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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said on Friday that total imports into the country in the third quarter of 2019 decreased by 2.70 percent, while exports of other oil products rose by 6.14 percent. The Bureau stated this in a report released in Abuja on Friday. Specifically, NBS said the value of the percentage
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said on Friday it is collaborating with state governments on the Right of Way (RoW) to expand transmission networks. The Managing Director of TCN, Usman Mohammed, disclosed this at the 3rd Quarter 2019 media briefing in Abuja. The states, according to him, are Edo, Katsina, Ogun, Lagos, Kano,
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Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Algerian capital, Algiers, to protest against Thursday’s presidential election in the North African nation. They briefly overran a polling station. An attempt by police to disperse the crowd failed. Two more voting centres were stormed in the Kabylie region, east of the capital on Friday.
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A United States House of Representatives panel is expected to approve impeachment charges against President Donald Trump later in a marathon session of rancorous debate. The judiciary committee is debating two articles of impeachment alleging abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. A full vote by the Democratic-run House next week will likely make him
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Militants have killed at least 71 soldiers in an attack on a military base in western Niger – the deadliest in several years. At least soldiers were injured in the attack in Ates, the army said. The Islamic State (IS) group said it carried out the attack. READ ALSO: 7 Islamist militants sentenced to death for
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The police on Thursday arraigned one Umar Mai- Fata before Chief Magistrate Court 11, Bauchi, for allegedly making an injurious and false accusation against Governor Bala Muhammad while speaking in a radio programme. The police prosecutor Insp. Ayuba Danladi filed the suit on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Phillip Maku. Danladi told
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The death toll from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has climbed to 2,209, the African Union said on Thursday. The AU said the figure represented the situation as of December 8. The country had registered an additional 59 new human causalities from the 2,150 deaths that were reported on
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The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) on Thursday urged the Federal Government to ensure that the huge investment in the railway system was protected through insurance. The President of NCRIB, Dr. Bola Onigbogi, gave the advice at the December edition of the Council’s Members Evening hosted by Africa Alliance Plc. Onigbogi said this
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A bill to amend the Police Act 2004 by expunging the gender-discriminatory provisions passed second reading in the Senate on Thursday. This followed the presentation of the bill by the sponsor, Sen.Ezenwa Onyewuchi (PDP-Imo East) during the plenary. Onyewuchi, who led the debate on the general principles of the bill, said the bill was read
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Onozure Dania A Federal High Court, Lagos, on Thursday sentenced a Lebanese drug trafficker, Charbel Chalouhi, to six months imprisonment for unlawful dealing in 1.2 grams of cocaine. Justice Nicholas Oweibo handed down the jail term after the Lebanese had struck a plea bargain agreement with the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The convict
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