Nigeria news today headlines update Friday 18th October 2019
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Zimbabwe In ‘Advanced’ Talks With Investor Over 6 Ton Gold Mine
Zimbabwe is in advanced talks with a “key” foreign investor over the establishment of a gold mine that would be triple the size of the largest gold operation currently in the country. READ ALSO: S. African Mining Giant Harmony Given $400M Loan The mine will produce 6 metric tons of gold a year, the mines ministry
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Bangladesh Border Forces Allegedly Kill Indian Guard, Wound Another
Bangladeshi border forces shot and killed an Indian border guard and wounded another on Thursday after detaining an Indian fisherman, Indian officials said, in a rare reported clash between the two sides. Three Indian fishermen were caught by Bangladeshi officers and two were later released, India’s Border Security Force (BSF) said in a statement. Border
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Netflix Records Jump In Shares, Impresses Wall Street
Netflix’s performance in international markets and strong content schedule ahead of the Oscars were cheered by analysts, sparking a pre-market jump of 7.9% in the shares. The update added to investor confidence, with JPMorgan expecting Netflix to add subscribers “at a healthy pace” in the fourth quarter, warding off rising competition from media giants in
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200 Benefit In Lekki Muslim Ummah N37m Zakat Fund
The Lekki Muslim Ummah (LEMU) of Lagos State has disbursed over N37million to more than 200 beneficiaries at her 2019 Zakat Distribution Event held over the weekend. The distribution exercise held at Vice Admiral Jubrila Ayinla Multipurpose Hall, Lekki Central Mosque had 79 recipients who benefitted from the Zakat Poverty Alleviation Exercise. Categories of other
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North Can’t Continue To Rule After Buhari’s Tenure –Yoruba Group
LAGOS – The Yoruba Afenifere Youth Organisation of Nigeria(YAYON), has rejected attempts to make another northerner steer the ship of the nation after the expiration of the second tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Ojo Bright,spokesman of the group,said in a statement,said the baton of leadership of the country should fall on the South in
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Nigerians Are Not Hungry: Reactions Trail Minister’s Remark
LAGOS – Mixed reactions have continued to trail the comment credited to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Nanono. The Minister was quoted to have remarked that Nigerians are not hungry. While some shared the Minister’s claim that truly there is no hunger in the land due to the post-harvest losses still been experienced
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Lagos Assembly Moves To Introduce ‘Isese’ Day
LAGOS – The Lagos State House of Assembly has directed its committee on Tourism, Art and Culture to work out modalities and come up with date that would be set aside for traditionalists to celebrate Isese Day. Hon. David Setonji, representing Badagry constituency 2, who moved the motion during Thursday’s plenary session, urged his colleagues to
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Ooni Advocates Increased Investment In Girl Child
OSOGBO – The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has emphasized the need to invest in the girl-child for sustainable development in the country. The monarch made the call at the maiden campaign by Queen Moremi Ajasoro (QMA) against slavery and trafficking of the girl-child as part of the activities commemorating the 2019 International Day of
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FG to Unmask Janus-faced Companies in Nigeria
Mohammed Haruna Adamu With the controversy trailing the indigenous status of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL), it is heart-warming that the federal government has resolved to enforce the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI’s) guideline on Beneficial Ownership register to reveal the real owners of oil and gas companies operating in Nigeria. The implementation of
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BATNF Reiterates Commitment To Agricultural Enterprise
SEYI TAIWO-OGUNTUASE AND GEORGINA ELEH LAGOS – The British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) has once again reiterated that it will continue identify with smallholder farmers and assured it will continue to do so to promote agricultural enterprise. BATNF stressed it will not relent in encouraging a commercial mindset in subsistence farmers and support them to […]
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