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Nigeria
Smuggling: Benin Republic, Togo, Others At Risk Of Dwindling Revenue
BY YUSUF BABALOLA, Lagos There are strong indications that Benin Republic, Togo and other neighbouring countries may suffer dwindling fortune from smuggling of vehicles into Nigeria as the new vehicle import tariff kicks off next week. The federal government had in the assented Finance Act 2020 proposed a ...
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Nigeria
Dutch Court Orders Shell To Pay Nigerian Farmers Over Oil Spills
By Festus Okoromadu, Abuja and Anayo Onukwugha, Port Harcourt A Dutch Appeal Court on Friday ordered energy giant Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary to compensate farmers in two villages for the damage to their land caused by leaks in 2004 and 2005. The judgement has been described as a victory for ...
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Nigeria
FG Redeems $500m Eurobond
BY MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja Debt Management Office (DMO) has announced Nigeria’s 6.75 per cent $500 million Eurobond which matured on January 28, 2021, will be redeemed. “For this purpose, funds have been made available by the Federal Government of Nigeria to the fiscal agent to repay the principal sum of ...
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Nigeria
Marketing Adire Fabric To The World
BY SEYI BAKARE Of all the Yoruba textile creations, adire, literally that-which-is tied￾and-dyed, is the most decorative. The Yoruba produce ofi, sanyan, kijipa and many others, but none accommodates the descriptive and expressive fibre of Yoruba thought and practices like adire, a fabric associated with the ancient city under the ...
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Qatar Turchia
Turkey, Qatar talk cooperation in participation finance
Representatives from the Participation Banks Association of Turkey (TKBB) and Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) gathered to discuss opportunities for cooperation in the field of participation finance.
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Turchia
Historic church set to welcome visitors as museum
St. Michael Church in a Black Sea coastal town in northeastern Turkey will become a museum that welcomes domestic and foreign tourists in 2021, according to officials.
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USA
Facebook to test letting advertisers avoid topics
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Friday said it is working on a way to let advertisers avoid having marketing messages appear in feeds alongside content they'd rather not be associated with.
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Portogallo
“Hospitais ensinaram-nos importância de lavar as mãos”, sublinha presidente do Instituto de Saúde Pública do Porto
O presidente do Instituto de Saúde Pública do Porto adiantou ainda que o instituto tem estudado a "natureza heterogénea desta infeção" e que "apesar de Portugal ser um país geograficamente pequeno, tem sido particularmente visível a heterogeneidade da infeção" ao longo da pandemia.
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Portogallo
Tribunal recusa integração de cinco colaboradores nos quadro da Casa da Música
O Tribunal do Trabalho do Porto recusou a integração de cinco prestadores de serviços da Casa da Música nos quadros da instituição, indica uma sentença a que o agência Lusa teve hoje acesso.
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Brasile
Ministério da Saúde confirma compra de mais 54 milhões de doses da Coronavac
Com isso, a pasta fecha a compra de 100 milhões de doses de vacina com o Instituto Butantan O Ministério da Saúde confirmou a compra de mais 54 milhões de doses da vacina Coronavac que será distribuída pelo Programa Nacional de Imunizações (PNI). Com isso, a pasta ...