Tag: Countries
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Why African countries should trade amongst themselves – By Etim Etim
Africans could be incredibly hard on themselves. We complain about bad leadership, corruption, economy, the weather and even our accent. But the continent continues to record noticeable achievements in key
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Three neighbouring countries owe Nigeria N770m for electricity supplied in Q2 2021 – NERC
The Nigerian Electricity
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Nigeria missing in action as over 130 nations agree on global tax reform
A global push to enact a minimum international tax on big corporations moved closer to reality on Friday as one of the last holdouts, Hungary, agreed to join a reform that now counts 136 countries. The OECD-brokered deal, which sets a global tax of 15 percent, is aimed at stopping international corporations from slashing tax…
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Top ten countries with highest quality of life in the world; Norway is first, Ireland second
IRELAND HAS been ranked second in the world for quality of life, according to a new study from the United Nations.
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UK threatens to block visas for countries refusing to take back rejected asylum seekers, citizens convicted of crimes
The United Kingdom will block visas for people from countries that refuse to accept the return of rejected asylum seekers or people convicted of crimes. Proposed new powers in the forthcoming nationality and borders bill would allow the Home Office to suspend applications from citizens of countries deemed to be uncooperative “in relation to the…
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Morocco suspends flights to and fro five additional countries
Morocco said on Wednesday that it had suspended all flights to and from Mali, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, and Libya, to curb the spread of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) variants. The Moroccan National Airport Office (ONDA) disclosed this in a statement posted on its website. It added that the suspension was…
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2.5bn people in 130 countries are without COVID-19 vaccines, WHO warns
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says three quarters of all COVID-19 vaccinations were only in 10 countries, accounting for almost 60 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP). “Around 130 countries, with 2.5 billion people, are yet to administer a single dose”, WHO Director- General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said at a regular press briefing…
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Countries ban UK flights as Britain admits second COVID-19 wave ‘Out Of Control’
European countries banned flights from the UK on Sunday and the WHO called for stronger containment measures as the British government warned that a potent new strain of the virus was “out of control”. As the World Health Organization urged its European members to strengthen measures against a new variant of Covid-19 circulating in Britain,…
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Britain slams COVID-19 restrictions afresh as cases surge
COVID-19 restrictions were reintroduced Tuesday in Britain to tackle a fast-spreading second wave of the virus, with the restrictions announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, lasting probably six months. In a speech at 10 Downing Street, Johnson told Britons to work from home where possible and ordered bars and restaurants to close early. After scientific…
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COVID-19: Six things countries must do to successfully tackle pandemic during lockdown – WHO
Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, has urged countries that had introduced “lockdown” measures to use this time to attack Coronavirus (COVID-19). Ghebreyesus gave the advice in a speech read at a news conference in Geneva, posted on the agency’s website. The director-general said that no fewer than 16,000 lives had been lost…