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Nigeria
Agric Minister Okays 1st International Potato, Root Crops Expo In Jos
The Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, has approved the hosting of the 1st International Potato Value Chain and other Root Crops Conference and Exhibition scheduled to hold in September in Jos, the Plateau State capital. The exposition is being organised by ABG Paulas in partnership with the Plateau State ...
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Nigeria
Maikyau Restates Commitment To Abuja Lawyers’ Football League
Senior Advocates of Nigeria and chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Welfare Committee, Y.C. Maikyau (SAN) restated his commitment to the development of football in Nigeria through Abuja Lawyers Football League. The legal luminary who is the chief sponsor of the 2021 Abuja Lawyers Football League, described football as ...
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Regno Unito
NSE Seeks More Investment In Engineering Education
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) on Sunday urged the federal government to increase investment in engineering education, to help tackle poverty and employment. Dr Sunday Popo-Ola, a fellow of NSE and the immediate past Chairman, NSE London, UK Branch, made the appeal at a business luncheon and induction of ...
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Cina Nigeria
Economists Evaluate Nigeria-China Currency Swap
Some financial economists have expressed great concerns on the minor influence that the Nigeria-China currency swap had on the country’s economy, three years after. The experts said that the volume of currency import so far traded, had not been significant, though a few swaps took place. The pact which marked ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria: Obiano Targets Diaspora Investments to Industrialise State
[This Day] Awka -- Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano has disclosed that his target is to industrialise the state by getting indigenes in the diaspora to bring back at least 10 per cent of their investment to the state.
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Senegal
La BAL, un levier de promotion économique (observateur)
Dakar, 17 mai (APS) - Le tournoi de la BAL (Basket-ball Africa League), qui a démarré ce dimanche à Kigali (Rwanda), servira à booster l'économie rwandaise en général et le tourisme en particulier, affirme l'universitaire sénégalais Cheikh Sarr, recruté récemment par la Fédération de basket de ce pays de l'Afrique ...
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Turchia
Turkey’s budget balance posts $772 mln surplus in Jan-April
Turkey's central government's budget balance saw a 5.9 billion Turkish liras ($772 million) surplus in January-April, the Treasury and Finance Ministry announced on May 17.
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Turchia
Private sector foreign debt down in March
Outstanding short- and long-term debts of Turkey’s private sector declined in March, the Turkish Central Bank said on May 17.
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Turchia
Turkey seizes over 6.2 mln drug pills
Customs teams confiscated over a ton of Captagon drug pills at the İskenderun Port in southern Turkey, the biggest seizure of its kind, the country's trade minister said on May 16.
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Cina Hong Kong
Pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper halts shares after asset freeze
Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy media group announced it was halting share trading Monday, two days after authorities froze the assets of its jailed owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law.