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Fertilizer Market In Nigeria, Tanzania Get $54m Boost
September 7, 2019 No Responses

Fertilizer Market In Nigeria, Tanzania Get $54m Boost

The African Development Bank and the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) have signed two grant agreements to implement trade credit guarantees worth $5.4 million to support fertilizer value chains in Nigeria and Tanzania, potentially benefitting hundreds of thousands of...
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Mugabe, Indomitable Fighter For Liberation Of Zimbabwe, Says Obasanjo
September 7, 2019 No Responses

Mugabe, Indomitable Fighter For Liberation Of Zimbabwe, Says Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, as an indomitable fighter, who contributed to the liberation of his country from apartheid and oppressive radicalism. Obasanjo said this in a condolence lett...
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Xenophobia: Nigeria Insists On Compensation For Victims
September 7, 2019 No Responses

Xenophobia: Nigeria Insists On Compensation For Victims

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, says that the Federal Government will demand that victims of the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa be compensated by that country. Onyeama who said this after a closed door meeting with...
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APC Advises Nigerian Govt To Nationalise South African Firms
September 6, 2019 No Responses

APC Advises Nigerian Govt To Nationalise South African Firms

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised the federal government to take steps to nationalise all South African companies operating in Nigeria to protest the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians. Oshiomhole, who gave the advice...
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Labour Seeks More Stringent Measures Against South Africa
September 5, 2019 No Responses

Labour Seeks More Stringent Measures Against South Africa

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, (TUC) has condemned  the unending xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other African nationals living and doing business in South Africa.  In a statement issued by its President, Quadri A. Olaleye and Secretary Gen...
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Julius Berger Nigeria Bids For Contracts In Philippines
September 4, 2019 No Responses

Julius Berger Nigeria Bids For Contracts In Philippines

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has declared its interest in the upcoming bidding process for a construction project in the Philippines. In a notice sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) through its Company Secretary...
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Shasore Leads Discussions At Taiwo Afolabi Maritime Conference
September 4, 2019 No Responses

Shasore Leads Discussions At Taiwo Afolabi Maritime Conference

OlasupoShasore (SAN), former Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Lagos State from 2007- 2011 and Partner, African Law Practice, a leading commercial law firm in Nigeria will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Taiwo Afolabi Annual Maritime C...
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AU Condemns South Africa Violence
September 4, 2019 No Responses

AU Condemns South Africa Violence

A senior official of the African Union (AU) has condemned the xenophobic violence in South Africa’s commercial capital, Johannesburg, saying the businessmen who suffered economic losses should get “justice”. Dozens of people were arrested on ...
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Nigerians Sue Senate Over Plan To Spend N5.5bB On Cars
September 2, 2019 No Responses

Nigerians Sue Senate Over Plan To Spend N5.5bB On Cars

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT, Enough is Enough (EiE) and 6,721 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court to “restrain, prevent and stop the National Assembly Service Commission from paying or r...
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Stakeholders Seek Collective Effort To End Corruption
September 2, 2019 No Responses

Stakeholders Seek Collective Effort To End Corruption

Seeking the way forward in the fight against corruption and insecurity dominated the discussion at a one day conference organized by Scroll Report Online paper, in Sheraton Ikeja, Lagos on August 29. All the speakers including security experts called for...
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Dana Group Partners Lagos State, Rotary Club On Blood Donation Camp
August 31, 2019 No Responses

Dana Group Partners Lagos State, Rotary Club On Blood Donation Camp

As part of measures to save lives and contribute  to the healthcare delivery for Nigerians, Kia amongst other brands and companies in Dana Group have partnered Rotary Club of Lagos Island District 9110 and Sathya Sai International Organisation of Nigeria....
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Nigeria Seeks Japanese Support To Curb Sea-Piracy
August 30, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Seeks Japanese Support To Curb Sea-Piracy

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Yokohama, Japan, sought the support of the Asian government in combating piracy in the Gulf of Guinea as well as illegal fishing in that region. The President made the request during a bilateral meeting between...
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‘NPA Not Owing Pensioners’
August 30, 2019 No Responses

‘NPA Not Owing Pensioners’

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has described as misleading and diversionary the reports  that it refused to pay outstanding benefits to workers disengaged in May 2008. In a statement issued on Thursday by the assistant general manager, Corporate and S...
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NSE Leads Fight Against Cancer In Nigeria
August 30, 2019 No Responses

NSE Leads Fight Against Cancer In Nigeria

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is helping to raise awareness about cancer, one of Nigeria’s deadliest killers. Cancer related deaths in Nigeria are set to rise if urgent actions are not taken to raise awareness about early detection and to...
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