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USA Thailandia
Privilege use drops among exporters due to outbreak
The use of free trade agreement (FTA) privileges and the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) by Thai exporters tallied US$62.3 billion in 2020, down 10.5% from a year before, mainly attributed to the pandemic.
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Nigeria
Corruption: Accountants Must Act Now – Finance Minister
BY MARK ITSIBOR, Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed has said accountants must take urgent and drastic steps to face corruption head-on. The minister said professional accountants in Nigeria should imbibe ethical behaviour centered on competence, integrity, objectivity, independence, responsibility, conscientiousness and conformity to standards to deal ...
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USA
Governors Empowered By ECOWAS Protocol To Shut Out Armed Herdsmen – Falana
By GEORGE OKOJIE, Legal luminary and human rights activist, Femi Falana, has said that state governors are empowered by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) protocol to shut out armed herdsmen from other countries. In a statement yesterday, Falana, who was reacting to comments by some government officials ...
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Nigeria
Editorial: Why NDLEA Needs Tougher Laws
From being a section of the Police Force situated at the notorious Alagbon Close, Lagos, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has come a long way to its present status as a dare-devil arm of government working to clean the society of harmful drugs. Its evolution, however, is work ...
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USA Nigeria
ECOWAS Protocol Empowers FG To Refuse Entry Of Foreign Armed Herders – Falana
BY GEORGE OKOJIE, Lagos Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN has urged the Federal Government to halt the lamentation about influx of foreign armed herders into the country, saying certain protocols of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) allows the government to shut out armed foreign herders. The ...
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Nigeria
COVID-19: WHO Trains Media Personnel On Community Engagement
BY ADENIYI ADUNOLA, Lagos The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday trained media personnel on risk communication and community engagement on COVID-19 to be able to communicate effectively through their various platforms. Speaking during the training, Public Health Communication/Promotion Specialist, WHO, Dr. Chima Onuekwe, said risk communication and community engagement ...
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Nigeria
Niger: Gov. Bello Assents To GBV, Pre-Marital Examination Bills
Gov. Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger on Wednesday assented into law, the bill against Gender Based Violence (GBV) and the bill that provided for Pre-marital Medical Examination in the state, 2020. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bills were sponsored by Hajiya Binta Mamman and Malam Shuaibu ...
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Nigeria
Uzodinma, Okorocha Feud May Sink APC – Youth Group
By Anayo Onukwugha, Port Harcourt A youth group in Rivers State, the Concerned Youths for Justice and Rule of Law (CYJRL), has warned that the ongoing feud between Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma and his predecessor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, may sink the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria. Addressing ...
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Israele
Israeli decision makes COVID vaccines off limits to thousands of foreign residents
Some 10,500 migrant workers and asylum seekers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in the past two weeks at a Tel Aviv facility, but the Health Ministry is set to limit inoculations there to second doses only
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Uruguay
Costa Urbana Shopping prepara la vuelta a clases con promociones y descuentos
Quienes concurran al centro comercial de Ciudad de la Costa podrán canjear kits para los estudiantes y tener un 25% de descuento en sus compras.