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BOKO HARAM INVADE COMMUNITIES IN BORNO STATE, KILLING ABOUT 5 HERDSMEN AND RUSTLE THEIR CATTLE
No fewer than five persons suspected to be herdsmen were killed yesterday when Boko Haram terrorists invaded communities of Moduri,…
GLENCORE: THE MINING GIANT, BOOSTS PRESENCE IN AFRICA, ESPECIALLY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; MINING REVENUES RISE BY 36%, OIL AND GAS BY 100%. D.R. CONGO saw…
PETROLEUM SUBSIDY PAYMENTS FOR 11 YEARS ASSESSED AT ABOUT 9 TRILLION NARIA
According to the Petroleum Pricing Regulatory agency, subsidy payments to both NNPC and marketers amounted to about 9 trillion naira…
BRITAIN TO BUILD PRISON WING IN LAGOS FOR REPATRIATED NIGERIA PRISONERS
The British government plans to spend nearly 700,000 pounds on a dedicated prison wing at Kirikiri prison in Lagos for…
EAST AFRICAN TRADE WITH U.S: SPAT OVER THE REGION’S BAN ON IMPORT OF SECOND-HAND CLOTHES FROM U.S
East African countries recently banned the imports of second-hand clothes from America. That angered President Trump; he threatened retaliation through…
COBALT SET FOR PRICE LIFT AS DRC INCREASES MINING ROYALTIES BY 500 PERCENT
The price of battery metal – cobalt – could further increase as the Democratic Republic of Congo hikes up mining…
CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2017
The corruption perception index, CPI, for 2017 released by TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL, made depressing reading. According to the world body; corruption…