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Nigeria
Boko Haram: Escapee recounts orderal in Sambisa forest
A 25-YEAR-OLD housewife and mother of five, Aisha Bukar yesterday recounted her ordeal in the hands of Boko-Haram insurgents, saying she, her husband, mother-in-law and children, fed on ‘weeds’ to survive. Mrs. Bukar, one of the captives of the insurgents, escaped from their enclave after a military war plane bombed ...
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USA Nigeria
Fed Govt, U.S. congressmen discuss security, humanitarian issues
EIGHT United States congressmen arrived in Nigeria yesterday for talks with the Federal Government on security and humanitarian matters. The delegation began their four-day visit with a meeting with National Assembly members led by Senate President Bukola Saraki. Senator Christopher Coons (D-Delaware) is leading the team. Coons is a member of the ...
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Nigeria Regno Unito
iSON chief: Africa’s $32b ICT market skewed
The Founder/Chairman, iSON Group, Ramesh Awtaney, has said the $32billion market value ascribed to Africa’s information communications technology (ICT) market is skewed. In a presentation on: Bringing Intellectual Property to Work: Create Onshore Model, Target Offshore Opportunities, at the 2017 London Business School’s Africa Business Summit, he said in a ...
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USA Nigeria
Idris: When Crime Fights Back – By Philip Agbese
Nigerians, I plead your indulgence to engage ourselves in a dispassionate discussion as insightful patriots! None of us can really say, a nation such as Nigeria would have known peace without a law enforcement security agency like the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Some of us acknowledge their positive roles in ...
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Brasile
Moradores impedem volta de travessia Mar Grande-Salvador
Apesar de a travessia Mar Grande/Salvador ter sido liberada para lanchas e outras embarcações nesta segunda-feira (28/8), pela Marinha e pela Agência Estadual de Regulação de Serviços Públicos de Energia, Transportes e Comunicações da Bahia (Agerba), uma manifestação promovida por moradores de Mar Grande, no Terminal Marítimo de Vera Cruz, ...
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Cina
China orders videotaping of retail investment sales
Move aimed at protecting banks from charges of mis-selling if people’s bets turn sour
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USA
Leonard Green to buy CPA Global for £2.4bn
US buyout group digs deep to acquire patent services business from Cinven
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Giappone Regno Unito
UK hopes dashed for swift Japan trade talks
Theresa May is keen to tout the benefits of a possible deal during Tokyo visit
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Regno Unito
Brexit talks are moving too slowly, says EU's chief negotiator
The European Union's chief negotiator Michel Barnier said today he was concerned at the slow progress of Brexit talks, while his British counterpart David Davis called for "imagination and flexibility" to move on. British officials arrived in Brussels hoping to push the EU towards talks about their post-Brexit ties, which the ...
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USA Spagna Iran Malta Yemen Pakistan
One in three countries still have blasphemy laws
Laws prohibiting blasphemy are "astonishingly widespread" worldwide, with many laying down disproportionate punishments ranging from prison sentences to lashings or the death penalty, the lead author of a report on blasphemy has said. Iran, Pakistan, and Yemen score worst, topping a list of 71 countries with laws criminalising views deemed blasphemous, ...