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Nigeria
CBN injects $250m into FX market
The Central Bank of Nigeria has again intervened in the Inter-Bank Foreign exchange Market to the tune of $250m. The Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Mr Isaac Okorafor, said the Apex Bank also sold $100m and uplifted the Small and Medium Enterprises and invisible segments, with $85m and $65m ...
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Nigeria
Customs intercept cars, rice, Indian hemp worth N531.4m
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone `A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted cars, rice and Indian hemp, with a Duty Paid Value of N531.47m. The Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Mohammad Garba, who disclosed this in Lagos on Monday, said that the command intercepted 27 vehicles, including ...
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USA Nigeria
US officials to meet Osinbajo, Saraki over Boko Haram
Bayo Akinloye An eight-member congressional delegation from the United States will visit Nigeria between August 28 and 31, to discuss Boko Haram insurgency and the humanitarian situation in the North-East, the US Embassy in Nigeria has said. The delegation will be led by Senator Christopher Coons, a member of the ...
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Nigeria
Buhari sad over neglect of cocoa sector
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed regrets over the neglect of the cocoa sector over the years, saying his administration will work to reposition it and other non-oil export commodities. Buhari said this at the First International Cocoa Summit organised by the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment in collaboration with ...
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Turchia USA Yemen
Preventing conflict key to relieving suffering, stresses outgoing UN humanitarian chief
Source: UN News Service Country: Syrian Arab Republic, World, YemenConflict is man-made, and, therefore, it’s capable of being unmade by man; the humanitarian suffering that is brought about by it can be reduced and eliminated over time, said UN relief chief Stephen O’Brien.28 August 2017 – Preventing conflicts from breaking out ...
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USA Vietnam
Vietnam FDI inflows up 5% to $10.3bn this year
HANOI - Vietnam received an estimated US$10.3 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in January-August, up 5.1% from the same period in 2016, the government said on Monday.
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Portogallo Malta
Lisboa vai receber X Congresso dos Portos de Língua Portuguesa
Evento terá lugar a 11 e 12 de setembro, na Gare Marítima de Alcântara, coma presença garantida de Ana Paula Vitorino, ministra do Mar, e de Fernando Medina, presidente da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa.
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Paraguay
Viceministro afirma que gran parte del crecimiento se debe a inversión pública
El crecimiento económico que actualmente registra Paraguay fue impulsado, en gran parte, por la inversión pública, la cual se sostuvo gracias a los recursos provenientes de la deuda o crédito público, que a la fecha sigue siendo sostenible y viable, explicó el viceministro de Economía, Humberto Colmán, ayer durante su ...
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India USA Pakistan
Self-styled "godman" jailed for 10 years for rape in India
An Indian judge sentenced a self-styled "godman", whose followers went on a deadly rampage after he was convicted of rape last week, to 10 years' jail. There were no reports of violence after Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was sentenced. Tens of thousands of police enforced a lockdown in large parts of ...
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USA Australia Malta
National Council 'should not have' absolute power over Maltese
The law that gives the National Council for the Maltese Language absolute power over Maltese is wrong, according to Roderick Bovingdon, who is active in the promotion of Maltese culture, language and literature in Australia. For Mr Bovingdon, there should be no one, or no one entity, with such power. On ...