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Meanwhile, Fayemi has said that the analysis conducted by major stakeholders in the solid minerals sector, the Association of Metal Exporters of Nigeria, indicates that Nigeria can generate at least N5 trillion annually from mining and exporting of its vast …
Continue readingEgypt plans to end fuel subsidies within three years, and is aiming to hike fuel prices by 65 percent in the 2016/17 fiscal year. The northeastern country has been struggling to revive its economy after the 2011 uprising that had …
Continue readingThe Ugandan Ministry of Defence has lost more than 2.4 billion Ugandan shillings (around 711,528 US dollars) over the last 11 years through a suspected “ghost” Russian pilot on its payroll.
The government Ministry paid at least 618,000 dollars in …
Continue readingChina Railway Construction Corporation says it has won a $1.851 billion contract to construct the Kano city light rail. In a special announcement the company said its directors had received a provisional letter of award from Nigeria.
The rail, with …
Continue readingThe Kaduna State Government is targeting N3.5 billion monthly Internally Generated Revenue, the state Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Muhammad Abdullahi, has said. Abdullahi said that the state generated N1.6 billion in July, which doubled the N700 million and N800 …
Continue readingGhana’s government has launched an eco-tourism project worth 1.2 billion dollars that will see a forest being destroyed by encroachments and waste dumps turn into a world class recreational destination with amusement parks, orchards, arboretum, wildlife safaris, museums, eco-commercial enclaves …
Continue readingThe Japanese government has donated solar power worth $9.7 million to the Federal government to boost electricity in the country. The donation was made through its agency, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Chief Representative of JICA, Nigeria office, Mr Hirotaka …
Continue readingThe Chinese government has offered 200 Zambian students scholarship awards this year to pursue various degree programs in China a Chinese envoy said Wednesday.
During a pre-departure ceremony held for the beneficiaries in Lusaka the Chinese Ambassador to Zambia; Yang …
Continue readingAs part of Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s efforts to boost energy efficiency in Kaduna State, the government announced on Monday it’s plans to ban the sale of of high energy consuming bulbs.
Disclosing this to the media at the state capital, …
Continue readingAs anti-corruption agencies in Nigeria intensify efforts to recover stolen funds from political office holders who served in the last dispensation, former president Goodluck Jonathan has admitted he was unaware that much corruption occurred under his regime. In a meeting …
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