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*VP says real contribution must come from private sector Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday put the figure of the 2017 Appropriation Bill yet to be presented to the National Assembly at about N7trillion. He however said the budget size was not big enough to have a huge ...

Ramon Oladimeji The Lagos Division of the National Industrial Court has ordered MTN Nigeria Communications to pay full four years post-disengagement salaries to 63 workers, which were laid off by the company in 2009. The court presided over by Justice P.O. Lifu also awarded additional N10,000 against MTN in favour ...

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Bill Medlinda Gates Foundation on Thursday in Abuja, announced a new partnership, which they said was aimed at strengthening cross-state policies in Nigeria. The policies, it was stated, would also strengthen financial resources that they said would benefit the poorest people in ...

Russia said Thursday that three of its nationals were taken hostage by “bandits” after an attack on a commercial ship off the coast of Benin at the weekend. “As a result of an attack by bandits on November 27, three sailors, Russian nationals, were abducted and taken away to an ...

The President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria , Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, has identified speculation, hoarding and increasing zero confidence of foreign investors among others as the reason for the continued spike in the exchange rate. The ABCON chief also said that the existence of a Non-Derivable Forward ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration remains committed to realising the key priorities of securing the country, fighting corruption, and salvaging the economy in spite of current challenges. The president stated this when he received the Letter of Credence of the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. William ...

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and Nigeria’s United Bank for Africa (UBA) have signed a $150 million loan agreement to finance Small and Medium Scale enterprises (SMEs). The loan was initiated to also finance infrastructure and women-owned enterprises in Nigeria, AfDB said in its news release. “The Fund will ...

Source: Inter Press Service Country: Bangladesh, MyanmarThousands of minority Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine have fled, and are languishing along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border for lack of shelter and emergency supplies.By Mahfuzur Rahman DHAKA, Nov 30 2016 (IPS) - Amid growing persecution by Myanmar’s military, thousands of minority Rohingya Muslims in its western state ...

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: WorldInternational meeting is seeking to find ways to improve diets and food systems as an estimated one in three people suffers some form of malnutrition, says the UN Food Agency.One in three people suffers some form of malnutrition – Enormous economic ...