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Ngozi promises to make Covid-19 vaccine available to all nations if elected WTO director-general

 

NIGERIA'S former finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has stepped up her campaign to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by pledging that if she gets elected she will ensure that a coronavirus vaccine is made available to all nations.

 

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Market retailers who received Trader Moni loans from the government are refusing to pay them back

 

MARKET retailers who were borrowed money by the federal government under its Trader Moni programme introduced to reduce poverty across Nigeria are finding it hard to repay the loans extended to them in 2019.

 

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World Bank-backed power project risks defaulting due to dollar scarcity in Nigeria

 

NIGERIA'S attempts to address her chronic electricity supply problems are facing a serious hitch after it emerged that a World Bank-backed power plant electricity is at risk of a default on its loan payments because of a severe dollar shortage.

 

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Last night in my sleep I went to the mountain top and saw the Promised Land. This is what it looked like:

Ayo Akinfe

(1) A united Socialist Republic of West Africa with a population of 1bn people

(2) It had a gross domestic product of $20trn and an annual budget of about $5trn

(3) English and French were its two official languages

(4) It had 10m standing troops

(5) It had a nuclear capability

(6) It had 50 aircraft carriers, 5,000 fighter jets, 200 submarines, 20,000 battle tanks, 100 navy Destroyers and a military helicopter fleet of 1,500

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Government looks to fill the void left by striking doctors protesting Covid-19 negligence with youth corpers

 

NIGERIAN government officials have asked the chief medical directors and managing directors of federal tertiary hospitals to start making use of the services of youth corpers to fill the void created by the ongoing doctors strike.

 

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Edo deputy governor's wife petitions police saying Oshiomhole threatened her life

 

FORMER All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman Adams Oshiomhole has been reported to the police by the wife of the Edo State deputy governor Maryann Shaibu for threatening her life at a rally in Etsako West Local Government Area.

 

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Sokoto State government begins constructing dam to offer employment to repentant bandits

 

SOKOTO State government has announced that it is constructing a dam at Kamarawa village to facilitate farming and animal rearing to provide employment for repentant bandits and other reformed criminals.

 

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Ecowas gives Malian junta up until September 15 to appoint a civilian as interim president

 

MALI's military junta has been given until September 15 by the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) to appoint a civilian head of a transitional government as part of a wider plan to restoring democracy within a year.

 

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Nigerian teenage keeper Arthur Okonkwo included in Arsenal's Premier League opening day squad

 

ENGLISH FA Cup winners Arsenal have included Nigeria-eligible goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo in its first team ahead of its first Premier League game of the 2020/21 season at Fulham this weekend.

 

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Nigeria needs an investment-facing diaspora policy if she is serious about job creation

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Once a year, 500 diasporans will be invited to Abuja to rub minds with the government

[2] The presidents of the major diaspora organisations in four or five key countries will be granted observers status at Nigerian Governors' Forum meetings

[3] A diaspora desk will be established in the foreign office, to liaise with Nigerians living abroad

[4] By 2023, diasporans will be allowed to vote in presidential elections

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