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Kenya
Tea farmers to get bounty in this year's bonus payments
Tea farmers in Mount Kenya region are a happy lot after the crop's marketing agency announced that it would pay more that Sh50 per kilo in bonuses.
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Kenya
It’s back to local business for top Kenya amateurs
Top players among those drawn for Karen Challenge Trophy
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Cina Corea del Sud
Seoul asks Beijing to lift trade restrictions over missile row: trade ministry
South Korea has asked China to remove economic sanctions imposed on South Korea due to the diplomatic row over the deplo
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Nigeria
Kwara community protests five-month outage
Success Nwogu, Ilorin Scores of members of Checking Point community, near International Aviation College, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday protested against a five-month power outage in the area. The protesters marched to the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, Otte Service Unit, Baboko Business Office, singing war songs and displaying placards. Some ...
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Nigeria
Benue workers begin strike Tuesday
John Charles, Makurdi The Benue State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has declared a one-week warning strike. It will commence on Tuesday, September 5, 2018. In a communique issued at the end of the State Executive Council of both the NLC and the Trade Union Congress held at the ...
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Nigeria
Fitch affirms Nigeria at ‘B+’, negative outlook
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Nigeria’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating at ‘B+’ with a negative outlook. Reuters on Thursday reported that Nigeria’s ratings were supported by its large and diversified economy, significant oil reserves, its net external creditor position, low external debt service ratio and large domestic debt market. These ...
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USA
Naira to extend gain against dollar
Oyetunji Abioye with agency report The naira is expected to extend further its gain against the United States dollar owing to weak demand and increased supply of the greenback. The local unit, which closed at 370/dollar on Monday, closed at 365/dollar on Thursday. According to analysts and foreign exchange traders, ...
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Nigeria Regno Unito
NDIC boosts capacity building initiative
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation says 46 members of staff have graduated from the Chartered Banker/Master in Business Administration Programme at Bangor University, Scotland The graduates have also earned themselves triple qualifications of MBA, Bangor University; Associate, Chartered Institute of Bankers, Scotland the oldest professional banking institute in the world ...
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USA Nigeria
American companies affected by CBN capital curbs — US senator
The United States companies are deterred from investing more in Nigeria by its capital controls, according to the head of a US Congressional delegation visiting Nigeria, Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware. “Some of the currency controls that remain I think raise the question of whether foreign direct investment, if successful ...
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Nigeria Regno Unito
UK defends £200m aid budget for Nigeria
Rasheed Bisiriyu and Ifeanyi Onuba The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development has defended its £200m ($258m) aid budget for Nigeria, even as the Federal Government pledged to work with the British government to stimulate and attract more direct private sector investments into the country. The UK Foreign Secretary, Boris ...