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30 May 2016
Speaking to Al Jazeera from Geneva, William Spindler, a UNHCR spokesman for Europe, said there had been a spate of incidents in the Mediterranean last week.
30 May 2016
Fresh from their 1-0 defeat of Mali in an international friendly in Rouen, France, on Friday, the Super Eagles have arrived in Luxembourg to prepare for their last game in the two-game tour of Europe.
30 May 2016
“Countries with different levels of development and from different regions and often differing views on many issues, found a common vision in Paris.
27 May 2016
Trade union members were seen slowing traffic at the Gravelines Nuclear Power Station, handing out leaflets and encouraging drivers to join the strike.
27 May 2016
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry said unclear economic policy had fuelled worsening inflation.
27 May 2016
At above $50 per barrel, crude oil prices have finally strongly surpassed Nigeria’s budgetary benchmark of $38 a barrel.
27 May 2016
Another setback hit the nation’s oil production yesterday as the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), blew up a facility belonging to Chevron Nigeria Limited.
27 May 2016
Yusuf, who assumed the Eagles’ mantle on the exit of Coach Sunday Oliseh, believes today’s match will show the whole world that Nigeria has not lost its lustre despite its recent failings.
24 May 2016
Amidst speculations on why President Buhari cancelled his scheduled official visit to Lagos, the presidency yesterday insisted it had nothing to do with an illness.
24 May 2016
The Chairman of the NEITI Board, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, at the presentation of the report yesterday in Abuja, said some revenues that should have gone to the Federation Account in 2013 didn’t make it .
24 May 2016
The United States (U.S.) has lifted a decades-old arms embargo on Vietnam in a historic move that follows the country’s growing assertiveness against China’s influence in the region.
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