Northern State Governors Forum ask southerners to stop criminalising all Fulanis

NIGERIA'S Northern State Governors Forum (NSGF) has asked its colleagues in the south of the country to stop criminalising the entire Fulani ethnic group but to fish out the criminal elements within their domains and make them face the wrath of the law.

 

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I want to see Nigeria’s Muslim community attract $100bn worth of investment annually from the following top 10 Islamic Finance banks as part of a post-coronavirus redevelopment plan

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(1) Al Rajhi Bank of Saudi Arabia
(2) Dubai Islamic Bank of the United Arab Emirates
(3) Kuwait Finance House of Kuwait
(4) Maybank Islamic of Malaysia
(5) Qatar Islamic Bank of Qatar
(6) Alinma Bank of Saudi Arabia
(7) Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank of United Arab Emirates
(8) Masraf Al Rayan of Qatar
(9) Al Baraka Banking Group of Bahrain
(10) CIMB Islamic Bank of Malaysia

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Biden promises to attend next African Union summit as part of multilateralist foreign policy

PRESIDENT Joe Biden has offered to attend the next African Union (AU) summit as part of his administration's collegiate approach to global affairs  in stark contrast to the unilateralist America-first policy of his predecessor Donald Trump.

 

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World Health Organisation denies Nigeria Pfizer vaccine because she lacks storage facilities

NIGERIA has failed to make the World Health Organisation (WHO) shortlist of nations that qualify to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine because of the country’s inability to meet the standard requirement of being able to offer storage at the required -70 degrees Celsius.

 

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Ighalo says he does not believe Solskjaer was fair to him during his time at Man United

FORMER Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has accused Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer of being unfair to him with the way he was treated during his one year stint at Old Trafford.

 

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Rather than his recent meaningless ramble Nasir El-Rufai should have unveiled a policy plan that looks like this to address the issue at hand

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(1) Kaduna State government is setting aside 5,000 square kilometres to build the largest cattle ranch in Africa in Birnin Gwari

(2) Kaduna State governor has reached an agreement with Al Rayan Islamic Bank to open an animal feed compounder at Birnin Gwari

(3) Kaduna State government has reached a deal with the New York Giants Leather & Suede Jackets Company to open a manufacturing facility in Kaduna

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Nigerian foreign direct investment drops by half in 2020 to four year low as coronavirus bites hard

NIGERIA suffered from a 50% drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the course of 2020 as capital inflows plummeted to a meagre $9.68bn rep[resenting a four year low according to figures just published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

 

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Nigeria suspends all Emirate Airlines outgoing flights for 72 over breach of Covid-19 guidelines

NIGERIAN government officials have suspended all Emirates Airlines’ outbound flights for 72 hours following a flagrant breach of the guidelines laid down by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 regarding travel.

 

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Buhari's nomination of former service chiefs for ambassadorial roles attracts condemnation

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's decision to nominate the four recently-replaced armed service chiefs as ambassadorial candidates has attracted widespread condemnation from political commentators as it is it seen as an attempt to shield them from prosecution.

 

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Biden poised to endorse Ngozi as WTO boss after South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee withdraws from contest

FORMER finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has moved a step closer to being confirmed as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after her sole opponent Yoo Myung-hee of South Korea withdrew from the contest.

 

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