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News Nigeria Government: Nigeria President Condemns Latest Killings in Northwestern Sokoto State

Published on: Saturday 20 July 2019
Nigeria President Condemns Latest Killings in Northwestern Sokoto State
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/07/20/world/africa/20reuters-nigeria-security.html

ABUJA — Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari condemns the killing ... strongly condemns the killing of 37 innocent people by bandits in the Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State," the ...

News Nigeria Government: Nigeria Loses Billions in Local, Foreign Tax Evasions - Oxfam

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Nigeria Loses Billions in Local, Foreign Tax Evasions - Oxfam
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201907180393.html

Nigeria's tax system is fraught with crippling challenges of weak enforcement, corruption, and outright evasion. This is costing the country losses amounting to billions of naira, both locally and internationally, said Oxfam, an international development organisation.

News Nigeria Government: Nigeria: Senate Confirms Muhammad As Chief Justice of Nigeria

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Nigeria: Senate Confirms Muhammad As Chief Justice of Nigeria
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201907180029.html

During his hearing, he pledged to work with the executive and legislative arms of government to "take Nigerian judiciary to greater heights." He also said one of the reasons Nigerian judiciary is ...

News Nigeria Government: Nigeria: VON Takes Over Building Seized From Nigeria's Ex-Military Chief Accused of Corruption

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Nigeria: VON Takes Over Building Seized From Nigeria's Ex-Military Chief Accused of Corruption
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201907180037.html

The Nigerian government has handed a building in Abuja it seized from a former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, over to the Voice of Nigeria (VON) as its new headquarters. The Economic and ...

News Nigeria Government: Bishops urge Nigerian president to protect citizens, get schoolgirls freed

Published on: Friday 26 April 2019
News source: https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2019/04/26/bishops-urge-nigerian-president-protect-citizens-get-schoolgirls-freed

LAGOS, Nigeria (CNS) -- Several Catholic bishops appealed to the Nigerian government to expedite actions that will lead to the release of Leah Sharibu and other girls held captive by Boko Haram ...

News Nigeria Government: FG Urges Stakeholders To Embrace Open Defecation-Free Nigeria

Published on: Friday 26 April 2019
News source: https://leadership.ng/2019/04/27/fg-urges-stakeholders-to-embrace-open-defecation-free-nigeria/

“To achieve the national target of ending open defecation in Nigeria by 2025, we must ensure that households are mobilised to provide their sanitation facilities and that relevant government ...