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Giappone
Japan, U.S. to set up working-level panels on trade, infrastructure
The Japanese and American governments will set up at least eight working-level groups this month in such areas as trade and infrastructure under the bilateral ...
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Giappone
Tight market, new labor law improving job security for Japan’s army of contract workers
Japan’s labor market is getting so tight that companies are starting to convert contract and part-time workers into full-time, regular employees to prevent them from ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Election 2017: Strong support for cannabis law reform
The New Zealand Drug Foundation is urging political parties to make firm commitments to health-focused drug law after a poll found 65 per cent of people supported cannabis law reform.Curia Market Research's poll showed 28 per cent...
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USA
[Newsmaker] Trump says to weigh withdrawal from S. Korea trade deal
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he would meet with his advisers next week to weigh a possible withdrawal from th
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Nigeria
My committee didn’t investigate Diezani in Senate – Makarfi
GODWIN ISENYO The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has said the Senate Committee on Finance headed by him did not investigate a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke in 2015. Makarfi told journalists in Kaduna that his panel was saddled with the responsibility ...
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Nigeria
Marital rape under Nigerian law
As human beings evolve and our societies change, our laws must keep up with the changes and define our interactions in the context of our new societies. There are many areas of our laws in Nigeria that have not kept up with the times. And there are areas of modern ...
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Nigeria
Floods forcing up demand for insurance cover
Insurance companies are already coughing out huge claims from recent floods that ravaged some high-brow areas of Lagos State, even as there has been an increase in the demand for cover from residents in Lekki and its environs, NIKE POPOOLA reports Excessive rains that wreaked havoc in recent weeks in ...
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USA Nigeria
Nigeria spends N5tn yearly on off-grid diesel generation — Report
Stanley Opara Aside from the massive recurrent national grid investments in Nigeria running into several billions of the United States dollar, the country is said to be spending N5tn ($14bn) on off-grid diesel generation yearly. Off-grid diesel generation refers to systems that have no connection with the national utility grid, ...
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USA Nigeria
Hurdles As South-east, South-south Governors Seek Integration
CHIBUZO UKAIBE and ANAYO ONUKWUGHA, X-ray the import of the recent meeting of governors from the South-south and South-east in Port Harcourt, Rivers State On Sunday, August 27, 2017, governors of the 11 states that make up the South-east and South-south geopolitical zones of the country, met in Port Harcourt, ...
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USA Nigeria
Nigerian Business Leaders Receive U.S. Congressional Delegation
By David Abakpa, Abuja Chairman of Oriental Energy Resources, Mohammed Indimi, President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, Chairman of Heir Holdings, Tony Elumelu, Stanel Group Chief Executive Officer, Stanley Uzochukwu, and other top Nigerian business leaders on Wednesday received an eight-member Congressional delegation from the United States at the U.S. ...