Tag: Restrictions
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Biden unveils new export restrictions on U.S-made AI technology
Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday unveiled new export restrictions on state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technology, including chips and AI models used for software. This is in an effort to keep it out of the hands of adversaries.
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CBN releases additional FX reforms, relaxes restriction on domiciliary accounts
Following the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) new guidelines in the Foreign Exchange (FX) market recently released, the apex bank has announced further policy changes.
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NNPCL attributes fuel queues to movement restrictions for elections
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL) has attributed fuel queues in Abuja and some parts of the country to restrictions of businesses and movement during the presidential and National Assembly elections. The NNPCL said operations had resumed at the depots and trucks were being
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Ghana reopens land and sea borders, lifts COVID-19 restrictions
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday announced the re-opening of land and sea borders, and the lifting of most of the COVID-19 restrictions. In his 28th nationwide COVID-19 address, the president said the decision was made after reviewing the raft of measures put in place to help win the fight against the virus, against the…
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COVID-19: Ekiti reintroduces restrictions, bans large gatherings, vehicles’ overloading
The Ekiti Government on Tuesday announced new measures to contain the increasing cases of the COVID-19 pandemic across all the 16 local governments areas of the state. The new directive marks the third time the state government would be imposing such restrictions between 2020 and August, 2021. The restrictions, had in the past paralysed businesses…
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Restriction of movement during elections illegal – Adegboruwa
Activist-lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has said there is no legal basis to restrict movement during elections. He said cited a Federal High Court judgment, which nullified the restriction of movement during environmental sanitation, saying the verdict’s principles ought to apply during elections. Adegboruwa recalled the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu had announced that there…