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Nigeria
Assessing Etisalat’s lifeline To SMEs
In keeping faith with the move to re-invent the growth and development of small and medium enterprises, Nigeria’s telco giant, Etisalat, is providing lifeline for small business. In this report, ONYEDIKA ONYEANUNA explores the telco giant’s move to boost SMEs. To say that Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) are ...
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Brasile
Vacina contra HPV começa a ser distribuída para meninos a partir deste ano
A partir deste mês, a rede pública de saúde vai passar a oferecer a vacina contra o HPV para meninos de 12 a 13 anos como parte do Calendário Nacional de Vacinação. A faixa etária, de acordo com o Ministério da Saúde, será ampliada gradativamente até 2020, período em que ...
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Security Council supports mediation efforts, calls for humanitarian access throughout Syria
Source: UN Security Council Country: Syrian Arab RepublicThe Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution supporting efforts by the Russian Federation and Turkey to end nearly six years of bloodshed in Syria and jump-start a political process.SC/12663 Security Council 7855th Meeting (PM) The Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution supporting efforts by the Russian ...
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Nigeria
Public service is hard work, not about seeking glory –Kemi Adeosun
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, talks about her office, career and family life in this candid interview Of recent, you’ve sounded upbeat about our economic prospects despite the recession, why do you think Nigerians should share your optimism? I am unapologetically optimistic about Nigeria, despite our very real ...
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USA Nigeria
Topmost global rating body: Nigeria’s economy will improve 2017
Bayo Akinloye ONE of the world’s leading credit rating agencies, Moody’s, has cheerful news for Nigerians in 2017. It says the country’s economy and her dollar earnings are expected to improve in the new year. The US-based top rating firm’s Vice President and Lead Analyst for Nigeria, Lucie Villa, told ...
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Malta
Precedence debate ‘now on technicalities, not principles’
The debate on changes to the order of precedence, which the Chief Justice complained about, was no longer based on principles but technicalities, a spokesman for the civil service head, Mario Cutajar, said yesterday. Chief Justice Silvio Camilleri said at a public function earlier this week that his office had been ...
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USA Regno Unito
If 2016 was year of upheaval, 2017 could be even bigger, UKIP leader warns
The New Year could bring even greater upheaval than 2016, UKIP leader Paul Nuttall has said. Following a year which has brought the twin seismic political events of the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump as United States president, Mr Nuttall said 2017 "could be even bigger". He also urged ...
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UN adopts resolution supporting efforts by Russia and Turkey to end violence in Syria
The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution supporting efforts by Russia and Turkey to end the nearly six-year conflict in Syria and jump-start peace negotiations.The resolution approved Saturday afternoon also calls for the "rapid, safe and unhindered" delivery of humanitarian aid throughout Syria. And it anticipates a meeting of the Syrian government ...
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Nigeria
How Obasanjo tried to humiliate Mike Adenuga, by Awujale
The paramount ruler of Ijebuland,Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona has sensationally revealed how former President Olusegun Obasanjo tried to rope in business mogul,Otunba Mike Adenuga in for corruption in 2006. The case in question was the botched attempt to arrest Adenuga by security operatives that year. The incident forced the multi-billionaire ...
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Nigeria
Katsina Govt Partners CBN, Unveils Marshal Plan For Rice Production
...Unfolds restoration agenda for agricultural sector Katsina State Government has keyed into the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrower Programme (ABP) for rice production in dry season highlighting the state Marshal plan to tackle challenges currently facing the agricultural sector, including its vision for adequate rice for local consumption ...