Kazakhstan
23 Dec 2019
Nigeria is one of the beneficiaries of the two new work programmes endorsed by the GEF council in a meeting at the weekend. The Council also took a number of decisions concerned with updating GEF policies and operations
26 Oct 2019
Police detained more than two dozen people on Saturday in Kazakhstan's main cities for participating in protests called by a banned opposition group where they criticised the government and Chinese expansion.
2 Sep 2019
Kazakhstan's president on Monday called for an easing of restrictions on peaceful demonstrations, three months after thousands were detained at opposition protests in the authoritarian country.
12 Jun 2019
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was inaugurated as only the second elected president in Kazakhstan's history Wednesday, after winning polls marred by a police crackdown and slammed by foreign monitors for "widespread voting irregularities."
15 May 2019
Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), yesterday, said it expects global oil market to tighten further in the coming months amid renewed geopolitical tensions, even as the cartel kept its 2019 oil demand growth figure steady, as the “upside potential for global economic growth in 2019 remains limited.” In its monthly oil market report…
20 Mar 2019
Kazakhstan's new interim president was sworn in Wednesday following the shock resignation of the country's long-time ruler and immediately proposed renaming the capital after his predecessor.
18 Jan 2018
Fifty-two people were killed Thursday when the bus they were travelling on caught fire in Kazakhstan, the central Asian nation's emergency services ministry said in a statement.
15 Nov 2016
Veteran Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev is set to feature on new banknotes in the Central Asian country, the national bank said Tuesday, in another testimony to his personality cult.
31 Oct 2016
Three astronauts landed safely in Kazakhstan Sunday following a 115-day mission aboard the the International Space Station, including US astronaut Kate Rubins, the first person to sequence DNA in space.
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Notwithstanding the growing rate of fire incidents across the country, especially in markets, the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), insists that Fire insurance remains below average class proportion of inferno, recording about 46 per cent. The latest released data formed part of the market statistics of the Fourth Quarter 2022 report released by NAICOM. The report revealed that there…
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The Coalition of Yoruba Self-determination Groups, yesterday, condemned the call for an interim government in some quarters after the victory of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the presidential election.
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TEARFUND recently organised a two-day training for the clerics and other church workers. Held at the Ibru Ecumenical Centre, Agbarha-otor, Delta State, with the theme: “Church And Community Transformation,” the event aimed at enlightening people on how to be free from poverty, live a transformed life and achieve their purpose in Christ Jesus, among others.…
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The Muslim Congress (tmc) Papa Ajao Branch, holds Ramadan Public Lecturer on 5th April, 2023. The programme, which is expected to discuss the topic: Duties of the leaders and the led in societal Reformation, is slated for 4.30pm, at 33 Aladesuru/Ogunmefun junction, by Jakande Market, Papa-Ajao, Mushin, Lagos. The guest lecturer is Dr Salaudeen Munirudeen…
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Dahwat-ul-Rahmon Dhikir Association is holding its 1444A.H Ramadan lecture and special prayer on Sunday 2nd, April 2023.