UK set to spend £108m on no-deal ferries

The UK will spend more than £100m chartering extra ferries to ease “severe congestion” at Dover, in the case of a no-deal Brexit. Over the last few months, additional ferry

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APC names Dangote, Otedola in Buhari’s presidential campaign squad

By Martin Odiete (modiete@gmail.com) The All Progresive Congress, APC has included Africa richest man, Aliko Dangote and another business mogul, Femi Otedola in the list of the think tanks squad

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Air Force one seen over Sheffield on secrete journey

The US president’s aircraft was spotted by an aviation enthusiast as it flew over the UK on its secret trip to visit troops in Iraq.Alan Meloy photographed Air Force One

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Saudi Arabia Rejects US Senate Moves On Khashoggi’s Death

Saudi Arabia on Monday rejected recent moves of the U.S. Senate over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Press Agency reported. The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to recommend

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Don’t Blame Migrants For Everything, Pope Tells Politicians

(Reuters) – Pope Francis on Tuesday condemned nationalist leaders who blame migrants for their countries’ problems and themselves fostered mistrust in society by pursuing dishonest gain and xenophobic and racist

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Zambian Authorities Jails Journalist For 18 Months For Contempt Of Court

Zambian Supreme Court on Friday sentenced Derrick Sinjela, editor-in-chief of the privately owned Rainbow Newspaper, to 18 months in prison for contempt of court. Sinjela was convicted in September in

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Financial Flow From Oil, Gas Sector Reduces To $17.05 Billion In 2016 – NEITI

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says that total financial flows from Nigeria’s oil and gas sector reduced to 17.05 billion dollars in 2016, indicating a 31 per cent decline on

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NSE: Crucial Indices Down By 0.10% As Profit Taking Persists

Crucial indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday dipped by 0.10 per cent following losses by some blue chips. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the All-Share

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FG Sukuk Bond Oversubscribed, Receives N132bn For N100bn Offer

The Federal Government received over N132 billion subscriptions from 2,073 investors for its N100 billion 7-year 15.74 per cent Sukuk offer, the Debt Management Office (DMO) has said. The DMO,

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OPEC Output Is At Risk From Social Unrest

Oil’s plunge has taken prices below the level all but one OPEC country needs to square their 2019 budgets, increasing the risk of supply disruptions from economic dislocation and social

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