaugural address to staff of the agency on Monday in Abuja, insisting that it was the duty of the NDLEA ...
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Nigeria
VGN: Of Obedience To Law And National Security
BY AHMED DALHATU It is no longer news that the leadership crisis, which rocked the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) few years ago, was eventually settled and laid to rest over a year ago, precisely on December 8, 2019 by the Kaduna Division of the Court of Appeal in Appeal ...
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Nigeria
Security: Niger Delta Renew Calls For National Amity, Prosperity
The people of Niger Delta has resolved to partner all sincere governments and peoples of Nigeria to ensure national security and economic prosperity nationwide. This position was stated at the end of the 2021 first General Cyber-Meeting of UNDEDSS, the United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy, which is the ...
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Nigeria
Just In: One Shot As Kafanchan Protest Turns Bloody Over Electricity Tarrif Hike
BY ISRAEL BULUS, KAFANCHAN Angry Kafanchan residents, on Monday morning took over Kafanchan major roads from Ernmako Filling Station to Kaduna electricity business Unit in Kafanchan to demonstrate over electricity Tarrif hike and epileptic power supply. The residents, who are mainly Youths, invaded the Kafanchan electricity business Unit demonstrating carrying ...
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Nigeria
Titan Trust Bank Wins ‘Best Trade Finance Provider’ Award
Titan Trust Bank Limited, one of the newest entrants into the Nigerian banking industry, at the weekend, emerged ‘Best Trade Finance Provider in Nigeria for the year 2020’ in the recently released Global Finance Magazine World’s Best Trade Finance Providers Awards. The lender clinched the coveted influential international award previously ...
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Nigeria
Reactivate Marketing Boards
By Our Editors Nigeria’s food inflation has more than doubled in the last seven months. There is currently an unprecedented rise in the cost of food, especially staple foods and consumables. These categories of food are completely out of the reach of majority of Nigerians economically, thanks to poor ...