Nigeria news today headlines : Sunday 13th September 2020
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How Viable Are Nigerian States Under Fiscal Federalism?
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) reportedly shared N3.879 trillion to the federal, state and local governments among other statutory recipients in the first half of 2020. A breakdown of the disbursements showed that N1.53 trillion went to the federal, N1.29 trillion to states, and N771.34 billion to the 774 local government areas of the …
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CBN, NESG: When Things Fall Apart
The last few days have seen attacks from prominent agencies critical to the Nigerian economy, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the intervention of the government to address difficulties faced by Nigerians as a result of the coronavirus pandemic which had ravaged economies all over the world. …
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Reactions Trail Standoff As NESG Directors Resign
The controversy took another dimension on Wednesday when three directors of the NESG, who are also Managing Directors of commercial banks in the country, resigned their membership of the group in protest of the NESG’s position against recent CBN’s economic interventions to stabilise the financial system and fast-track economic recovery. The affected CEOs are Kennedy …
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Zimbabwean Students Switch To Social Media For Lessons
Reacting to the coronavirus spread March 30, the Zimbabwean government closed the entire country, shutting down schools indefinitely. But, for many like 13-year-old Adrean Machingura, a grade seven primary school student in Harare, learning did not stop. The teen, who is set to take his national examinations later this year, switched to social media platforms …
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Germany Approves Russian Request To Assist In Navalny Probe
Berlin’s Justice Ministry has approved a request from Moscow for legal assistance in the investigation of the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and has tasked state prosecutors with working with Russian authorities, officials said on Friday. Berlin state prosecutors said in a tweet that their office had been commissioned to provide legal assistance to Russia …
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Hundreds Attend Funeral Of Black Man Brutally Beaten To Death
Hundreds of people including Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte have attended the funeral of a young Black man whose brutal beating death has shaken the country. Willy Monteiro Duarte, 21, was reportedly assaulted after he apparently came to the rescue of a school friend during an altercation on Sunday in Colleferro, a small town east of …
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Pompeo Calls For Turkey To Withdraw Forces From East Med
Ahead of his visit to Cyprus, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for Turkey to withdraw its forces from the East Mediterranean, news agencies reported on Friday. Pompeo is visiting Qatar, AFP reported, to participate in the inaugural meeting between the Taliban and the Afghan government, brokered by Doha. Pompeo expressed that his visit to Cyprus …
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China Bans Import Of German Pig Products
China announced on Saturday a ban on the import of pork and pig products from Germany after it confirmed its first case of African swine fever in a wild boar last week. The move to block imports from China’s third-largest supplier of pork comes even as the Asian nation battles an unprecedented shortage of the meat after …
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Turkey To Conduct Naval Exercises Off Cyprus Coast
Turkey announced it would conduct a live fire naval exercise off the coast on Cyprus between Saturday and Monday despite the looming threat of EU sanctions. Turkey is at loggerheads with Greece and Cyprus over hydrocarbon resources and naval influence in the eastern Mediterranean, sparking fears of more severe conflict. In a message on NAVTEX, …
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