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Nigeria’s Federal government payroll has been rid of 50,000 ghost workers, saving the country N200 billion in the last 11 months.
Speaking with State House correspondents at an interactive meeting to mark the end the year, the Senior Special Assistant …
Continue readingNigeria has a long way to go when it comes to supporting women’s rights and gender equality. Religion and culture affects how women are treated in society. These factors often hinder progress. This year was especially challenging for women and …
Continue readingAbout 5,000 farmers in Kaduna State are set to undergo training on wheat cultivation, as part of efforts by the government to diversify the economy through agriculture.
Declaring the training workshop open, the state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, said the programme …
Continue readingUganda has placed itself on the map of countries like India embracing solar energy, as it has launched the largest solar plant in East Africa.
The Soroti Solar plant located on 33 acres of land in Soroti District, is made …
Continue readingZimbabwe’s governing Zanu-PF party has confirmed President Robert Mugabe as its candidate for the 2018 elections. Mr Mugabe, who is 92, has been in power since independence from Britain in 1980. At the party’s conference, the Zanu-PF youth wing even …
Continue readingTunisia’s parliament on Saturday approved a 32.7 billion dinar ($14.billion) budget for 2017. The budget includes deficit cutting measures that had been watered down under pressure from unions. 122 legislators out of 217 voted through the government’s finance document.
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Continue readingThe Federal Government of Nigeria will spend huge part of next year’s national revenue to service debts, pay salaries and run the everyday business of governance. This was contained in President Muhammadu Buhari’s budget speech presented to the Senate on …
Continue readingKaduna State has signed MoU for the development of a Greenfield Refinery with a consortium of Chinese investors. The proposed 80,000-barrels per day refinery comes with an integrated pipeline to supply crude from oil wells in the Republic of Niger. …
Continue readingKaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has sought the assistance of the United States government in the development of education, health and agriculture sectors in the state.
He made the appeal when he received the American Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stuart …
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