Nigeria news today headlines : Wednesday 27th November 2019
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Alibaba’s Sock Jumps 6.9% In Hong Kong Trading Debut
Alibaba’s Hong Kong shares made a solid debut on Tuesday, trading 6.9 percent higher than their issue price and at a small premium to pricing in New York after marking the world’s largest stock sale this year. The Chinese e-commerce giant has raised at least $11.3 billion from the secondary listing, which has been seen
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FIFA President Visits Angola
The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)’s president, Gianni Infantino, is expected on Thursday in Luanda for a 24-hour working and courtesy visit. According to the note from the Angolan Football Federation (FAF), Gianni Infantino will be accompanied by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) chairman, Ahmad Ahmad, and the FIFA General-Secretary, Fatma Samoura, as
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Saudi Arabia’s First Wind Project Reaches Financial Close
Saudi Arabia’s first wind power project, a $500 million (Dh1.8 billion) scheme, reached a financial close, according to its developers. The 400 megawatt Dumat Al Jandal wind farm, located 896 kilometres north of Riyadh in the Al Jouf region, is the kingdom’s first utility-scale wind project and was awarded to a consortium led by France’s
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Saudi Arabia Adds First Solar Power Plant To Grid
Saudi Arabia connected its first solar power project to the grid as it looks to expand its renewable energy programme to free up more crude for export markets. Acwa Power, the developer of the kingdom’s 300 megawatt Sakaka solar photovoltaic power project in the northern Al Jouf region, expects to start full commercial operation by
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Iran Calls For Reform Of UN Security Council
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says the UN Security Council is facing a legitimacy and credibility crisis that has to be addressed through reforms. Majid Takht-Ravanchi made the remarks before a United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York entitled “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council
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Chinese-Built Bridge Opens In Kashmir Despite Indian Objections
New Delhi is concerned that the $50 billion economic corridor passes through parts of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, which it believes are illegally occupied by Pakistan. A Chinese-built bridge on the strategically important Jhelum River was opened on Tuesday despite Indian objections to the development of crucial infrastructure in the part of Kashmir administered
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Court Considers If India Should Pay Citizens For Delhi’s Toxic Air
The government’s failure to curb worsening air pollution in Delhi and other parts of India has prompted the country’s top court to consider if states can be ordered to compensate citizens for bad air. The Supreme Court issued show cause notices to the state governments of Delhi and three adjoining states asking why they should
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Malta PM’s Chief Of Staff Resigns, 2 Ministers ‘Step Aside’ As Police Investigate Journalist’s Murder
A top aide to Malta’s prime minister resigned on Tuesday and was questioned by police investigating the murder of a prominent journalist, while two government ministers also stood aside in a widening scandal rocking the European Union’s smallest state, according to Uk.reuters.com reports. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told reporters his chief of staff, Keith Schembri,
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Iraqi MP Arrested Over Bribery Charges
Delivering a severe blow to Iraq’s legislative body, the country’s Commission of Integrity (COI) announced arresting MP Mahmoud Mulla Talal on bribery charges. This comes one day after the rescheduling of the parliamentary session in which the Minister of Industry Saleh al-Jubouri was supposed to be grilled by the arrested deputy. Talal is suspected to
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Conference On Trauma Care Charts Way For Improving Emergency Response Services
Lagos – November 19, 2019 would remain memorable as a day of the first ‘Trauma Conference’ which brought together key stakeholders in trauma care and emergency response to deliberate on areas of collaboration to improve access to quality trauma care in Nigeria. The theme of the conference which held at Radission Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos,
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