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Nigeria
Lagos Govt Warns Against Planned Second #EndSARS Protest
BY GEORGE OKOJIE, Lagos The Lagos State Government on Thursday read the riot act to those planning to organize the second phase of the #EndSARS protest in Lekki area of the state on Saturday, saying anyone arrested would be made to face the wrath of the law. The government also said ...
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Nigeria
Senate Summons CBN Gov, SEC DG Over Cryptocurrency Ban
BY BODE GBADEBO, Abuja The Senate, yesterday, mandated its Committees on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions; ICT and Cybercrime; and Capital Market to invite the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and the Director-General of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), Lamido Yuguda, over the recent ban ...
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Nigeria
Insecurity: Lawan Calls For Synergy Among Security Agencies
BY BODE GBADEBO, Abuja President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has urged the security agencies to partner and collaborate among themselves especially in the sharing of intelligence. Lawan gave the advice on Thursday when he received in audience, Course 14 Participants from the National Institute for Security Studies, led ...
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Brasile USA
Tourism in Brazil loses R$274 billion in 11 months with pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The crisis triggered by the covid-19 pandemic resulted in a R$261 (US$48) billion loss in revenues for the tourism sector in 2020, according to estimates by the National Confederation of Trade of Goods, Services and Tourism (CNC). Including January, losses add up to R$274 billion ...
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Brasile Perù
Emergency aid Brazil: new Chamber President pressures Economy Minister for immediate solution
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President of the Chamber of Deputies Arthur Lira (PP-AL) on Thursday, February 11th, called on Economy Minister Paulo Guedes to find an 'immediate' solution for a new emergency aid within the parameters set by the federal government. Lira spoke to the press upon reaching the ...
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USA
How Israelis came to be the kings of New York’s locksmithing trade
They account for some 30% of the profession, and these days they are prospering like never before after a coronavirus-led surge in crime
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Nicaragua
Ortega Murillo S.A., la familia que manda en Nicaragua
Tres canales de televisión y cuatro compañías de publicidad vinculadas a los hijos del presidente de Nicaragua se beneficiaron con contratos estatales entre 2018 y 2019.
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Senegal
Premier acte dans la procédure de levée de l'immunité parlementaire de Sonko
Dakar, 11 fev (APS) - Le bureau de l'Assemblée nationale et la conférence des présidents ont déclenché, jeudi, la procédure de levée de l'immunité parlementaire d'Ousmane Sonko cité dans une affaire de viol présumée. - Actualités
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Nuova Zelanda
Married at First Sight star opens Wellington's first dedicated hair spa
Now is the right time to open a business, despite the uncertainty of the global pandemic, says Yuki Sato.
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Giappone Kenya
Japan, UN Women partner to empower female refugees
UN Women Kenya Representative Anna Mutavati stressed the importance of gender programming.