Nigeria news today headlines update Monday 28th October 2019
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Zimbabwe President Slams Western Sanctions
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday described Western sanctions as a “cancer” sapping the economy, and his supporters denounced the measures during marches held around the southern African country. Mnangagwa’s opponents stayed away from the demonstrations, saying they were a distraction from the president’s mishandling of the economy, which is grappling with 18-hour daily power
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U.S. Sanctions Zimbabwe’s State Security Minister
The United States has imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe’s state security minister, Owen Ncube, over what it says is credible information of his involvement in “gross violations of human rights,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. Pompeo said in a statement that Washington was troubled by the “Zimbabwean government’s use of state-sanctioned violence
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President Filipe Nyusi Of Mozambique Wins Election
Mozambique’s incumbent President Filipe Nyusi has won 73% of the vote in a presidential election, the National Election Commission (CNE) said, securing a landslide victory, Reuters reports. Ossufo Momade, the candidate for the main opposition party and former guerrilla movement Renamo, trailed behind with 21.88% of the vote, the CNE Chairman Abdul Carimo said at
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Olowu Recalls Days Of Robust Economy In Nigeria
LAGOS – The president of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Mr. Uche Messiah Olowu, on Saturday reminisced on the period of time in the past when Nigeria’s economy was pleasant and better than the present time. Olowu who, in his welcome address at the 2019 CIBN fellowship investiture, which saw 218 accomplished bankers
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Suleiman Urges African Writers To Contribute To Ending Poverty
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sterling Bank Plc, Abubakar Suleiman has tasked African writers to write stories that would inspire Africa to be all it can be. He made the call during the welcome ceremony of the 7th edition of Ake Arts and Books Festival held at the Alliance Francaise in Lagos with the theme
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FG Recommends Axion Tuffcrete, Bitumen Booster For Maintenance, Road Construction
The federal ministry of works at the weekend approved the use of Tuffcrete and Bitumen Booster to permanently address road and building construction challenges. These products, coupled with soil based stabilizer for road construction and the innovative uses of tuffcrete in the building industry with plaster and screeding improves the durability of road pavements as
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Ease Of Doing Business: Is There Anything To Cheer?
Nigeria improving its ranking on the latest World Bank ease of doing business index is one of the few positives coming from the multilateral institution in recent times. And the Presidency, indeed, celebrated it with fanfare last Thursday. In a series of tweets on its verified Twitter handle, government said over the past four years,
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Illegal Rehabilitation Centres Or Ritual Chambers?
Nigerians have, indeed, had more than their fair share of tragedies in recent times. Of late, stories of isolated acts of uncontrolled lawlessness and violence abound in the country. Private individuals now build torture camps or ritual chambers all in the name of rehabilitation centres. On September 26, 2019, about 300 male children and adults
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Linkage Assurance Raises Authorised Share Capital To N15bn
LAGOS – Underwriting firm, Linkage Assurance Plc has secured the approval of its shareholders to increase the authorised share capital of the company from N7.5 billion to N15 billion by the creation of additional 30,000,000,000 billion ordinary shares at 50 kobo each. This is to enable the general business insurer meet the new minimum capital requirement
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Federal Budget 2020 And Population Census
The furore being generated in some quarters by the absence of a budgetary provision, in the 2020 proposed federal government budget, for census, is not unexpected. Anyone mindful of the impact of data and statistics on development plans will be worried that 59 years after her independence, Nigeria cannot boast of a reliable information of […]
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