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Nigeria
Bilateral Foreign Scholarship: FG Commence Screening Of Prospective Students
The Federal Ministry of Education on Monday began screening of prospective students for the Bilateral Education Agreement Scholarship Award (BEA) across the country. Malam Abdullahi Jibrin of the Federal Scholarship Board told journalists in Kaduna that the exercise, which would last till Friday is taking place in the six geopolitical ...
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Russia USA
Russia, U.S. “Natural Allies” In Anti-Terror Cooperation: Russian Diplomat
Russia and the United States of America are “natural allies” in fighting terrorism, Oleg Syromolotov, a Russian Deputy Foreign Minister for Counter-terrorism, said on Monday. Syromolotov, who made this disclosure to newsmen in an interview in Moscow, added that the United States would want to change its approach towards counter-terrorism. ...
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Nigeria
NLC, TUC Move To Block Registration Of United Labour Congress
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have written to the minister of labour and employment, Dr Chris Ngige in an attempt to block the registration of the United Labour Congress (ULC) being flouted by erstwhile labour leader, Comrade Joe Ajearo “We also trust that your officers ...
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Nigeria
Evolve Economic Policies To Guide Investors, FG Urged
The school of Applied Arts and Sciences, Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State has called on the federal government to as a matter of urgency, come up with policies that will lead to a shift in macroeconomic orientation on consumption to production and industrialisation as well as evolve statements on diversification ...
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USA
The longest recessions in history
Economists differ over the definition, but a recession is commonly regarded as two consecutive quarters of negative growth. Given the lack of reliable data, no-one could ever identify with certainty the longest recession in history, but there have been some notable examples.Perhaps the longest slump in history was the Long ...
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USA
Did Dodd-Frank really hurt the US economy?
Republicans blame legislation for stymying lending but figures tell another story
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USA
Trudeau to focus on $545bn trade at Trump meeting
PM will flag importance of US-Canadian ties despite leaders’ policy differences
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USA Spagna
PN seeks ban on precautionary garnishee orders for libel cases
The Nationalist Party is asking Parliament to change the law and make it impossible for precautionary garnishee orders to be issued for libel cases. PN justice shadow minister Jason Azzopardi and spokesman Clyde Puli this afternoon presented a private members’ Bill to amend the law governing civil procedures. The MPs are proposing ...
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USA
EU sees eurozone economy weaken this year
The eurozone's economic growth is expected to lose some speed this year and to rebound in 2018 while the British economy will nearly halve its expansion by 2018, the European Commission said today, warning of higher political risks. The EU executive forecast that growth in the 19 countries sharing the euro ...
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Russia
Image of Russian envoy’s killer wins World Press Photo Award
Associated Press photographer Burhan Özbilici has won the 2017 World Press Photo competition for his image of a gun-wielding off-duty Turkish police officer standing over the body of Russia’s ambassador Andrei Karlov, whom he had just fatally shot.