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Nigeria
Lagos forensic lab: What the public needs to know
Tunde Dawodu In a few weeks or months to come, the Lagos State Government-owned forensic science/DNA laboratory will come on stream. It’s touted to be a state-of-the-art scientific facility meant to aid the law in the detection of crimes, apprehension of criminals and the exoneration of the innocent. The world ...
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Nigeria
FG slashes import duties on 115 items
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government, in a bid to promote development in critical sectors of the economy, has approved a reduction in the import duties of 115 items in various sectors of the economy. The approval was given by President Muhammadu Buhari as part of the fiscal policy measures ...
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Nigeria
Sahara, Oando, MRS, 36 others win NNPC crude lifting contracts
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Sahara Energy, Oando Plc and 37 other companies are among the successful bidders for the 2017/2018 crude oil term contracts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, which were announced in Abuja on Thursday. According to the Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division, NNPC, Mr. Mele Kyari, ...
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Nigeria
Buhari’s silence on killings, reminder of Jonathan’s negligence – Okogie
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja A former President, Christian Association of Nigeria, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has berated the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari over the ongoing killings in the southern part of Kaduna State. Okogie likened Buhari’s silence on the killings in Southern Kaduna to how former President Goodluck Jonathan ...
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Nigeria
We’ll Ensure Peaceful Handover In The Gambia – PMB
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday in Abuja said that Nigeria will do everything possible to help The Gambia have a peaceful resolution to its political crisis. Speaking through the minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, he expressed optimism that The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh would listen to the voice of his ...
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Cina
Israel-China deal paves way for thousands of Chinese construction workers in Israel
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon says the deal will provide a “boost” to solve the housing crisis.
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Israele
Business in Brief: Mobileye, BMW, Intel partnership to put first self-driving cars on roads
Israel to tap euro-bond market next week for first time since 2014; Treasury opposes sale of insurers to Chinese buyers, Bloomberg reports; Tel Aviv shares gain moderately.
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USA Camerun Nigeria
Humanitarian partners need $310 million to help crisis-hit communities in Cameroon
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Cameroon, Central African Republic, NigeriaIn 2017, almost three million people in Cameroon are expected to need aid. Around 2.6 million will face crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity. (Yaounde, 4 January 2017): The Government of Cameroon with the United Nations and ...
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Etiopia
Ethiopia: Enhancing Trade, Investment
[Ethiopian Herald] Nobody denies that a sustainable financial industry depends on a market driven business, characterized by competitiveness and efficiency. The government also plays its role in regulating the fiscal and monetary aspect of the economy. These make the economy to move in the right track.
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Brasile
Brasil bate récord de turistas, con 6.6 millones, en año de Juegos Olímpicos
Según una encuesta realizada por el propio Ministerio, el 95 % de los visitantes internacionales pretende volver al país, por lo que "si se depende del boca a boca, Brasil tiene todo para crecer en el mercado turístico", "pero eso no es suficiente, necesitamos intensificar la promoción internacional", apunta Beltrão.