Nigeria news today headlines : Monday 16th December 2019
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Pirates Release 3 Oil Tanker Crew Kidnapped Off Togo
Pirates have released three crew taken hostage from a Greek oil tanker off the coast of the West African country of Togo in November, the vessel’s manager said on Friday. A fourth hostage, a Filipino, died from illness during captivity, European Products Carriers Ltd added, Reuters reports. It did not give details of the release.
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Ebola Spreads In Congo After Militants Attack Treatment Camp -WHO
Cases of the deadly Ebola virus have risen in the Democratic Republic of Congo where health care workers remain largely cut off from the disease’s hotspots since militants attacked their camp, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Twenty-seven Ebola cases were confirmed in North Kivu and Ituri provinces in the week through Dec.
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Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa Says No Going Back To Dollarisation
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed on Friday not to revert to using the U.S. dollar after a new local currency plunged against the greenback since its introduction this year, fuelling inflation and economic hardship. The government ended a decade of dollarisation in June, partly to stem demand for the increasingly scarce currency, decision economists estimate
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Ethiopia To Get $3B Funding From World Bank – Prime Minister
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Friday Ethiopia will receive $3 billion from the World Bank to help strengthen reforms in its traditionally state-controlled economy. The announcement was made two days after the International Monetary Fund said it had reached a preliminary agreement for a three-year, $2.9 billion financing package to support Ethiopia’s economic reforms,
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South Africa Asks Industry For Options To End Power Crisis
South Africa’s government on Friday asked industry for the cheapest and quickest options to ease a power crunch, as cabinet held an emergency meeting to try and resolve a crisis threatening growth in Africa’s most industrialised economy. President Cyril Ramaphosa called the meeting after struggling state utility Eskom implemented the most extensive power cuts in
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Botswana Bans Hunters After Killing Of Research Elephant
Botswana’s government has revoked the licences of two professional hunters who shot dead a research elephant and then destroyed its collar to try to hide the evidence. In a statement late on Saturday, the environment and tourism ministry said that professional hunters Michael Lee Potter and Kevin Sharp had surrendered their licences after shooting the
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Former Sudan President Bashir Sentenced To Two Years In Detention For Corruption
A Sudanese court on Saturday convicted former president Omar al-Bashir on corruption charges and sentenced him to two years of detention in a reform facility, the first ruling against the ex-leader ousted by mass unrest. The presiding judge said Bashir, 75, who was deposed by the military in April following months of street protests against
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Is Leah Sharibu Nigeria’s Forgotten Daughter?
The New Year is almost here with us. And as Nigerians try to survive the harrowing ordeal which living in their country has become and remain painfully stuck with a regime that neither offers them any hope nor guarantees their freedom, as they count the days in the hope that the months and years would
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Banks, Others Back ENTRACO Volunteers To Clean Up Imo
ABAKILIKI – There are indications that commercial banks, industrialists and religious organisations are behind the success stories recorded by the Imo State Environmental Transformation Commission. The banks include; Zenith, Unity Bank PLC, United Bank for Africa and other banks as announced by the chairman committee on Imo Monthly Cleanup exercise being the former Governor of
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We Develop Infrastructure To Ensure Conducive Learning – Nwajiuba
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufiu Alike Ikwo (FUNAI) appears to have invested more billions of Naira accruable to it for development of infrastructure with a view to make the university conducive for learning. Chinedum Nwajiuba, the Vice Chancellor said that the university has recorded more accomplishment in the areas of accreditation of courses and needs
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