Nigeria, Morocco Fertilizer Deal Creates 50, 000 jobs
24/03/2017About 50, 000 jobs have been created in the country following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the supply of phosphate between the Nigerian government and.
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Nigeria’s Buhari Notifies Parliament He Has Resumed Duty- Spokesman
13/03/2017Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has sent letter to parliament notifying lawmakers that he has resumed his duties, his spokesman said on Monday. It follows the president’s return on.
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Nigeria aims to have market-determined exchange rates: official document
08/03/2017Nigeria’s central bank aims to achieve a market-determined exchange rate regime, according to an official economic plan released on Tuesday, as pressure mounts to let the naira float freely. The.
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Nigeria Advises Citizens against Non-Urgent Travel to U.S.
06/03/2017Nigeria has advised its citizens against any non-urgent travel to the United States until Washington clarifies its immigration policy, after several incidents in which people with valid visas were.
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Nigeria Trade Balance Turns Positive in Q4 as Exports Jump
06/03/2017Nigeria’s trade balance turned positive in the fourth quarter of 2016 after exports rose by more than half, the national bureau of statistics said on Saturday, the.
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Nigeria: World Donors Gather to Raise Emergency Aid to Tackle Famine in North-East
28/02/2017UN aid agencies and donor countries recently gathered in Oslo for a two-day meeting to raise emergency aid for millions of people threatened by famine in northeastern Nigeria, a.
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Risk of Nigeria Devaluing Naira Rising, But It Won’t Float Freely
24/02/2017Nigeria’s authorities may soon devalue the naira but won’t fully relinquish control over it, instead taking steps to narrow the gap between the official and black market rates to boost.
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Nigeria: Gov’t Commences Training of 10, 000 Borno Women in Small-Scale Businesses
23/02/2017About 10, 000 women, mostly widows and persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency are to undergo basic training on skill acquisition and entrepreneurship under an initiative of the.
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Britain Posts First Female High Commissioner to Nigeria
21/02/2017The British Deputy High Commission in Lagos monday announced the arrival of Laure Beaufils as the new Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria. Laure, who is the first female deputy high.
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Nigeria Tests Waters for Possible Broad Naira Devaluation
21/02/2017Nigeria effectively devalued the naira for private individuals on Monday, paving the way for a possible broader move despite stiff resistance from President Muhammadu Buhari. With Buhari abroad for medical.
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